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Invitation to Panel Discussion on Active Transportation
Bernie Jollie
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Recreation Nova Scotia Board of Directors will be in Sydney September 19 and 20 for meetings. The Board would like to invite RNS members and all those interested in recreation and active transportation in the Cape Breton Region to a panel discussion on Active Transportation, followed by a meet and greet.

Leading Stories
One Hell of a NS Weekend
Ken Trenholm
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The Summerside Cycling Club will be on tour with members of the Halifax area to participate in a stellar Nova Scotia bic...
Man cycles through county on way to Green Party convention in Nova Scotia
Bruce Bell (The Intelligencer)
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Murray Cleland is so committed to the Green Party he is travelling to the national convention using his legs as fuel. C...


More Wheelin' News
MS Bike Tour Recap
Shauna Mackinnon
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Wow. Another year, another MS Bike Tour. Actually, I took part in two bike tours this summer. The first was in New Brunswick the first weekend in J...
Pictou County Learn to Race Clinic
BNS
Thursday, 04 September 2008
Pictou County Cycle & Spoke NS Presents...LEARN TO RACE CLINIC When: September 13th, 2008 Where: Fitzpatrick Mountain, Scotsburn, NS
Joe Howe Century Ride riding high
BNS
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
The Joseph Howe Century Ride will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2008. This is an annual event where 50 to 100 cyclists come together to complete a ...
Larson puts pedal to metal for environment
JENNIFER DUNVILLE (Daily Gleaner)
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
Janice Larson wants to see more people cycling this summer, but she's not interested in telling anyone what to do.Instead, the British Columbian is bi...
Marie-Claude Gregoire
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
Halifax – Eight Nova Scotia communities are the focus of the second annual HeartLandTour, a cycling event aimed at promoting heart healthy livin...
BNS
Thursday, 03 July 2008
Bicycle Nova Scotia is looking for an individual to assist with the promotion of safe cycling in Nova Scotia, both racing and recreational riding.As p...
A Week before the NB MS Bike Tour
Shauna Mackinnon
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
Here it is, a week before the New Brunswick Bike Tour and a month before the Nova Scotia tour and I thought I'd give you a little more info about MS....
Ken Trenholm
Friday, 27 June 2008
AHC ‘08 follows a challenging course through a range of wild landscapes. It leads you on a journey of climbs and descents and awesome double-tra...
Gordon Delaney (Halifax Herald)
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Quebec expert says secondary roads could be designated bicycles-onlyWOLFVILLE - Nova Scotia needs to act now to build a network of sustainable trans...
Getting to the Bottom of Biking
Shauna Mackinnon
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Because of unrelated health issues, I have been unable to ride my bike since April 30th. Keeping my fingers crossed, I'm going to try a little the ...
Kristen Lipscombe (Halifax Herald)
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Peter Rogers wants his children to grow up in a city that makes transportation both sustainable and safe.That's why he threw his two cents in during...
Bicycle Nova Scotia 2009 Canada Summer Games Cycling Team Selection Criteria
Ken Trenholm
Friday, 02 May 2008
BNS has recently released the selection criteria for the upcoming Canada Games in Prince Edward Island.
Road Level 1 Coaching Course in NS May 9-10
Ken Trenholm
Friday, 02 May 2008
There is a Road Coaching Clinic being held in Nova Scotia in one week.
Exercising my brain by jumping on my bike
Shauna Mackinnon
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Several weeks ago I attended a lecture about neuroplasticity. That is a fairly new word and a fairly new area of study. Scientists are discovering t...
Velo NB
Friday, 25 April 2008
The program aims to assist people to make the senior national team. Funding is provided to New Brunswick's top amateur athletes who are not national...
New Rider Program in the works for BNS: the cure for clubs
Ken Trenholm
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Good news has come from the latest Bicycle Nova Scotia Board Meeting on an issue that all cycling clubs struggle with, both inside and outside of Nova...
CBRM AT Master Plan meetings
Jacques Cote
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
#1 Open House on CBRM Active Transportation Master Plan Where: CBRM Civic Centre, Community Room. When: Monday April 21st 2008 Starting Time:...
$150-million power project near Merigomish will be NS’s largest, with 30 turbines
Judy Myrden (Chronicle Herald)
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Halifax wind power company Shear Wind Inc. is poised to build a $150-million wind turbine park east of New Glasgow. The 30-turbine project on 2,420 he...

Featured Sections
PEI News
Bicycle Bus Coming to Summerside
Friday, 04 September 2009
Summerside will have a new school bus this year that is environmentally friendly: human-propelled by tiny feet of various ages and sizes. Ken Trenholm...
Local PEI cyclist fears PEI may have shouldered rumble strips
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Heinz Mayr recently sent Atlantic Pedaler a concerning email with respect to rumble strips on paved shoulders in Newfoundland & Labrador. He made me...
NB News
The Thrill of BMX
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
You've probably seen the kids around town on their smaller than average sized BMX bikes, doing bunny hops, wheel spins and wheelies.And while you migh...
2 Letters to the Editor: Cycling in Moncton Dangers
Saturday, 05 September 2009
Cycling dangerous in MonctonTo The Editor:This is my second summer cycling, mainly in the downtown Moncton area, and this year there seems to be a lot...
NL News
Rotarians support Cycle to Walk efforts to fight polio
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Rotary Clubs in Grand Falls and Perth-Andover have joined the fight of a young Whitehorse, Yukon resident to make the world polio free. Rotarians prov...
Friday, 04 July 2008
The following is the information obtained from the BNL web site regarding Canada Games qualifying.ELIGIBILITYTo be part of the 2009 Canada Games Progr...
Out of the Cage
Setting the Stage – the Prologue
Thursday, 15 November 2007
I expect to "hit the road running on February 16th, 2008, after 35 years and a few days in the paid work force. All I can tell you at this point is th...
National News
The Battle Continues: Pedals vs. Motor
Sunday, 06 September 2009
This unfortunate incident underscores a belief that I have held for some time now that on major thoroughfares, motor vehicles should not be required s...
International News
Sunday, 06 September 2009
GREEN VALLEY -- Cycling has grown tremendously in this area over the last few years. A big part of that growth can be attributed to the efforts of Gre...
Professional Cycling
Bye Bye: Contador withdraws from worlds
Saturday, 05 September 2009
Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has decided to pull out of the world cycling championships later this month in Switzerland. Contador...
Communter Cycling
City gets wheels turning on bike initiative
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
OHIO -- Andrew Davis has a vision of Akron as a more bicycle-friendly community, a place where pedal power is used for day-to-day transportation. ...
Sponsorship
Bikes Belong Awards $33,000 in Grants
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Bikes Belong is thrilled to award four grants to great projects in the summer funding cycle. These grant awards will help construct community paths ...
Editorials & Opinions
Evolution of the road
Friday, 04 September 2009
Toronto, like many urban centres in Canada, has not found the answer to a safe coexistence between bicycles and motor vehicles. The death Monday nigh...
Nutrition
Riding in the Heat - Dehydration vs. Hyponatremia
Monday, 15 September 2008
Struggling through a long ride as the temperature topped out at 100 this weekend, I had to keep reminding myself to do something that woefully few hea...
Training
Alcohol could compromise ability to train
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
I don't think I've ever seen a marathon or triathlon where beer wasn't offered to the tired, thirsty folks running, cycling or stumbling across the fi...

 

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