Tag: river
Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River | Great Lakes Now
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been sacred to First Nations.
London searchers find remains believed to that of girl lost in river
Police said the investigation has now been reassigned to the department’s major crimes division, which will be helping the coroner’s office
London mother of girl missing in river clings to daughter’s final cry
“Mom!” That cry was the last word an anguished London mother said she heard from her young daughter before she was swept away by the fast-flowing Thames River, triggering a massive search for the seven-year-old that has now become a recovery mission. Little Anna Bielli was with her mother Karen Fermill and two younger siblings […]
Brews News: Big events coming up at London Brewing
Sure, it started as an afterthought at a farm-to-table restaurant. But look at it now.
Eyewitness says he tried to save London girl swept away in Thames River
As the search for a girl missing in the Thames River in London continued Friday, an eyewitness who was fishing when she disappeared recalled how he tried to save her in the fast-moving current. The 11-year-old boy, who’d been fishing with his grandfather Thursday, said he saw the girl playing in the water upstream nearby […]
A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist | Great Lakes Now
On August 2, it will be 10 years since officials in Toledo alerted residents in the early morning hours not to drink, bathe in or otherwise come into contact with tap water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant. For nearly three days chaos reigned, as bottled water sold out that first day before dawn and disappeared from shelves in the region the next day.
Trail Talk: Some thoughts from the trail
Butterflies, iNaturalist and the more inconspicuous orchids of Southwestern Ontario
River search for missing London girl enters second day
A search was continuing Friday in north London for a missing girl last seen Thursday afternoon in the Thames River
LIVE: Frantic search continues in London for child in Thames River
London firefighters and police are using boats and a drone as they search for a child in the Thames River on Thursday. The child was last seen at 3 p.m. in the river in the area of Adelaide Street North and Kipps Lane, London police said. “Police are asking the public to avoid the area […]
Move over, Paris: London’s got Game(s), too
Four days, 18 sports, 3,500 young athletes and â who knows? â maybe even some future Olympians. The Ontario Summer Games begin Thursday in London. Reporter Noah Brennan takes you through what you need to know. THE BIG PICTURE The four-day event, running Thursday through Sunday, involves athletes from across the province, ages 12 to […]