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AM edition, Sunday, January 17, 2021
Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a sunny Sunday with a top of 28 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital today.

Dragway advocate sees role for revived strip in reducing hooning in Canberra

Subscriber: Geoff Develin says hooning will always be an issue in Canberra until the activity is taken off the streets - like it was in the 1990s.

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Diplomats' dodgy driving: worst offenders revealed

Subscriber: Russian diplomats have racked up almost $100,000 in unpaid traffic fines, with Saudi embassy staff the worst offenders.

Canberra in line for new repatriation flight

The federal government has announced an additional 20 chartered planes to bring home Australians stranded overseas.

Going up: The rise and rise of indoor bouldering

Bouldering has come to Canberra, and its boom in Australia could even produce a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Psychedelics for mental health draws support

A former Defence Force chief has given his support to a campaign to increase accessibility of psychedelic drugs for sufferers of mental illness.

Vet skillset transfers to national COVID response

Veterinary epidemiologist Dr Rachel Iglesias has been able to transfer her skills to assist in the national COVID-19 response.

Hope rises from the ashes at Woodburn home

Like its namesake, the Phoenix Bar rose from the ashes littering Michael Weekes' backyard after a bushfire attacked his property last summer.

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Stay or leave? Tianjara fire brings painful changes

Subscriber: In different ways, the devastation of bushfire has forced residents in the bush community of Tianjara to rethink their homes.

There's a chilly wind in the Washington willows

Opinion: Graphic accounts of the invasion and occupancy of the Capitol provided an eerie reminder of the first book Ian Warden read.

Sam Williams answers mate's call for NCG

Subscriber: It's not every off-season weekend that the Canberra Raiders playmaker gets to live out his summer passion: cricket.

I took on the Centenary Trail. Here's what I learned

Tackling the Centenary Trail over several Sundays, markedly under-the-weather for some, is doable. Enjoyable even, writes Alex Crowe.

Times Past

"Restrictions on water for gardens" and "Heat, Storm and Blackout for Canberra", announced two large headlines on the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 62 years ago. On the same page, Queensland was under threat with two cyclones heading that way, a drought in Brazil claimed 400 lives, and a snow-cat travelled through the streets of London. READ MORE
 
 
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