ANNIE Gidman was a survivor, says her daughter Jenni McMullan, who’s written her mum’s biography “A Good Girl… Seldom” from recordings made before she died.
Kathryn Vukovljak
Kathryn Vukovljak is a former "CityNews" journalist.
It's a group effort at the Horticultural Society of Canberra’s (HSOC) demonstration garden in Bruce, where veggies thrive alongside exquisite dahlias, heritage fruit trees, natives and roses.
DEBILITATING migraine attacks forced Victoria Williamson to give up sport, socialising and almost made her quit her studies.
As part of its support for remote schools in Kenya, Global School Partners has been raising money for hand-washing stations, face masks, thermometers, soap and hand sanitiser so that schools forced to close by covid can safely reopen, says CEO Simon Carroll.
Jess Montagne could never have predicted the effect the coronavirus pandemic would have on her family’s cat-boarding business.
JANE Allen’s husband Nicho was diagnosed with dementia two years ago and became increasingly aggressive as his condition progressed. However, a specialist program at Uniting Eabrai aged care home in Weston is helping to support the couple.
As the country's first covid summer holiday approaches, infectious disease specialist Prof Peter Collignon tells KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK that holidaymakers should enjoy the beach, socialise outside and stick to the basics for a safe summer.
When his dad died, six-year-old Marko Dimcevska would tell the kids at school that his dad was “working away”, says his mum Elena, writes reporter KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK.
A SECOND urban micro-forest is planned for the inner north, with a community group in Watson keen to mirror the first micro-forest project underway in Downer.
Author Gina Newton’s latest children's picture book “Combat Wombat to the Rescue” wasn’t directly inspired by the accidental-hero wombats that made headlines earlier this year for sharing their burrows during the bushfires, but it’s undeniably serendipitous that the book’s being published now.
A DENSELY planted, shady cottage garden framing a 1925 pink weatherboard cottage in Bungendore will be open on the weekend of November 14-15, along with three other nearby gardens.
An informal cottage garden with well-established rambling and climbing roses set among shrubs and mature trees will open this weekend (November 7-8) as part of Open Gardens Canberra's spring season.
