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Bikes Belong in Ontario

Bikes belong in Ontario!

The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC), with the ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada, an organization dedicated to preventing brain and spinal cord injury through education, is holding a media conference in Toronto at Sweet Pete's Bike Shop, Thursday, September 20th at 11 a.m.

The purpose of the media conference is to:

Release the "Bikes belong in Ontario!" policy platform - a comprehensive policy program to promote cycling in Ontario;
Support the proposal of provincial investment in municipal cycling infrastructure and an Ontario PST exemption on bicycles and bicycle helmets;
Explain how the bicycle is the healthiest, most environmentally friendly and efficient means of urban transportation available to Ontarians;
Explain how a tax exemption on helmets will promote safe cycling and prevent brain injuries.

The media conference will take place at Sweet Pete's Bike Shop, 1204 Bloor Street West, on Thursday, September 20th at 11 AM.

WHAT: Release of "Bikes belong in Ontario!" policy platform

WHERE: Sweet Pete's Bike Shop, 1204 Bloor Street West (on the north side, 2 blocks west of Dufferin).

WHEN: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 11 a.m.

WHO: Rob White, BTAC Vice-President, Dr. Charles Tator, ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada President, Pete Lilly, Sweet Pete's Bike Shop and BTAC Director

For more information, contact:Brent Kulba (e|c|o media relations), 416-972-7401, kulbab@huffstrategy.com

The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) is the national voice of cycling in Canada and the hub of the Canadian bicycle industry. BTAC advocates, builds partnerships, promotes trade and commerce and seeks to motivate, unite and inspire Canadians to make bicycling the preeminent form of transportation and recreation in Canada. See www.btac.org for more information.

ThinkFirst is a joint effort from not only neuroscience health professionals and educators, but also injury survivors, corporations, local businesses, and communities to prevent brain and spinal cord injury through education aimed at healthy behaviours in children and youth. See www.thinkfirst.ca for more information.

Crossposted to Spacing

tammy : 18 years 7 months ago

Tags: BTAC, media advisory, province

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Charlie's memorial in Brooks

Charlie Prinsep was hit by a car, August 4th, 2007 near Brooks, Alberta. I was visiting my family this September near Lethbridge, Alberta. I had made the suggestion that I could make some sort of memorial for Charlie as a favour for family and friends. When I got a response from Charlie's mom that it was a good idea I was committed.

This last Sunday I recruited my mother to help me make the memorial, which ended up being a bike wheel retrieved from a bike store's trash, some flowers, a laminated sheet with a photo and quote from Charlie's brother, and a convenient fence post.

I convinced my parents to detour to Brooks on my way back to the airport in Calgary and we picked a spot near the entrance to Brooks since I didn't know at the time where he had died. It now looks pretty secure and away from ditch mowers so it may survive a year or two. This is sort of a smaller version of a ghost bike.

I was a bit late in sending out a press release but I ended up talking with a Brooks Bulletin reporter who is really cycling positive and had even participated in Critical Mass rides in Calgary and Toronto. I also spoke with a reporter from the Lethbridge Herald whose kids went to the same school as myself. It was all new to him but he was interested in what I was trying to do and what I was involved in. I will be posting the news items if they get printed in the next few days.

herb : 18 years 7 months ago

Tags: advocacy, fatality, ghost bike, touring

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