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I am pleased to announce that we are making it easier to plan your visit to @OntarioParks. We are making it easier to buy your permit for 17 select Ontario Parks in advance which will guarantee your spot and help as you plan your next outdoor adventure. https://t.co/isgsSXNOLLpic.twitter.com/feVnsiCClI Jeff Yurek (@JeffYurekMPP) May 28, 2021
The free park permits include the Pinery and Turkey Point and will be in place until Sept. 2. Visitors can also book day passes in advance.
Visitors can check daily vehicle permit availability for specific parks and dates on the reservations website starting June 7.
TORONTO With overnight camping off limits at provincial parks across Ontario until at least June 14, the province is giving people another opportunity to explore the great outdoors, free of charge. In a news release, the government announced Friday that it would be providing free day-use permits at 115 provincial parks from Monday to Thursday until September 2. “Getting outdoors and spending time in nature can have many positive benefits on our physical and mental health this summer, as we recover from the impacts of COVID-19,” said Jeff Yurek, the Ontario minister of the environment, conservation and parks. The permit will allow visitors to bike, hike, swim, and picnic from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., depending on the park.
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Plans were in place.
As soon as COVID-19 restrictions lifted to the point at which it would be deemed safe for nursing home residents to be transported elsewhere for an afternoon, Homer Foster and I planned lunch. The destination hadnât been pegged, but that was hardly the point.
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The prime thing was we were planning ahead.
Unlike so many seniors â not to mention those, such as myself, planted firmly in middle age â who constantly seem to yearn for the âgood old days,â Homer always had his eye on the future. Even after old age finally forced him into senior living arrangements following so many years of residing independently, Homer never seemed to pine for the past. And he never complained. Whenever Iâd call him in these later years, heâd go on about the latest book he was reading, the people he met at the Great Northern Retirement Home and how well h