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No Skiing More Skiing In Ontario

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9try
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Doug Ford did not permit ski hill to remain open during the recently announced lockdown, Effectively destroying a good chunk of the smaller hills season. How is skiing allowed but ice rinks are allowed to remain open but ski hill is not? Here is a list of outdoor recreation activities that will remain open



Parks and recreational areas
Baseball diamonds
Batting cages
Soccer, football and sports fields
Tennis, platform tennis, table tennis, and pickleball courts
Basketball courts
BMX parks
Skate parks
Golf courses and driving ranges
Frisbee golf locations
Cycling tracks and bike trails
Horse riding facilities
Shooting ranges, including those operated by rod and gun clubs
Ice rinks
Snowmobile, cross country, dogsledding, ice-skating and snow-shoe trails
Playgrounds
Portions of parks or recreational areas containing outdoor fitness equipment
Tobogganing hills and skating trails


**Update: If you are looking to send an Email to your local MPP this website really simplifies it.

https://www.saveourskiing.ca/

**This thread was edited on Dec 23rd, 2020 at 12:04:15am

**This thread was edited on Dec 23rd 2020 at 12:04:52am
Dec 21 2020 4:26PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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9tryhttps://www.saveourskiing.ca/


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Dec 23 2020 9:07AM
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Bdoobz
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I think the primary issue here is that people will travel to ski. Golf courses, hockey rinks, etc. are all fairly localized and often don’t require much inter-jurisdictional travel. The trouble then is not really the people at the hill being safe - it’s the amalgamation of people coming from all over the place to ski.

Sorry to play devils advocate, but that could be how they are seeing it.
Dec 23 2020 10:34AM
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johnoble
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Man, try a season in Ontario if you think its not that much better in Quebec. Moved out to Sherbrooke for school and i now have 4 actual mountains in an hour drive, rather than 2 tiny hills.
RoumarinNever thought it was that flat in Ontario. But to be fair, Quebec isn’t that much better. Every ski hill thats open is flooded with people, so snow conditions are always shitty anyway. In the laurentians, everything was still open about 2 weeks ago because there was very few covid cases, but with the tourists coming in since the season started, everything had to close... hope ski hills aren’t next!
Dec 23 2020 10:41AM
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Vino
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For those who wants to follow what's going on in Quebec. Lobbying seems kinda strong... They were having some long lift lines issues since it was 1 household or a single for 4 seaters.


From Sommet Saint-Sauveur' facebook

"They said yes ! It is now possible to be 2 different household in the chairlift. Here are the new rules.

4 seater chairs : occupancy of 1 household OR 2 single person seated at each end


6 seater chairs : occupancy of 1 household OR 2 single person seated at each end and 1 in the middle"






Dec 23 2020 12:52PM
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Stuuuuuuuuuu
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BdoobzI think the primary issue here is that people will travel to ski. Golf courses, hockey rinks, etc. are all fairly localized and often don’t require much inter-jurisdictional travel. The trouble then is not really the people at the hill being safe - it’s the amalgamation of people coming from all over the place to ski.

Sorry to play devils advocate, but that could be how they are seeing it.

I agree that traveling is a big part of the problem. I do think that if they closed hotels and other resort attractions at places like blue it would help a lot to reduce people traveling to ski.
Dec 23 2020 6:54PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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Dude that runs Calabogie told CBC that even late last week, someone in the provincial government was telling him to expect good news on Monday. Since I can't imagine that this is the good news he was promised, something must have changed last minute over the weekend.
Dec 23 2020 9:08PM
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Poikenz
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SendyMcSendyfaceDude that runs Calabogie told CBC that even late last week, someone in the provincial government was telling him to expect good news on Monday. Since I can't imagine that this is the good news he was promised, something must have changed last minute over the weekend.


The good news being that you get an extended "winter vacation" and you don't have to worry about the snow you didn't make in the last week being lost to the upcoming rainstorm.
Dec 23 2020 9:36PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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Resorts and Ontario Public Health met today, hopefully we get some good news in a few days. If no good news, I wanna try and hijack a lift at some place with shit security and run it at night. Anybody in? Fuck Ford.

**This post was edited on Jan 4th 2021 at 8:06:03pm
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