We're in for a warm and slightly windy day with a top of 25 degrees. Here are the latest headlines to take you into the weekend.

First COVID-19 jab could be approved in days

Exclusive: The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 could be approved in Australia within days, the boss of the country's medical regulator says.

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Where are Lake George's famous tiger snakes?

Subscriber | Tim the Yowie Man: While Lake George was once a haven for the venomous reptiles, few are spotted there these days. Why?

Second impeachment a disaster - for Democrats

Subscriber | Opinion: Trumpism will emerge more popular than ever and his crazy sense of grievance gets a new life, writes Jack Waterford.

'Let us hope that here a city may arise'

An album compiled by Canberra's first official photographer captures the optimism of the city's foundation at a time of immense uncertainty.

Manuka Oval offers possible AFLW solution

Subscriber: Ongoing border bans between NSW and other states could prevent the GWS Giants' women's team from re-entering Sydney.

Times Past

More than 1800 Australian Defence Force personnel served in the Gulf War. The Canberra Times spoke to Therese Dunn, a navy wife, whose husband, Lieutenant Commander Robert Dunn, was a gunnery officer aboard HMAS Brisbane. These were her words, published 30 years ago today: "It's very difficult to tell [our children] that their dad's going to the war and he may not come back." READ MORE