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Claire Rossiter of Casey and Lauren Sutherland of Macquarie.

The Craft ACT gallery was busy last week with the openings of two exhibitions.

Socials: Opening night

Jane Temby with Sam, 5, Anna, 4, and Lara, 1. 

Weston Scout Group had a milestone birthday last week

Socials: Birthday celebrations

Yang Zheng, Louis Hearn and Ted Bermingham.

Socials: Lots of laughs

Socials: Grins for gin

Life through the lenses of our photographers and readers.

Instagrammers of Canberra

Kate Parkinson, 11, Alison Bramley, 7, Nina Stanwell, 9, and Penny Collins-Williamson, 11, play cricket.

There was no shortage of holiday fun throughout the 90s in Canberra.

Flashback Friday: Happy holidays

Comedian Celeste Barber brought her new show "Fine, Thanks" to the capital.

Socials: Celeste comes to Canberra

EPIC was the perfect place to be for any future brides or grooms of Canberra over the weekend.

Socials: Wedding Fair

There were plenty of ideas worth sharing at the TEDxCanberra Open Mic Night at King O'Malley's.

Socials: Open Mic at O'Malley's

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is in Canberra to host three hour-long celebrations of mesmerising short films.

Socials: Banff Film Festival

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A crowd gathered around Molonglo Reach to support the skilled contenders in the ACT Wakeboard competition held at the weekend.

Clint and Taj Gearside of Wollongong and Rod Lindsell of Franklin.

Tayla French and Mitchell Bartlett of Gilmore.

Amy, Harley and Braxton Tonkin of Sydney.

Shannon Micallef of Shellharbour, Matthew and Jessie Cowpar of Ebenezer, and Danielle Byrne of Shell Cove.

Tony Byrne of Shell Cove and Pete Zala of Duffy.

Amy Martin

Three films from the inaugural Capital Film Festival. Clockwise from top left: Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande; Luke Hemswoth and Rasmus King in Bosch & Rockit; and Aisha Dee in Sissy. Pictures: Supplied

The inaugural program includes Emma Thompson's latest film, an offering from Luke Hemsworth and a satirical horror movie filmed in Canberra.

Scene one, take two: Capital Film Festival launches second inaugural program

Sarah Lansdown

Palmerston District Primary School will be sending year 1 and 2 students into remote learning for a week. Picture: ACM

Two more schools have switched some students to remote learning as staffing shortages continue.

Two more Canberra schools turn to remote learning

Blake Foden

Stephen Porter outside court prior to him being remanded in custody. Picture: Blake Foden

"I will never, in my life, forgive you," one told Stephen Porter in a victim impact statement.

'No winners, just hurt children': Victims of football paedophile detail 'dark chapters'

A police evidence marker at the scene after the fatal fight. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The 17-year-old says he later learned the deceased's identity had been misrepresented to him.

Alleged murderer thought for weeks he was skatepark killer, court hears

Alex Crowe

Ambulance attended a two-car crash on the Barton Highway in Murrumbateman.

Driver transported to hospital following incident on Barton Highway

Driver taken to hospital following Barton Highway incident

Brittney Levinson

Block 4, section 57 in Turner will go to auction on June 28. Picture: Supplied

The land has been vacant for several years after an attempt to sell it in 2019 fell over.

ACT govt to sell Northbourne Ave land for residential development

Wakeboard watching

The ACT Wakeboard competition drew a crowd at the weekend.

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