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Home A River: Toy Boat Tour, pt.13 News Sun Media August 16, 2008 News Index Local News The black toy boat approaches the Forks on the north Hot Topics branch of the Thames. This week: engineer Slobodan Canada & World Simonovic talks about the potential for another massive Politics flood in London. Special Reports Blogs Videos Podcasts Opinion Columnists Today Sports Business Classifieds E-mail Alerts RSS Photo Galleries Your Sports Your Music Citizen One

WEEKLY London & Area Open Houses Homes Home Seller Jobboom Careers Travel Wheels Auto Seller produced by: Mike Knoll and Randy Richmond See Our Daily Advertisers FEATURED Golf Guide 2009 Events Flyers This Week Frugal Fridays A River: Videos River Photos Map Directory A River published The Thames, London and the tides that bind them e-Edition Monday, May 5 Spring Break Contest Auction Mania 2009 Toy Boat Tour A River published LFP VIDEOS: View all 22 espisodes of the ride down the Sunday, May 4

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A River Podcast A River published Business Name P.J. Harston talks to Free Press reporter Randy Richmond Saturday, May 3 City about his research A River The Thames, Find a Business Blogging Down A River London and the tides that Find a Person Share your thoughts with us about your experiences on and bind them around the Thames River.

A River: Coves Erosion Slowed (Dec. 23, 2008) Three rows of hedges are planted in a gully at the Coves to help stop the erosion of the Thames watershed. Toy Boat Tour

A River: Friends of the Thames (Dec. 13, 2008) A River: Toy Boat SPECIAL SECTIONS Todd Sleeper of "Friends of the Thames" talks about his Tour, Part 1 Signature Homes vision of the future of the river. Free Press reporter Randy Richmond launches a boat at Play A River: What Next for the Thames? (Dec. 6, 2008) the north source of the Welcome Back Thames River experts express their wishes for the future of Thames River. the river following a brainstorming session at the Free Press. Continuing Education A River: Toy Boat Home Magazine A River: Thames Public Meeting (Nov. 22, 2008) The City of London is planning a public meeting to help Tour, Part 2 VIRTUAL SECTIONS decide the future of the Thames River and its relationship Reporter Randy Richmond with London. launches a toy boat on the Welcome to our new south branch of the Thames. This week: Managing Editor home A River: Old Man River (Nov. 15, 2008) Joe Ruscitti talks about why Signature Homes Stew Simpson, who has spent his life on the Thames River, shares his perspective on the waterway. the paper is focusing a Auction 2009 seasonal series on the river. Play A River: Thames Heritage River Tree (Nov. 15, 2008) The Thames Heritage River Tree, which London artist Paul A River: Toy Boat Welcome Back Cottle has been carving since March, nears completion and Tour, Part 3 Continuing Education may be featured at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. The toy boat makes its way Home Magazine through Woodstock. This A River: What Does the Thames Need? (Nov. 15, 2008) week: Matt Williamson, the Our Next Economy Members of the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority teen who took it upon himself Golf Guide 2009 answer the question, "What does the Thames River need?" to clean-up a section of the Thames, talks about making a A River: Shoreline Clean-up (Sep. 26, 2008) difference. Almost 200 people take part in the 15th Annual TD Great OUR SERVICES Canadian Shoreline Clean-up. A River: Toy Boat Tour, Part 4 Place an Ad A River: Water Quality (Sep. 23, 2008) The toy boat floats through Contact Us Water quality specialists test the Thames and talk about the current state of the river. Mitchell and St.Mary's. This Subscribe week: St.Mary's Museum curator Mary Smith talks A River: Toy Boat Tour Special (Aug. 30, 2008) Become a Carrier about what the river has Mike Knoll and Randy Richmond talk about where the Toy meant to her community. Newspapers in Boat Tour has led them and where it is going. Education A River: Toy Boat Your Newspaper A River: Jennifer Robertson (Aug. 29, 2008) London artist Jennifer Robertson talks about her work that Tour, Part 5 General Comments appears in the artbook, "The River Project". The toy boat winds its way Terms and Conditions through Beachville and A River: Queen Snakes (Aug. 25, 2008) Ingersoll. This week: fly Privacy Statement Species-at-Risk Biologist Scott Gillingwater shows some of fisherman Jay Newell shares General Contest Rules the Queen Snakes living on the Thames. his perspective on the Thames River. A River: Bike Trails (Aug. 25, 2008) ON CANOE.CA Free Press reporter Jenni Dunning explores the bike trails A River: Toy Boat that border the Thames River. Horoscopes Tour, Part 6 The toy boat finds itself in A River: Softshell Turtle Release (Aug. 15, 2008) Lotteries Fanshawe Lake. This week: Spiny Softshell Turtles incubated in captivity are released Mike Morris from the E-Cards into the Thames watershed as part of an initiative to restore Fanshawe Yacht Club. Crosswords the species. TV Listings A River: Memorial Fountain Delayed (Aug. 12, 2008) A River: Toy Boat Canoe Auctions The Blackburn Memorial Fountain at the Forks of the Tour, Part 7 Thames, originally scheduled to be completed by July 1, is The green toy boat enters now being delayed until Fall. London on the Thames' south branch. This week: naturalist A River: Ray Jackson (Jul. 16, 2008) Ann White. London artist Ray Jackson talks about his sculpture "The Evolution of Castor". Jackson's work is featured in the art A River: Toy Boat book, The River Project. Tour, Part 8 The green boat drifts though A River: Spiny Softshell Turtles (Jul. 13, 2008) St. Julien Park. This week: A team of biologists from the Upper Thames River community activist Bernie

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Conservation Authority work to protect the Eastern Spiny Brooke. Softshell Turtles living on the Thames. A River: Toy Boat A River: Fish Tagging (Jun. 10, 2008) Tour, Part 9 Biotactics' Dr. Chris Bunt uses radio tags to track fish movement through the new gates at Springbank Dam. The toy boat on the south branch of the Thames goes SEARCH all News: Special Reports: A River: Videos over Hunt Dam. This week: Cathy Reeves of the UTRCA Articles talks about the more than 200 barriers found throughout the watershed. A River A River: Toy Boat POV: Defining the river that defines us (May Tour, Part 10 3, 2008) The black toy boat challenges the Fanshawe Dam. This Because of its famous name, and because both the north week: Water Resource and south branches meet here, the river is often associated Engineer Mark Helsten talks with London. about Fanshawe Dam. Toy Boat Tour A River: Toy Boat View all 22 espisodes of the ride down the Thames River. Tour, Part 11 COMMENT: Thames River remains a jewel, albeit The green toy boat floats somewhat flawed (May. 9, 2009) through London on the south It's impossible to conceive when looking at our river now, so branch of the Thames. This narrow and shallow, that such a calamity that paralysed our week: landscape architect city with grief could happen. Ron Koudys.

Canoe Club falls victim to dam failure (May. 6, 2009) A River: Toy Boat The London Canoe Club may become the first casualty of Tour, Part 12 city hall's $5-million lawsuit against the designers and The black toy boat makes its builders of the flawed Springbank Dam. way down the north branch of the Thames. This week: Dam repairs may be years away (May. 5, 2009) London poet and writer Penn Londoners will forego a working Springbank dam for at least Kemp talks about the literary two more years - and potentially far longer - unless the city implications of the river. settles its $5-million lawsuit against firms who designed and built it. A River: Toy Boat SPECIAL REPORT: Fix it or deep-six it? (Apr. 18, 2009) Tour, Part 13 With costs of repairing a new but defective Springbank Dam The black toy boat in the millions of dollars and rising, the debate over whether approaches the Forks on the the structure should even exist has resurfaced. Free Press north branch of the Thames. reporter Randy Richmond lays out the positions of the dam's This week: engineer Slobodan proponents and opponents. Simonovic talks about the potential for another massive City keeps report secret (Apr. 17, 2009) flood in London. City hall won't disclose to taxpayers a report that details what officials think went wrong at Springbank Dam, even though A River: Toy Boat those findings will be shared with engineering firms sued by Tour, Part 14 the city. The two toy boats meet at the Forks of the Thames. This Cost to fix dam totals $4.5M (Apr. 16, 2009) week: Kevin Bice the London London city hall says $4.5 million needs to be spent to artist who conceived and correct defects that disabled one gate at Springbank Dam organized the artbook "The and also threaten the other three gates. River Project."

POV: Step in right direction on Springbank Dam (Apr. A River: Toy Boat 16, 2009) Given the long, arduous, and recently tortuous history of the Tour, Part 15 Springbank Dam, it's difficult to ignore the possibility nature The toy boats float by might be trying to send us all a message, and a not Greenway Pollution Plant. particularly new one at that. This week: John Fitzgerald, Division Manager for the City City files $5.5M lawsuit (Apr. 15, 2009) of London's pollution control London is suing the consulting engineers, designers and operations, talks about builders of the broken Springbank Dam for $5.5 million. keeping the Thames clean.

Springbank Dam repair stalls as costs overflow (Apr. A River: Toy Boat 14, 2009) Tour, Part 16 Ten months after the Springbank Dam was supposed to The toy boats approach faulty begin operating again, its future remains as muddy as the Springbank Dam. This week: river flowing through its broken gates. London Rowing Club President Meredith Smith Canoe club seeks fast fix to stay alive (Apr. 6, 2009) talks about the problems the Worried about another summer without paddling, the London dam has created for rowers. Canoe Club is pitching a novel way to dam the Thames River -- a giant wormlike tube filled with water. A River: Toy Boat Raw sewage in Thames enough to fill 700 pools (Feb. Tour, Part 17

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20, 2009) The toy boats leave London Enough raw sewage to fill about 700 backyard swimming and float through Komoka pools flowed untreated into the Thames River from London Provincial Park. This week: during last week's heavy rainfall and flooding. Anita Caveney of the McIlwraith Naturalists talks New army fighting erosion (Dec. 31, 2008) about her efforts to protect the They look like an end, not a beginning. species of Komoka Park.

A RIVER: Saturday Special (Dec. 13, 2008) A River: Toy Boat The man who launched the annual cleanup of the Thames Tour, Part 18 River 10 years ago has a new, more ambitious plan to help the waterway. The toy boats float through Delaware and the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. COLUMN: River roundup (Dec. 13, 2008) This week: Jode Kechego A few patches of ice and snow clung to the trails when I took talks about what the Thames my first walk in the woods along the Thames River in early means to his people. March.

POINT OF VIEW: Thames River vision should A River: Toy Boat connect us all (Dec. 13, 2008) Tour, Part 19 Almost every journey runs into a few unexpected bends and The toy boats float around Big rough patches. Bend. This week: Mary Simpson talks about the Watershed moment (Dec. 6, 2008) Thames as a social boundary. It has defined Southwestern Ontario from the start, yet the Thames River is remote to the lives of many who live in the A River: Toy Boat region. Tour, Part 20 The toy boats float through Rare mussel found in Thames (Nov. 30, 2008) Thamesville. This week: It's no longer a has-bean. historian Arthur Pegg talks about the 1813 Battle of the COLUMN: Time right to celebrate the Thames (Nov. Thames. 29, 2008) If a city on a hill cannot be hidden, it's equally true that a city in a valley can't easily be seen. A River: Toy Boat Tour, Part 21 Imagine our Thames clean enough to swim (Nov. 28, The toy boats float through 2008) Chatham. This week: historian Swimming in the Thames? John Rhodes talks about the role the Thames played in Thames meeting turbulent (Nov. 27, 2008) Chatham as a harbour. The city's hopes of balancing competing interests in the Thames River ran into rough water last night at a key public A River: Toy Boat meeting on a plan for the watershed's future. Tour, Final Public's turn on Thames' future (Nov. 22, 2008) The toy boast arrive at Does the river need a few restaurants? How about some Lighthouse Cove. This week: washrooms? Jim Cooke, owner of the Lighthouse Inn, talks about SEARCH all News: Special Reports: A River Articles living where the Thames ends.

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