Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy Saturday on the way to a top of 21 degrees. Here's what's making news in the capital.

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Tim the Yowie Man: Readers find mystery boy

Subscriber: Some clever armchair sleuths managed to piece together the clues to track down the curly-headed child known only as John.

AFLW set to make a Giant return to Manuka

After no footy in the capital in 2020, the Giants' men's and women's teams will return to play a double-header at Manuka Oval on March 6.

It's a terrible year for us, and for good government

Subscriber: Australia was diminished by government response to the fires. We still haven't filled the gaps, writes Jack Waterford.

Thunder has the need for some BBL speed

Subscriber: Strap in Canberra - Manuka Oval is set to sizzle as the Sydney Thunder unleash the Big Bash's most explosive pace attack.

Times Past

A teenage couple were inundated with gifts after losing nearly everything they owned after a fire gutted their temporary Narrabundah flat, reported The Canberra Times on this day 56 years ago. That front page also carried the news the preliminary plans for a large public park on the foreshores of Lake Burley Griffin between Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Parkes Way had been completed. READ MORE