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

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