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New Brunswick pool-noodle rider recently hit by a car
Bike signage in Moncton, New Brunswick. Image by <a href=”By Tony Webster from San Francisco, California – Bike Moncton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link” target=”blank”>Tony Webster. Harold Jarche, a...
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Toronto traffic cop using Twitter to call out bike lane-blocking drivers
Be warned, errant drivers. A Toronto traffic cop named Kyle Ashley—part of the Toronto Police Service’s bike-mounted unit—has his eyes peeled, his smartphone charged and his Twitter account at the...
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Whitehorse developing official cycling strategy
The City of Whitehorse is developing its first official cycling strategy, intended to make the city safer and more inviting for local cyclists—participants of a scene in which public interest, the CBC...
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Maritime riders, cycling advocates call for sharper teeth on provincial...
Bike signage in Moncton, New Brunswick. Image by Tony Webster Between the untimely death of Ellen Watters, after she was hit by a vehicle during a training ride just before Christmas, and the...
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Emily Batty launches ‘Emily Batty Project’ in partnership with the Coast to...
Emily Batty took gold in the women’s cross country mountain bike race at the Pan Am Games. Photo: Ruby Photo Studio In partnership with the Coast to Coast Foundation, cross country mountain biker and...
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London, Ont., celebrates cycling with five days of events
As the CBC reports, issues of cycling safety, and a general narrative about how to make the city a better, more welcoming place for riders, have been an ongoing discussion in the city of London, Ont....
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Bill Conner received a gift that can’t be matched. In January 2017, the Madison, Wisc.-based cyclist lost his daughter, Abigail. Coming to terms with his grief, Conner took to the road across America...
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Concordia University study finds that commuting to work by bike means less...
Image: London Cycling Campaign/Facebook Time Magazine is the latest big, glittering name in the media world to sound off on something every cyclist already knows: that riding to work—or riding...
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Meeuwisse, Guthrie take overall titles as Canada Cup XCO series wraps up in...
Evan Guthrie, seen here at Mont Ste.-Anne in 2016, rode this year as an independent. With the conclusion of the Canada Cup XCO series in Whistler, B.C. on Sunday, the Canadian mountain biking scene has...
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BC Superweek to include its first-ever paracycling race at the Tour de Delta
Image: Canadian Paralympic Committee/Facebook BC Superweek, Canada’s premiere road racing series, is just around the corner, descending on the Vancouver area and British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on...
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Red Deer bike club to give away 50 bikes to the less fortunate Canada Day...
Photo Credit: Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious via Compfight cc In Red Deer, Alta., the community’s bike club plans to mark this Canada Day long weekend by helping those less fortunate get in the saddle....
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Toronto police officer charged after hitting cyclist in January: reports
The incident happened near the corner of McCowan Road and Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto’s east end. (Image: Google Maps) Following a collision that resulted in “serious” injuries for a cyclist back...
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Alberta mountain biker suffers sliced throat after collision with barbed wire...
The incident happened in the West Bragg Creek Recreation Area in Kananaskis County. (Image: Google Maps) In a frightening incident at West Bragg Creek Provincial Recreation Area earlier this week, a...
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Whistler’s Finnley Iles secures junior downhill World Cup title in Switzerland
Photo: FB Specialized Bicycles On Saturday, July 8, Finnley Iles of Whistler, B.C. took top honours at Round 5 of the downhill World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Taking the title, the Specialized...
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Round 4 of XC World Cup competition sees Canadian athletes power into the top 10
Catharine Pendrel on the way to victory at the 2016 Mont-Saint-Anne World Cup Though Sunday’s Round 4 of the cross-country World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland didn’t see any Canadian riders claim...
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Team Canada leads after the first stage of the 49th Tour de l’Abitibi
Photo credit: Christian Leduc Canadian athletes are off to a roaring start at the 49th Tour de l’Abitibi, currently underway in Amos, Que. Heading into the competition with big goals for criterium,...
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University of British Columbia study reveals the developments that get people...
Sixteen years ago, the Georgia Straight reports, bike lanes like this one on Dunsmuir St. in Vancouver were nowhere to be found. (Photo Credit: Paul Krueger via Compfight cc ) A study recently...
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Canadian XCO championships return to Canmore July 22–23
Mountain biking the orange loop trail at the Canmore Nordic Centre with Mount Rundle in the background. Photo by Ryan Creary This weekend, July 22 and 23, the Canadian XCO championships return to...
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Halifax dooring incident prompts calls to revise Nova Scotia traffic laws
The dooring happened on Vernon Street in central Halifax. Image: Google Maps On Monday, July 17, a Halifax-area cyclist by the name of Sara Kirk was riding with a friend along Vernon Street. Her...
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Kate O’Brien involved in serious training crash in Calgary
Kate O’Brien celebrates a heat win during the women’s sprint competition at the 2015 Pan Am Games. Photo: Ruby Photo Studio During a training ride in Calgary on Monday evening, Olympic track cyclist...
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