Good morning, Canberra. Don't forget there is a total fire ban in the ACT today as the temperature heads to a top of 40 degrees. Here's what's making news.
Subscriber only: A week from hell in the training hall will steel the Capitals' mindset as they brace for four games in a 10-day stretch.
Times Past
An advertisement for cigarettes took out a large chunk of The Canberra Times' front page on this day in 1972, in a true sign of the times. Claridge was marketing its tobacco to readers with what it might have called 'fun' facts. Firstly, it asked: "Which is the biggest coral reef in the world?" The answer: "Stretching some 1250 miles along the Queensland coast ... Australia's Great Barrier Reef." It came many years before cigarette advertising was banned in Australian newspapers. READ MORE
