RiverBank

Use caution on bridge: province
The Brandon Sun; 12/15/2009; 334 words; ...girders up in February," Eden said. The construction team will also be working on the slope under the bridge and along the riverbanks during the winter, before the water rises. Eden also dispelled rumours that the completed portion of the twin bridge was...

Year of giving, getting for 'homeless hero'
Winnipeg Free Press; 12/15/2009; 812 words; ...would never have allowed him to imagine. This year, he's giving a Christmas present to the people of the street and the riverbank he calls his "family." On Wednesday at 9:45 a.m., Faron is presenting the Main Street Project with a $1,000 cheque...

BWDB to construct 17 km road to make embankment tourist spot
The New Nation; 12/15/2009; 446 words; ...has taken initiative to construct a 17-kilometer road on the city protection embankment as part of transforming the Padma riverbank into an attractive tourist spot. BWDB Superintending Engineer Abdul Mannan told that the decision has been finalized along...

Searchers fail to find woman
Waikato Times; 12/14/2009; 530 words; ...searching for Mrs Gibson, but yesterday with the river low, 22 family members walked from Hamilton Gardens northwards along the riverbank. Her distraught daughter said they were following the Maori tradition of dropping pounamu (greenstone) in the river so...

German defense minister refuses to quit.
UPI Emerging Threats; 12/14/2009; 720 words; ...of U.S. F-15 bombers on the order of a German colonel, was a mistake. The strike targeted two fuel trucks stuck in a riverbank some 5 miles outside a German base. The trucks had been seized by Taliban insurgents, and the German colonel feared they...