Ten young, excited Canberrans are supposed to be moving out of home for the first time, but this transition (a massive one for these people who have an intellectual disability) has been...
Armando Corvini is an 83-year-old rock climber and that is a story in itself, however, he also lost all his fingers and toes to frostbite – yet he continues to climb.
We have no snow and no sleds but the Canberra Sled Dog Club has dogs champing at the bit for its annual 2023 Classic competition in August. The club’s 25 members are...
As the Russian-Ukrainian war rages thousands of kilometres away, the small Russian Orthodox Church community in Narrabundah is quietly praying for peace. Father Alexander Morozow says he is opposed to the war...
While you were sleeping this morning, 321 brave souls (a Canberra record) plunged head-first into Lake Burley Griffin’s 6-degree water while the apparent temp was wavering in negative territory.
There were reports of...
ANU scientists have discovered a “lost world” of ancient organisms that all humans can trace their ancestral lineage back to. This family reunion of sorts is thanks to former ANU PhD student...
Powerchair football will be kicking goals thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Canberra Foundations Collaborative to buy more electric wheelchairs and expand the local league. Powerchair Football League has two clubs...
Jailbreak is the longest running prison radio program in the world (25 years) and it’s transmitting right here in Canberra on 2XX 98.3 FM to prison inmates at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
Every...
In a cruel irony, the ACT has been listed the least appealing winter destination for Australian travellers, just as VisitCanberra launches its Destination Canberra Conference tomorrow.
You’re just about to finish a perfect day in Canberra when suddenly, at the throw of a die, a political upheaval occurs and you have to go back three spaces. That’s the...
There’s a saying that if you do what you love, you never work a day in your life and that holds true for many retired academics in Canberra who continue to work well past retirement – for nothing.
While the Australian Government is still thinking about regulating artificial intelligence (AI), these technologies are galloping ahead at an alarming rate, unchecked.
New “generative AI” tools such as image generator, Midjourney, have prompted...