The following are excerpts from newspaper and magazine articles on Tour du Canada and CycleCanada bicycle rides and activities as well as Cycle Canada news releases.
We would be pleased to supply a copy of one of these articles to any interested party or direct you to sources where you can obtain copies.
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Tour du Canada announces annual award to CKAP member - March 8, 2010 For details visit: CKAP winner |
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Cycle Canada is pleased to announce exciting new options for the 2010 Southern Ontario Century Ride (SOCR 2010). For details visit: Southern Ontario Century Ride (SOCR 2010) |
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Tour du Canada announces annual award to CKAP member - March 16, 2009 For details visit: CKAP winner |
| September 2008 Rollin' along: Cross-Canada cyclotour operator Bud Jorgensen spins out his favourite cycling vacations: more . . . | |
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Dates for 20th anniversary ride, Tour du Canada 2008 announced. Tour du Canada announces new programme to encourage young people to ride their bikes. For details visit: 20th Anniversary Ride Tour du Canada announces annual award to CKAP member - March 26, 2007 For details visit: CKAP winner |
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Cycle Canada announced today that cyclists will now be able to purchase packages that follow Cycle Canadas Bicycle Touring Routes in different parts of the country. And the packages go one step further by helping cyclists and their friends take a sightseeing tour on their own time schedule. For a press release please visit: Routes Details on the packages can be found here/ www.cyclecanada.com/Routes/ |
| L'Avante-Poste, Canoe août 2007 |
De la grande visite à Saint-Damase . . . en plus |
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Tour du Canada announces second annual award to CKAP member - April 2, 2005. For details visit: CKAP winner |
| The Valley Echo, Invermere, British Columbia. September 2007 |
Local Pedals Across Canada. So when Invermere resident Larry Meadows embarked on the Tour du Canada three months ago . . . more |
| The Forest-Blade, Swainsboro, Georgia September 2007 |
Gary Couse in Canada. Forest-Blade readers may recall that back in June 2006 we promised the details of world-traveler Gary Couse's latest endeavors. Sixty-four-yearold Couse of Swainsboro . . . more |
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October 9, 2004. Cycle Canada announces a new cross Canada ride. The first annual timed bicycle ride across Canada will take place in 2005. You'll find a pdf news release at: The Crossing News Release. The web site for the event is: www.CycleCanada.com/TheCrossing |
| Cambridge Memorial Hospital Newsletter, October 2005 |
Dr. Russek Has Grand Time Touring Canada. Rich Russek is a general practitioner at
Grandview Medical Centre with
privileges at CMH and was one of 34
participants to cycle across Canadain the
TourduCanada, the longest annual . . . more |
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Tour du Canada announces first annual award to CKAP member - April 8, 2004. For details visit: CKAP winner |
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Toronto to Rochester Ferry Fares
Badly in CycleCanada Survey News Release - December 27, 2003 A study by CycleCanada that compares rider/bike and driver/car fares on ferries in various parts of the world. |
| Beausejour Review July, 2003 |
Biking Ocean to Ocean, by Maryjane McLaren. "We're all the same Coast to Coast. We just live on a big piece of property" - Michael Duann |
| Hanna Herald July 7, 2003 |
Hanna Herald, Alberta - Tour du Canada stops in Youngstown Alberta - by Vel MacKinnon. In Youngstown they were treated to the fine hospitality of our residents... Many of the riders were journaling, making phone calls and trying to recharge their energy for the long trek ahead. I was able to meet with them and the driver (Melissa) got them up early the next morning to take a picture of the group, in the Tour du Canada gear, as they headed out on the road again... |
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Tour du Canada and Canadian Kilometer Achiever Program (C-KAP) Link up to Promote Cycling in Canada - January 1, 2003 A new award has been announced to recognize participants in C-KAP who cycle in the greatest number of provinces in Canada in a year. |
| The Globe and Mail August 7, 2002 |
Travel Links CycleCanada.com, by Domini Clark." 'Discover your routes' is the cute slogan of this Web site for two-wheel travellers, and it does a good job of summing the site up. Cyclecanada.com puts cyclists in touch with nearly everything they need or need to know before hitting the road...." |
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Velo Hospitality - June 1, 2002: Press Release - Cycle Canada announces its new Velo Hospitality Programme. Operators of bed and breakfasts, inns, campgrounds and motels are invited to participate in this exciting new programme. Velo Hosts will have a new avenue to tap into this growing adventure travel market. |
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Tour Great Lakes - February 15, 2002: Press Release - http://www.cyclecanada.com/News/CCG.pdf CycleCanada will be making a presentation on this event on March 9, 2002 at HubBub Custom Bicycles. HubBubs co-ordinates are: 1904 S. Taylor Rd., Cleve. Hts., OH 44118, phone (216) 371-6888, fax (216) 371-5289. www.HubBub.com |
| The Port Hope
Evening Guide August 6, 2002 |
Cross-country Cyclists visit Port Hope, by Ted Amsden. Why would you spend more than $3,000 to ride a bicycle from Vancouver B.C. to St. John's Nfld in 75 days?"... |
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Tour du Canada Time Trial - January 8, 2002- CycleCanada, The
Veloforce Corporation is pleased to announce the dates for the 2002 Tour
du Canada Time Trial. The dates are May 26th, and September 29th. This
is a two stage event where participants test their improvement over the
summer cycling season. For more details please visit the web site: Tour
du Canada Time TrialTour du Canada celebrates 10th anniversary - May 26, 1998 http://www.cyclecanada.com/News/Tenth.pdf |
| The Ottawa Citizen June 15, 2002 |
It's OK; Bring your bike, by staff "...The Web site - www.velohospitality.com - bills itself as "your guide to bike-friendly accommdoato" and includes links to places to stay across the country"... |
| The Toronto Sun, June 12, 2002 |
Bike-friendly lodging online, by CP. "Nothing can spoil a bike-touring holiday quite like having your bike stolen. Which gives a new Web site, aimed at people consider such a holiday, immediate appeal."... |
| Australian Cyclist March/April 2002 |
Across Canada, by Craig Press." I was hooked from my first visit to the website. I could eat as much chocolate and bacon as I liked and was drawn to the idea of seeing the Canadian landscape, experiencing the country's many cultures and the camaraderie of ready-made captive friends." |
| The Medical Post (Canada) May 22, 2001 |
Tour du Canada - Doctor on the Wing, by John Thompson. "Paradoxically, Canada is now in my mind a much smaller, coherent whole than it was before I set out." |
| NZ Bike (New Zealand) June 2000 |
Romancing the Bike, by Celia Hope. "As I cycled up that last hill and then into St. John's Newfoundland, windblown and drenched to the skin, 7200 kilometres closer to New Zealand and 7200 kilometres further away, I remembered back to when the seed of the idea of cycilng across Canada was planted in my mind..." |
| The Daily Graphic, Portage La Prairie July 21, 2000 |
Cross-Canada Cyclists Set up Camp in Portage La Prairie by Jason J. Halstead. The small flock of red-clad cyclists seen on the roads in and around Portage la Prarie over the last couple of days..." |
| The Port Hope Evening Guide August 16, 1999 |
Not Quite the Lazy Days of Summer by Selena Forsythe. "...part of the deal is that they all take turns cooking meals. Lunch at Port Hope was an exception in that Tim and Celia Hope, our resident cyclists, organized it..." |
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The Prince George Citizen |
King of the Road by Staff. "For the last 22 years, Ray King has been riding his bike to work. Now, he's getting ready to work his way right across Canada" |
| Pedal Magazine September, 1998 |
Tour du Canada, The Last Day by Mark Lewiecki. "...It was almost 10:00 p.m. when we debarked the ferry in Argentia, Newfoundland on Friday, August 29th...) |
| The Bulletin and The Progress Enterprise Chester, Nova Scotia, September 30, 1998. | Chester Resident Completes Bicycle Trip Across Canada by Mark Roberts, Lighthouse staff. "...Twenty two cyclists made up of 10 women and 12 men from Austria, Switzerland, New York , California and Canada..." |
| Crossfield/Irricana Rocky View/Five
Village Weekly July 16, 1996 |
Tour du Canada Rides Again by Staff. "...Thirteen tired cyclists pedalled into Beiseker last Monday after cycling some 200 km from Banff that day..." |
| Daily Miner and News (Kenora) July 23, 1996 | Because They Can by Clarise Klassen. "Ken Meleskie, 66 cleans around the chain on his bicyle in preparation for the next leg of his trip across Canada..." |
| Fort Frances Times July 28, 1994 |
Cross-country Cyclists Stop in Town by Anne Vis. "A group of cyclists travelling across Canada made a welcome stopover in town yesterday..." |
| The Gazette, Montreal August 19, 1993 |
Repeating the Cycle by Marie-France Coallier. "A group of cyclists, part of the sixth annual Tour du Canada..." |
| The Sunday Sun, Toronto April 28, 1991 |
Tour Canada Coast to Coast by Felicity Munn, CP Writer. "Got two two months off this summer? Want to see Canada from coast to coast? Feel fit?..." |
| Le Nouvélliste Trois Rivière 14 août 1991 |
Un periple de 8000 kilomètres a travers le Canada à vélo. "Yannick Massicotte, 15 ans de Pointe-du-Lac, n'a pas tondu les pelouses de ses voisins cet été..." |
| The Courier-Herald, Thornbury August 7, 1991 | Clarksburg cyclist in 8,000 km Tour du Canada, by John Andrews. "They survived kilometres of mountains, prairies, insects, bad drivers and flat tires and they still have thousands of kilometres to go..." |
| The Toronto Star May 10, 1990 |
Mazzei Going for Ride of his Life by Sam Laskaris. "A 26-year-old Willowdale resident is gearing for his best summer vacation yet..." |
| The Mississauga News October 25, 1989 |
Margo Went from Sea to Shining Sea, by Lisa Tallyn. "There's no better way to see Canada than from the seat of a bicycle..." |
| The Toronto Star October 1, 1988 |
Cyclist, 60, crosses Canada, by Stasia Evasuk. "Pedal Power: Bob Unsworth spent July and August crossing Canada with 31 other cyclists..." |
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