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In Canada obesity is increasingly coming to be seen as a disease of the poor. For those who are poor, it is easier and cheaper to buy junk than it is to buy real food for your kids. Vendors that sell quality food are harder to find and reach, and wise food choices take a bigger chunk of your annual income in the process. And in modern Canadian society, screens are cheaper than hockey. The opportunity to take part in sports programs is much more limited for parents with lower income, simply because the costs of these programs are often remarkably high. A study based in Edmonton this year suggested the obvious: we might be able to get our young people moving and cut obesity rates if we increase access to parks and play spaces, improve accessibility to sports and recreation programs, and add sidewalks so that youth can walk or bike to school.Brett Taylor, CBC News, Sept 1.
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Toronto, Ontario – Kia Canada has helped to refurbish two soccer pitches for neighbourhood children in Toronto’s G. Ross Lord Park. The pitches were repaired by a joint effort of the Toronto Football Club and the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) Team Up Foundation, in partnership with Kia and Toronto’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation department.Canadian Driver, Sept 2.
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New Hampshire may soon join the list of states with corporate sponsorship for its state parks. The state is exploring a deal with Eastern Mountain Sports, the New Hampshire-based outdoor clothing and apparel maker, that could result in state park employees wearing the firm's logo on their uniforms.By John Gramlich, Stateline.org, Aug 30.
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Riding horses is a long-standing and popular pastime is Williams Lake, BC, but these days many trail riders, in uniforms, are part of the city’s new mounted community policing patrol. They patrol community streest and sites, parks and school yards, using their cell phones to call for help when needed.Gaeil Farrar - Williams Lake Tribune, Aug 26.
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TORONTO, Aug. 26 /CNW/ - "Finally… a positive place in the 'hood where I can go to be myself, and learn more about building routine and finding some direction," says S.L., who will be in the first graduating class from the Prevention Intervention Toronto program. S.L. is just one of 78 youth who will proudly accept a certificate on Thursday after spending 36 weeks in a new program, Prevention Intervention Toronto (P.I.T). The goal of P.I.T. is to assist in and contribute to reducing the proliferation of gangs in three priority areas in Toronto: Jane & Finch, Jamestown (Rexdale) and Weston - Mount Dennis. Over the last 9 months, the youth received job training and employment opportunities, one-on-one support from a dedicated mentor, guidance about educational, legal and social service systems, TTC tokens to get to and from the course, subsidy towards specialized training (i.e. Forklift, SmartServ, CPR,) and finally, a certificate of completion for P.I.T. training sessions. The project, funded by the National Crime Prevention Centre through the Youth Gang Prevention Fund, is administered by the City of Toronto with service delivery provided by JVS Toronto.
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The Rec Center at the University of Arizona has begun registering students with fingerprint scanner terminals, in an effort to make check-in faster a more convenient for students. The senior program coordinator for UA Planning, Design and Construction says that $50,000 was spent on the hardware, software, turnstyles and the scanners and none of that money came from tuition or student fees.Michelle A. Monroe, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Aug 26.
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Pickering has received a Healthy Community Fund grant from the Ministry of Health Promotion to help launch the city's Kick-Start program for youth, a new two-year program for 11- to 15-year-olds. The program promotes fitness and making healthy choices. The first phase is expected to kick off in October and will be run by staff out of the Pickering Recreation Complex."Fitness, nutrition and injury prevention are the three key points in the program," said Sharon Milton, Pickering supervisor of facility programs, who helped spearhead the program.Kristen Calis, DurhamRegion.com, August 19
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The city of Toronto has banned kites from Milliken Park, a 32-hectare green space and unofficial home of a game that sees kite-masters manoeuvre their flying contraptions to slice their opponents' strings. city councillor who pushed for the ban says this is a case where public safety must trump cultural accommodation: The contests leave the park littered with dangerous kite line, some of it metallic or coated in glass and there have been inuries to both people and birds. The sport has been banned in Pakistan because of the number of deaths and injuries caused by the sport. Kelly Grant , Globe and Mail, Aug 17.
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Unleash the power of True Sport in your community!True Sport is pleased to announce the True Sport Community Give-Back Challenge in celebration of Sports Day in Canada! This is your chance to give back to your community by volunteering your time or hosting an event and donating the proceeds to a local charity or cause.Unleash the power of positive sport in your community and you and your group or organization could receive an award of $5,000 or $10,000 to help your group or sport organization continue to live the True Sport Principles. For more information, visit www.truesport.ca/giveback
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The City of Chilliwack and local First Nations groups are enthusiastic about a proposed trail system along the Fraser River from Boston Bar in the west to Delta and Richmond in the east. The Experience the Fraser trail system is just in its planning stages, thanks to an initial $2.5 million provincial grant last year. The trail would promote tourism next to the Fraser and connect municipal and regional parks along its banks throughout the Lower Mainland. By Tyler Olsen, The Times; with files from the Vancouver Sun August 13, 2010
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