MRG and ravines in the news
- The long battle for Yellow Creek Ravine – Spacing, August 28, 2025
- Century-old Toronto trail to get $35M rehab funded mostly by neighbourhood groups – CBC, July 25, 2025
- Mayor John Tory hopes funding to revive ravines will start flowing this year – CBC, January 16, 2020
- ‘We’re losing these’: Man campaigns to save native species in Toronto’s ravines – CBC, June 24, 2019
- Fix midtown ravine suffering from years of erosion, neglect, residents tell city -CBC, November 10, 2017
- Toronto has big plans for its ravines but official strategy has no city funding yet – CBC, October 10, 2017
Background information
- Vale of Avoca Improvement Project – Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- St. Clair Staircase Project – Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Yellow Creek near Heath Street East Erosion Control and Slope Stabilization Project – Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Yellow Creek Below Summerhill Gardens Channel Repairs – Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Authorization to Release Section 37 Funds to Support the Redesign of the Vale of Avoca Ravine to Include a Missing Walking Trail Connection – Motion by Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, July 2025
- The Vale of Avoca/Yellow Creek – 2023 Update and Next Steps Report for Action, Infrastructure and Environment Committee – June 8, 2023
- Toronto’s Ravine Strategy – YouTube, 2018
- Update on Yellow Creek / Vale of Avoca – City of Toronto, Parks & Environment Committee Report for Action, October 30, 2017
Advocacy
- Ravine Strategy Update – February 24, 2026 – letter to Toronto City Council
- The Vale of Avoca/Yellow Creek – 2023 Update and Next Steps – July 27, 2023, MRG letter to City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee
- Vale of Avoca/Yellow Creek Update and Next Steps – June 27, 2023, MRG letter to City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee
- Completing The Missing Link and Building the East Toronto Railpath – July 13, 2021, MRG letter to City of Toronto
- Manual for Stewardship in Public Ravines and Natural Areas – October 16, 2020, MRG letter to City of Toronto
- Ravine Strategy Implementation – January 22, 2020, MRG letter to Toronto City Council
- Public Presentations on the 2020 Capital and Operating Budgets – January 19, 2020, MRG letter to Budget Subcommittee for Toronto and Etobicoke