News archives
2020
- October 2020: Planting trees for more transit
- September 2020: New recipient of student award supporting Canada’s emerging conservation leaders
- August 2020: Parks Canada asks for the public's assistance to reduce the spread of invasive rusty crayfish
- April 2020: Parks Canada asks for the public's assistance to curb and report illegal dumping in the park.
- April 2020: A Look Back: The Photographer-in-Residence program
2019
- August 2019: Government of Canada announces new Rouge National Urban Park education and welcome centre
- June 2019: Rouge National Urban Park now 95% complete
- June 2019: The TD Rouge Express – Free Shuttle Bus
- June 2019: Parks Canada and the Toronto Zoo release 48 more Blanding’s Turtles into Rouge National Urban Park
- January 2019: Tabling of Rouge National Urban Park Management Plan
2018
- June 2018: The TD Rouge Express: FREE shuttle bus to Rouge National Urban Park!
- June 2018: Parks Canada and the Toronto Zoo release 49 more baby turtles in the Rouge!
- May 2018: City of Pickering transfers land to Parks Canada for Rouge National Urban Park
2017
- October 2017: Historic Rouge National Urban Park Land Transfer
- August 2017: NatureLink making meaningful connections in the Rouge this summer
- July 2017: "The Rouge: An Urban Wilderness" with Cassandra Smyth
- July 2017: The Canada 150 Rouge Express
- June 2017: Parks Canada and the Toronto Zoo release 49 more baby turtles in the Rouge!
- June 2017: Bill C-18 receives Royal Assent
- May 2017: Transport Canada transfers 21km2 of land to Parks Canada for Rouge National Urban Park!
2016
- November 2016: "Reclaiming the City" with Heike Reuse, Rouge National Urban Park’s first ever Photographer-in-Residence
- June 2016: Parks Canada and the Toronto Zoo release 36 more baby turtles in the Rouge
- June 2016: Province of Ontario renews commitment to transfer lands for Rouge National Urban Park
- June 2016: Government of Canada strengthens Rouge National Urban Park ecological protection and provides long-term certainty for park farmers
2015
- July 2015: Parks Canada announces $15 million in conservation and restoration projects in Rouge National Urban Park
- July 2015: Government of Canada Announces Expansion of Rouge National Urban Park!
- June 2015: Baby turtles released in the future Rouge National Urban Park
- April 2015: Government of Canada Announces Transfer of First Lands for Rouge National Urban Park!