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The former pumping station at James Street overlooks the thawing Red River Tuesday. WHAT’S UP, JAMES? It’s spring, when a young amateur hydrologist’s fancy turns to river levels. The absence of flooding this year means Winnipeg is bound to see a riverwalk sooner than usual. Right now, the Red is sitting a foot and below the riverwalk. More precipitation and the Assiniboine basin crest may result in it getting submerged, but this is shaping to be the best year in a while … if the weather co-operates. See Bart Kives story. March 24, 2015 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press)