Sustainable Orillia Bike Challenge recognizes local cycling “champions”
– by Susanne Laperle, for Sustainable Orillia The 2024 Sustainable Orillia Bike Challenge—Sustainable Spokes Healthy Folks—concluded June 8th. This past Saturday morning (the 15th), winners of this year’s challenge came […]
Return of Orillia Urban Walks
– by Gord Ball for Sustainable Orillia Sustainable Orillia’s popular series of gentle walks around Orillia resumes this month on June 29th with the title of “Jane Jacobs’ Walkable City” […]
Spring is here. Time to get your wheels in gear — Paul Belanger, for Sustainable Orillia
As we told you last week in OrilliaMatters, Sustainable Orillia is once again working with the Simcoe-Muskoka Health Unit and local bike shops to present an expanded bike challenge from […]
Local initiatives celebrate Bike to School Week in May and Ontario Bike Month in June
Orillia, like many other cities its size, faces a common problem: too much traffic, especially during busy times and when school starts and ends. Most people use cars to get […]
All-season cycling is a growing trend
Photo credit – James Kamstra. As another Orillia winter approaches, many local cyclists are putting their bikes away until the snow leaves us in the spring. Not Matt Thomson […]
2023 Bike Challenge sets stage for Annual Event.
‘Active transportation’ (walking and cycling) is a key contributor to reducing our personal carbon footprints, while boosting health benefits and getting us outdoors into the fresh air. Over the past […]
Save the date for the launch of “The Orillia Bike Challenge”
Sustainable Orillia and co-hosts, The Bike Stop of Orillia and the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, are pleased to present The Orillia Bike Challenge, launching at a registration event on Sunday […]
It’s Time to Ride! Every Ride Counts in The Orillia Bike Challenge.
Orillia is home to many cycling enthusiasts and this year Sustainable Orillia, along with partners The Bike Stop of Orillia and the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, is encouraging more Orillians […]
Nature – hard to beat, and so available – by Carol Strickland, for Sustainable Orillia
As I returned from a walk in the forested parkette in my neighbourhood, I reflected once again how at peace I felt compared to when I set out, full of […]
Sustainable Orillia to hold a second “Walk and Learn” Urban Planning Event
Following upon a popular and well-attended series of urban walks in September, Sustainable Orillia has organized a second round of urban walks for Saturday, October 29th. In September, local urban […]