Metrolinx plan for new rail yards raise concerns in Thorncliffe Park, Don Valley by  Alex Bozikovic Architecture Critic Published  May 15, 2021 The impact area of a proposed GO train layover facility in the Don River Valley Park in Toronto…
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Earth Week Challenge Winners Thank you to everyone who participated in our Earth Week Challenge.  We had great success with the challenge adding to our totals for the year.  Thank you for all your fun photos and videos in submissions.  …
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Earth Week Challenge Don’t Mess with the Don will be holding their 2nd Annual Earth Week Trash Challenge. Facebook Event A great way to get outside and help clean up the Don or your local park with the chance to…
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Rally for Good: Trail Clean Up source: https://drinkrally.ca/journal/rallyforgood-trailcleanup Feb. 7 It was a brisk Sunday morning in February when the phone rang at Rally HQ. On the other end were legendary eco-warriors Floyd and Lawrence from Don’t Mess With The…
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On November 18, DMWTD deputed to the executive committee on the importance of keeping industry from returning to the Don Valley. We used the city staff report on the Metrolinx Service facility as the base for our comments (in red). execDMWD1120-1

Our early morning cleanup was covered by Breakfast Television Toronto This morning we had a pop-up cleanup with many of our dedicated volunteers.  We  were covered live on Breakfast Television Toronto in 3 segments.  A  great demonstration of how much…
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Fall Trash Challenge Contest Don’t Mess with the Don is partnering with Salomon Toronto to run a virtual cleanup challenge.  Grab some bags and hit your local park or much-needed spot in one of Toronto’s many ravines. For the week…
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This month, the Don Valley trail race “Muddy Buddy” (7K) will take place, organized by our friends at Urban Trail Racing in partnership with Muddy York Brewery. You can run the race anytime you want between August 15th and 23rd. What’s even better is…
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The Don’t Mess With The Don leadership team, from left, John Scott, Sean Symes, Irene Vandertop, Lawrence Warriner, and Floyd Ruskin. Due to the pandemic, the stewardship group has cancelled it’s large-scale clean-up events but is encouraging people to keep…
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