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  • High tea hope for Regan

    Amanda Smolic never ceases to be amazed by the resilience and fighting spirit of her five-year-old son Regan.The cherubic Dianella boy has spent 14 months in a titanic battle for one so young.But rather than light at the end of a long, black tunnel, his brain cancer has grown back and he faces another three months of chemotherapy.Regan also now has cancer in his spine."He's just such a ...

  • Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City

    Children are trapped inside a school and areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City are in shreds after a massive tornado."The houses are destroyed completely levelled," a helicopter pilot for CNN affiliate KFOR said.The massive twister struck just south of Oklahoma City about 4.30am (Perth time).Buildings are on fire and people are starting to emerge from the rubble. There are no reports ...

  • Wolf pack finds the Magic formula

    SEB Salinas shot 34 points to continue his rich vein of State Basketball League form as the Wanneroo Wolves triumphed over the Mandurah Magic on Saturday. It was a victorious night all round in Mandurah for the Wolves camp, with the women's side back on the winner's list after a 64-42 win over the Magic. In the men's game, fifth-placed Mandurah took it up to the visitors early ...

  • In 2011 a test...

    THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has questioned if bird faeces should be held responsible for high bacteria levels at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre. In 2011, a test organised by the original managers of the centre, the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, found waterbird faeces was the cause of spikes in thermophilic amoebae. Manager VenuesWest, which now manages the centre, ...

  • All systems go for place in Rio

    AMBITIONS to get to the Rio Olympics are driving two local athletes whose sights are set on the coming World Swimming Championships and a shot at the 2016 Games. Rhys Mainstone will soon battle out the 5km, 10km and 25km open water events in Spain's Port of Barcelona. The 23-year-old, who narrowly missed a spot to London, said his focus was firmly on earning a medal at international and ...


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Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World

It should surprise no one who is even casually familiar with the films of Werner Herzog that Encounters at the End of the World, his documentary about Antarctica and the colorful people who choose to live and work there, is the anti-March of the Pe ... ...

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  • Super-sub Lyons does it for Lions

    THE once powerful Perth SC were the latest scalp for the impressive Stirling Lions side after a 3-2 win at Macedonia Park on Saturday, in perfect playing conditions. Perth opened the scoring in the sixth minute thanks to Josh Pereira, with a long range strike from 35m that managed to find the bottom corner of the net. It wasn't until the 35th minute that the Lions capitalised on their set ...

  • Paws out in all shapes and sizes

    CROWDS of people flocked to Sir James Mitchell Park in South Perth on Sunday accompanied by their four-legged friends. The RSPCA Million Paws Walk 2013 took place with people opting for a 1km, 2.5km or 4km walk along the bank of the Swan River. Among them were Nicola and Mark Hastle with Koda the newfoundland (above left) and ...

  • Renovator left with big hole in budget

    WHEN Anna Murphy began renovating a property she purchased last year, she employed the first builder she could find. The job entailed laying a double-wide glazed concrete driveway and path down the side of the house, and the removal of a chimney, and when the builder said he required $7000 upfront as payment for the chimney, she did not hesitate to pay the money. However the builder, who has ...

  • Laying down law on Murphy’s

    THE proposed Dan Murphy's liquor barn at the Peninsula Tavern has suffered another set back after a metropolitan central joint development assessment panel (DAP) rejected it last week. The proposal included modifications to the existing tavern with an enlarged kitchen, courtyards and family-style bistro, a 734sqm Dan Murphy's liquor store, offices on a second storey and 123 car ...

  • THEY milled in the...

    THEY milled in the street, for a killing had shaken "little Danbury" in Girrawheen. Kids arriving home from school, the elderly, young adults, mums and dads all chatted nervously as police blocked Danbury Crescent about 5.30pm last Wednesday where officers had found a 37-yearp-old man dead in his home two hours earlier. The residents were ujnaware that police had also found a ...

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