Delicate art of high tea revisited at Teapots and Tablecloths
Julieanne Strachan THE delicate art of high tea is enjoying a contining resurgence in popularity and a Canberra gallery has opened a Teapots and Tablecloths exhibition to celebrate the emergence of the teacup and cake...
Anglicare needs lunch food for children
Julieanne Strachan STRUGGLING Canberra families are sending their children to school without lunches because they can't afford to buy food, prompting charity group Anglicare to make a public plea for donations of...
Law to give pets helping paw
Julieanne Strachan ANIMAL welfare advocates have welcomed changes in the definition of domestic violence to include harming the family pet, saying it would help protect vulnerable people and their animals.
Cold start to a warmer than average winter
Julieanne Strachan CANBERRANS will be strapping the electric blankets to their beds now if they haven't already, after the capital endured three consecutive June nights of around minus 4 degrees for the first time in...
Flock to fair to plan a vintage wedding with flair
Julieanne Strachan BRIDES-TO-BE will be able to check out the latest trends in dresses, jewellery and limousines today at the Canberra Wedding Fair.
Chubby club a hazard
Julieanne Strachan HEALTH experts are warning against a dangerous online trend known as ''gainer websites'' which encourage overweight people to put on massive amounts of body fat.
From a petrie dish to your plate
Julieanne Strachan THE future of food will arrive in October - but are you ready?
Thieves hammering tradies
Julieanne Strachan CARPENTERS' tools have become a hot target for thieves in the ACT this year, with police fielding reports of 76 of the items being taken from building sites in the past few months, and $35,000 worth...
Nurse tops the hard yards test
Julieanne Strachan THE RACE was on in Canberra this week to find out which profession clocked up the most hard yards during an average day.
Police provide good news from frontline
Julieanne Strachan With Australia preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the country is boosting its own security, with the Afghan local police force poised to almost double in size in the next few...
Depression may lead to obesity says expert
JULIEANNE STRACHAN Anti-depressants could be a major unidentified obesity risk, with researchers at the John Curtin School of Medical Research now focused on probing the nature of weight gain and its relationship to...
ANU health checks reveal weighty issues
Julieanne Strachan HOW much do we weigh and is it going to kill us?
Community CPS helps volunteers
Julieanne Strachan FINANCIAL experts taking business days off to work in soup kitchens or school canteens may be nothing new for the Community CPS Australia credit union, but it is now trying to get people who don't...
Vets explore ways to fight new diseases
Julieanne Strachan IN THE time it took Joe Brownlie to fly from London to Canberra, millions of disease spores could have taken the journey with him.
Huge energy drinks open can of worms
Julieanne Strachan DIETICIANS are ringing alarm bells over the increasing size of energy drink cans, with one offering more kilojoules than a roast dinner.
Harri and Rufus support one another on diabetes journey
Julieanne Strachan FOUR-YEAR-OLD Harri's new bear Rufus has something a bit different about him. They met in the Canberra Hospital just over a week ago, which is unsurprising, given that the bear has been through a lot...
Online deals find the love
Julieanne Strachan AUSTRALIA'S love affair with online buying may have thrown bricks and mortar businesses a curve ball, but many are now clawing back market share with a growing use of online coupons.
Banks prefer a McMansion
Julieanne Strachan CANBERRA'S appetite for McMansions may have lessened but architects are complaining that it is now the banks - not the clients - who are pushing them for extra more bricks and mortar.
Plan ahead to avoid elder abuse
Julieanne Strachan OLDER Canberrans are being urged to make firm plans for their twilight years to avoid elder abuse.
Activity helps asthmatics to breathe easy
Julieanne Strachan ASTHMATICS are being urged not to dodge sport because of fears they will have attacks while exercising.
