Latest ACT News
Chili eating competition a dead heat
Georgina Connery 4:28 PM Tears flowed, noses ran and faces were wincing in pain as things heated up at the Canberra chilli eating competition on Saturday.
Painkiller fraud accused denied bail
Matthew Raggatt 1:26 PM A 22-year-old charged with using a stolen prescription script to ask for a strong painkiller often used by those with cancer has been denied bail after fears he was not working alone.
Two clever and questioning exhibitions
Peter Haynes 8:40 PM Claire Capel-Stanley, the curator and one of the exhibiting artists in The Bends, takes her title from the Radiohead song.
ACT and NSW governments' greyhounds ban could lead to suicide
David Polkinghorne 8:18 PM Canberra breeders concerned for those who will lose their livelihood and the thousands of dogs set to lose their lives.
Police call for help identifying alleged carwash burglar
8:09 PM Police have published footage of a man they allege burgled three self-serve car washes in Calwell, Tuggeranong and Belconnen.
Expert urges food companies to stop hiding salt and sugar in favourite meals
Natasha Boddy 12:00 AM That slice of toast, the piece of cheese and even your favourite tomato sauce. It may not taste like it but it's probably laced with hidden sugar or salt. And it could be slowly killing us.
Erin Molan and Alan Tongue Canberra Times Fun Run ambassadors
Alexandra Back 12:00 AM Sports reporter Erin Molan and Canberra Raiders legend Alan Tongue will join thousands of people at this year's Canberra Times fun run.
How do we get Indigenous children to succeed in school?
Natasha Boddy 12:00 AM Improving school results for Aboriginal children can only be achieved with teaching methods that factor in cultural and language barriers, a leading expert says.
Behind-the-scenes look at 70 years of parliamentary radio
Clare Sibthorpe 12:00 AM This weekend, Canberrans can step back in time to the year more than half of all Australians lived just 68 years, earned seven pounds a week, and tuned into the first live radio broadcast from the Federal Parliament.
Race to save greyhounds after NSW and ACT governments ban industry
Henry Belot 11:30 PM Thousands of dogs likely to be killed unless re-homed.
Airport takes Olympian's portrait to new heights
Callum Marshall 5:55 PM The painting of snowboarding superstar Torah Bright that took artist Zoe Young to the 2014 Archibald Prize finals has been acquired by Canberra Airport.
Free running training in lead up to CT Fun Run
Jil Hogan It's just under two months until The Canberra Times Fun Run, which is the perfect amount of time to get prepared – and there's free training to help you get there.
'We could be dead': trio's lucky escape after car rolls on Majura Parkway
Alexandra Back Instead of celebrating his 25th birthday, Rodney McGrory was pulling himself from the wreckage of his friend's Peugeot 306, sore but alive.
Back for round two
Jil Hogan The first Canberra Scavenger Hunt was a huge success, so now it's coming back for a full weekend of adventures.
Impressive etchings create a mesmerising universe
Sasha Grishin The strength of her art lies precisely in her ability to enthral the viewer with this mass of intriguing detail and to create a web of fantasy through which to catch our imagination.
Could a Wellington ecosanctuary hold the key to saving Australian wildlife?
Christopher Knaus The urban eco-sanctuary has come under fire from some conservationists, but its results speak for themselves.
'Frustrating': ACT to have credit rating outlook changed to negative
Christopher Knaus A state or territory cannot have a higher credit rating, or a different outlook, than that given to the federal government.
How to keep the kids entertained for the next week
Jil Hogan The school holidays are only half over. If you're left scratching your head about how to keep everyone entertained, here's what's on in the coming week.
Steering clear of lycra
Jil Hogan If wearing lycra is enough of a deterrent to keep you off the bike, Angelina Russo believes she has the perfect alternative.
Canberra's rents increase as national rates dive
Canberra was among the capital cities that recorded a rise in rents over the past year.
Man who punched ACTION bus driver identified
Police have identified a man who was caught on CCTV punching a bus driver after refusing to pay his fare.
Former Olympian calls on Canberrans to give racing greyhounds a second chance
Henry Belot Argos is more at home on the couch than the track.
Greyhound racing industry has no future in Canberra after NSW ban: ACT government
Henry Belot Greyhound racing will become illegal in NSW from mid next year.
Canberra mornings: Traffic, weather and what's on in one click
The news, traffic and weather to get you up to speed.
Alcohol driving Canberra emergency departments to despair
Natasha Boddy Alcohol-related harm has become the number one public health issue in Canberra's emergency departments, a leading specialist says.
Canberra Casino loses bid to suspend industrial action and protect 'James Bond types'
Henry Belot Industrial action at Canberra Casino would dissuade James Bond types, casino claimed.
Meet the National Zoo and Aquarium's newest residents
Callum Marshall The National Zoo and Aquarium unveiled its latest attraction on Thursday, Cian and Tunku, two Siamang gibbons.
Step away from the iPad kids
Natasha Boddy Children in Canberra are being asked to turf the tablets and get back to the good old fashioned way of having fun by climbing trees and getting dirty in the great outdoors.
Coalition's 'tin ear' on public's health expectations cost it votes
David Ellery The Coalition paid a high price at the polls for its failure to grasp that Australians regard free access to healthcare as a basic right.
Canberra's free-to-air feed of junk TV restored
James Joyce Canberra fans of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the US version of The Bachelorette will have their free-to-air feed of junk TV restored on July 17.
