River’s wildlife is gingerly returning to areas that were once the site of heavy industry and its waters will soon become cleaner as the city spends billions to save it After decades of illness, ...

A long-standing Toronto tradition could soon return to the Don River after a years-long hiatus. The city is pushing to revive Paddle the Don – a popular event that began in 1993 and saw hundreds of ...

Toronto's $1.3 billion Port Lands Flood Protection Project (PLFP) has reached a pivotal stage, with water now filling the naturalized human-made Don River mouth and birthing a new island in the ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that Toronto's Don River carries over 500 billion microplastic particles into Lake Ontario each year—equal to about 36,000 kilograms, or the weight ...

With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Kathleen Wynne's announcement of funding for the $1.185-billion Port Lands Flood Protection project, that is the objective: to let the Don River flow ...

As central Toronto booms, many people have come to see the need for new open space in the core. But not far away, a great collection of park space is in the works: It will cover 80 hectares at the ...

The Rivers of Toronto: In this four-part series, the Toronto Star takes a look at the rivers of the GTA, their history, their guardians and their future. Outside, torrents of rain fell sideways from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paddle the Don was started in 1993 and saw hundreds paddle down the Don River every year. (CBC - image credit) A long-standing ...