CANBERRA’S Woman of the Year, Cindy Mitchell, has stepped away from her business (for now) and in just under two weeks, has helped set up a food-relief network to help the vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic.
Danielle Nohra
Danielle Nohra is a former "CityNews" editor.
CONCERNED the Belconnen area is being left behind for infrastructure and maintenance, former ACT Liberal Party leader Bill Stefaniak is standing again to make sure it doesn’t.
How the law makes sure you keep your distance in Canberra.
Reporter DANIELLE NOHRA discovers people keen to help their neighbours with their shopping in these self-isolating days.
A local seafood store owner has reported a dramatic decrease in the price of high-end seafood because it’s not being exported overseas.
The Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS) is considering the early release of some detainees during the coronavirus crisis but a Canberra professor in criminology says the government needs to act faster.
A KEY responder to the COVID-19 crisis, the community services sector, is going to start seeing service closures and job losses if more isn’t done to support it, says ACT Council of Social Service CEO Dr Emma Campbell.
Social isolation almost doubles the risk of developing dementia, the risk of heart attacks and stroke increases by 30 per cent, and the risk of cancer by 25 per cent. That's what behaviourist Dr Dirk Van Rooy tells DANIELLE NOHRA
Cafes across the Canberra region are rejecting keep cups in a response to the coronavirus pandemic, and La Sable Patisserie owner Ben Turner thinks they were possibly the first to lead this hygiene precaution.
“Panic buyers” responding to the coronavirus pandemic have been condemned by politicians and media outlets across the nation, but a Canberra behavioural insight specialist says it’s not as ridiculous as people think.
Following a new set of measures announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison this morning (April 18), ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the ACT will take on these measures, measures that he says reflect a new way of life for Canberrans for the foreseeable future.
DANIELLE NOHRA talks to a geriatrician about the special needs of vulnerable older people in the face of the coronavirus virus and how they can avoid minimise their chances of being infected.
