| Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a sunny final day of February and a top of 30 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital. |
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| Eighteen months ago, Clay Watts weighed 58kg and faced gruelling treatment for pancreatic cancer. Now he's close to stepping into the ring for an MMA bout. |
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| Subscriber: The AIS Arena has become the largest white elephant in Canberra, with the federal govt refusing to address its future. |
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| Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has backed police to investigate a historic rape allegation against a senior government member. |
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| Subscriber: Since Australia Day weekend, blue-green algal cells have bloomed at Lake Burrinjuck - and locals want to get the word out. |
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| Subscriber: New restrictions allow for crowds of up to 10,000 people, but Events ACT is yet to make an application for Floriade. |
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| Australia will avoid significant flu seasons while its international borders remain shut, a positive side effect which could last for years. |
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| Subscriber: Disability advocates and Labor have slammed a call to end an arrangement to support NDIS participants during the pandemic. |
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| The ACT Brumbies secured their biggest win over bitter rivals the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby history with a 61-10 thrashing. |
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| Opinion: All those COVID tree-changers had better be ready to confront a very different life in the bush, writes B. R. Doherty. |
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| Subscriber: Like a kid in a candy store, Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson got through his return unscathed in yesterday's trial loss to the Roosters. |
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| To Canberra Bonsai Society president Tony Gill, every bonsai has a story. Those stories will be told at an exhibition today. |
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| | Times Past An article reporting on an influx of field mice featured on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 46 years ago. Canberra mice were having a field day while residents, faced with a chronic shortage of mousetraps, used all the methods at their disposal to overcome the unseasonal influx. The problem was worst in Tuggeranong, where the burning-off on Mount Taylor had caused the mice to leave their natural habitat. READ MORE
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