By, Lissa Albert, Amanda Henderson Jones, Nicholas Ward · for CBC News · Posted: Apr 18, 2019 Published Apr 18 2019 on CBC Montreal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-s-extreme-eaters-hunger-for-new-challenges-1.5093147 Check out another side to the city's foodie culture, where it's about how much and how fast you can eat Veronica Baggia gets ready to try to beat her own record, set in 2017, when she finished Pizza Spano's extra-large meat lover's pizza in 18 m

A bill proposing the establishment of a Conservation Hunting Authority to deal with feral animal populations in NSW has sparked heated debate. Photos: Rod Hart. A parliamentary bill in NSW that could fundamentally change the state’s relationship with hunting has triggered heated debate between supporters and opponents. The Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 proposes to establish a Conservation Hunting Authority, recognise a right to

Every day is different for the Fire and Rescue team. Adam Maiden, Nicolas Van der Meer, Brody Lowder, Nathan Brown. Photo: Canberra Pet Rescue. A kitten trapped in the walls of a grocery store in Dickson has been rescued thanks to the ingenuity of an Ainslie Fire and Rescue crew. Distressing meows caught the attention of staff, who contacted Canberra Pet Rescue, which coordinated with Fire and Rescue to come to the kitten’s aid. Arriving on scene, the crew began looking for t

Mary Liondi-Barlow started donating knitted items in 2017. Now, she coordinates dozens of volunteers providing hundreds of toys, blankets, and beanies to anyone who needs them. Photo: Nicholas Ward. In 2017, Mary Liondi-Barlow began making beanies for her family when a friend mentioned that Canberra Hospital was looking for some woollen donations. From beanies, she expanded into crocheted blankets, then toys. Eight years later, and Mary has created a sprawling network of volu

Majura Rangers Phil “Lightning” Black and Craig “El Nacho Bandito” Tregear pose with some of their period-appropriate firearms during weekend practice sessions at the Majura Park SSAA range. Photo: Nicholas Ward. The jingle jangle of spurs is the first sound that lets you know Canberra’s cowboy action shooters are nearby. The Majura Rangers, a single-action cowboy shooting club within the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (SSAA), competes in timed events using period

The Swedish X2000 tilt train spent two months in NSW and cut the journey time between Canberra and Sydney by an hour. Photo: SJ. In 2017, MP Andrew Leigh dropped a bombshell: Canberra had had enough of the slow train to Sydney.  His pitch: trial a tilt train provided for free by Spanish company Talgo. Dr Leigh said Talgo believed its trains operating on existing tracks could cut the route from 4.5 to 2.5 hours. It might have sounded like hype, but it had actually been tested

By Nicholas Ward Having graduated from Concordia before Covid I began the long hard search for a job only to be confronted with a rude and expensive reality of study in Canada. Having found what, I thought was the perfect job I applied and reached the stage where I had to send in copies of my degree and grade transcripts. Simple enough. I took my files to a print shop got my copies and went to a Public Notary who stamped my documents as genuine. Certified copies in hand I rea

Arresting peaceful protestors is not “inappropriate” it is criminal. Opinion By Nicholas Ward Sycophantic reporting on arrests of peaceful protestors this week have littered papers across the UK. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire Bipartisan public figures have condemned the arrests as inappropriate. Though many politicians spend more time criticizing the protests than the arrests. Adam Tonkins Ex conservative MP : “Anyone choosing this moment to protest… against the mon

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If I see one more “cycle to work” program I am going to scream. Credit: Julie Kinnear To be clear I am not anti-bike, I am pro bike. People should cycle everywhere, and Canberra should be an ideal place to cycle everywhere. But it isn’t. Despite Canberra’s mild temperatures, flat valleys, and well maintained infrastructure. Canberra is one of the worst places to cycle in Australia. For the simple reason that no one is putting any money into bike infrastructure. Over the last

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