Good morning, Canberra. We're looking at a shower or two today in the capital, with a possible storm and a max of 30. Here's what's making news. |
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When you're pounding the pavement in the Canberra Times Fun Run next Sunday, think of Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge. That's what Shaun Creighton does. |
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Subscriber only: ACT schools will have to pay out of their own budgets to replace banned religious chaplains with secular youth workers next year. |
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Medical adrenaline, GBL, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine were seized in dawn raids across Canberra. |
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Subscriber only: Canberra's famous Birdman Rally may not be ready to take flight just yet, but it could make a remarkable comeback. |
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Subscriber only: The curtain is about to come down on Bruce Carmichael's long career at the Canberra Theatre Centre. |
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Subscriber only: Chief Minister Andrew Barr has forecast a broad-based approach to banning gay conversion therapy in the ACT. |
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Rough sleepers will be moved into permanent housing under a new program aimed at ending street homelessness in Canberra. |
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Subscriber only: Joe Roff knew the day after the Brumbies' loss in the 2000 Super Rugby final Eddie Jones was destined for greatness. |
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Ainslie milliner Christine Waring has been creating beautiful hats and headpieces for the stylish women of Canberra for more than 30 years. |
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If Sam Froling never learnt to listen to his big sister Keely, now might be a good time to start. |
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The comedian is bringing his new stand-up show, Whoopsie Daisy, to Canberra on Friday - and he has some things to say. |
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| Times Past This front page story of 1931 wasn't a Canberra story, but the quotes in it are too good to resist revisiting 88 years on. Englishwoman Peggy Salaman was a "pretty, fair-haired 19-year-old debutante" who was about to fly a de Havilland Puss Moth all the way from England to Cape Town, South Africa. "We have two revolvers, an alarm clock, and chewing gum to stop leakages in the petrol tanks," she said. "I am taking an evening gown to make whoopee in Cape Town, although I don't like dancing, smoking, and other modern feminine crazes." READ MORE |
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