To celebrate the completion of the 11 kilometre Bike Trail Network, the City of Corner Brook and partners, Cycle Solutions, Environmental Policy Institute, Western Health and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, would like to invite all bike enthusiasts and the general public to the Grand Opening taking place on July 5th.

Bring the entire family to Margaret Bowater Park and help us celebrate this amazing event!

The celebration kicks off on the north side of the park at 6:00 pm with the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. Officials from the City will be present to formally open the Bike Trail Network which will be followed by a RNC escorted family bike ride on a portion of the bikeway.

Activities to follow the family bike ride include a bike rodeo for kids, bike decorating, and BBQ. Educational booths will display information about bicycle safety and healthy and active living and there will be a movie screening at the band stand area on the south side of the park at approximately 8:00 pm.

In addition to the festivities, all participants will have their name entered into a prize draw for a brand new bike from Cycle Solutions.

“The new Bike Trail Network helps those who live and work in the city to use bicycles as a low polluting, cost-effective, and healthy way to travel,” said Neville Greeley, Mayor of Corner Brook. “It promotes active and healthy lifestyles and also creates a more livable environment”.

The City of Corner Brook and partners are encouraging everyone to come out and celebrate healthy living in Corner Brook.

For more information contact 637-1630 or visit the city’s website at http://www.cornerbrook.com .

Path: Cape Spear Path (Cape Spear to Maddox Cove)

Date/Time: Friday, July 01, 2011, Canada Day, 9:30 am

Duration: 4-5 hours

Distance: 11.5 or 14 km

Rating: Moderate

Type: Regular hike

Meeting Location: Meet in the Cape Spear National Historic Site parking lot.

Leader: Allan Stein arstein@mun.ca 895 2056

Co-Leader: An experienced hiker selected from among the participants.

Note: Some vehicles will be left at Cape Spear and hikers will be transported to Maddox Cove for the actual start of the hike. What better than a hike on Canada Day which terminates at a National Historic Site? The hike out to North Head will be included if hikers wish.

Path: Wreck Path (cappahayden to Chance Cove)

Date/Time: Friday, July 01, 2011, Canada Day, 9:30 am

Duration: 8 hours

Distance: 20+ km

Rating: Strenuous

Type: Hike on undeveloped trail

Meeting Location: Meet at Lawlors Services, Lawlors Road, Cappahayden. Continue straight ahead where Highway 10 turns inland at Cappahayden.

Leader: Ed Delaney delaneyecta@yahoo.com 334 2304

Co-Leader: An experienced hiker selected from among the participants.

Note: Preregistration, at least five days in advance, is required. The maximum is 15 hikers, with priority given to ECTA members.

This path from Cappahayden to Chance Cove Provincial Park is an undeveloped section of the ECT. Expect a variety of hiking conditions, from roadway, rough trail and moose path to bush-wacking, trackless bog and river crossings with knee or waist-deeo water. Good hiking boots and tough, long pants are mandatory. Bring lots of food, drink and fly-dope and enjoy the orchids!

Have you heard? Kids ages 5–10 and their families are invited to join Fluvarium Kids!

Receive updates, collect stickers, and earn a Fluvarium Kids Fresh Water Friends certificate when you attend sessions in four different months!

This Fluvarium Kids program is Family Fun and includes an outdoor component, games, stories and crafts!

Fluvarium Kids programs are complimentary with admission
Ask about our Annual Family Pass for only $35!

For more information contact:
Denise Hennebury – 754-3474 – dhennebury@fluvarium.ca

What is a fry? Where do tadpoles come from? Do dragonflies really live in water?

Come and discover the life cycle of our freshwater friends!

Saturdays & Sundays at 1:30pm
June 8 – 26, 2011
Program runs approx. 45-60 minutes

Preregistration is recommended

For more information contact:
Denise Hennebury – 754-3474 – dhennebury@fluvarium.ca

Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador is currently seeking proposals for the 2011 Internship Program. Community partners (including municipalities, development groups, youth organizations, environmental groups, zone boards, and educational institutions) are invited to apply. For more information and an Intern Project Proposal Application Form please visit http://ccnl.ca/internship. For further information or inquiries please contact Darren Feltham, Director of Programs at 729-7266 or dfeltham@ccnl.ca.

Deadline for Proposals is Friday, August 5, 2011

The Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice and The Sandy Pond Alliance for the protection of Canada’s Waters present a program of early instrumental and choral music. Featured is the Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice Youth Choir and Guests. The choir is a group of young musicians who combine their talents and love for music with a commitment to environmental and humanitarian causes. Also featuring the newly restored Casavant pipe organ and organist, Robin Williams.

Date: Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 p.m.
Venue: St. Patrick’s Church – Patrick Street , St. John’s
Admission: Discretionary donation.

What: Join us for the celebration of the first ever whale days in NL

everyone is invited but please RSVP to fraser.davidson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The local CMOS chapter is hosting a Talk By Dr. Peter Taylor on Wind Energy on

June 30th at 11 am in
The Chemistry Physics Building room C-2045.
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

Part of this talk will present a video of potential interest for high school science teachers for use in their curriculum.

A brief introduction on current wind energy projects and plans in the province is envisaged.

There will be a light lunch social held following the talk.

More details below:

Wind Energy in Canada; the basics, the resource and the opportunity – an educational video plus a talk.
by
Peter Taylor, York University.

With Outreach funding from the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Science, a group of us have produced an
educational video reporting on “Wind Energy in Canada – Physics, Planning and Politics.” It has been a joint venture with York’s
Film program and will soon be available for distribution to schools and other interested groups.

Part A of the video (approx 30 min), aimed at a non-specialist audience, is finished and will be shown. In addition material that
will become the more technical, Part B, of the video will be presented as a talk (approx 30 min) on the basic Physics of wind
energy and wind turbines.

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Professor Peter Taylor works on atmospheric boundary layer studies using a range of numerical models and conducting field
programs. Recent work has focussed on wind energy applications, blowing dust (on Mars) and snow (on Earth), including Arctic
field studies such as STAR (Storm Studies in the Arctic). He was a member of the Canadian science team for the NASA/CSA Phoenix
Mars lander, which operated successfully on Mars May  Nov 2008.

Peter has a longstanding interest in renewable energy research and was the 2003 recipient of the R.J.Templin award from the
Canadian Wind Energy Association. He was awarded the Environment Canada, Patterson Distinguished Service Medal in 1998. He is
Principal Investigator for the OQ-net project involving a network of VHF wind profilers in Ontario and Quebec and has conducted
extensive research on winds in complex terrain, including the Askervein Hill experiment of 1982/83 – a widely used data set for
model validation.

Peter has been a professor of Atmospheric Science and Applied Mathematics at York University since 1988, prior to which he was a
Senior Research Scientist with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC). Earlier he had taught Applied Mathematics at
University of Toronto and Physical Oceanography at University of Southampton (UK).

When: June-30-11 11:00 AM-1:00 PM (UTC-03:30) Newfoundland.

Where: MUN Chemistry Physics Building Room C-2045