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  • Day of the dog

    Big dogs, small dogs and every dog in between trotted down to the South Perth foreshore for the event to raise funds for the animal care organisation.Last year the event attracted 10,000 people from across the city, however, RSPCA spokesman Tim Maine said he thought they had cracked that this year."We’re extremely happy - the weather gods have shined on us and there’s just a ...

  • Day of the dog

    Big dogs, small dogs and every dog in between trotted down to the South Perth foreshore for the event to raise funds for the animal care organisation.Last year the event attracted 10,000 people from across the city, however, RSPCA spokesman Tim Maine said he thought they had cracked that this year."We’re extremely happy - the weather gods have shined on us and there’s just a ...

  • Coral Bay search for dad continues

    The search continues for Canberra man Rob Shugg, four days after he disappeared and his wife died while snorkelling in WA.The body of Kathreen Ricketson, 41, washed up at Elle's Beach south of Coral Bay on Wednesday afternoon as her two children, a 13-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy, looked on.Mr Shugg, 48, is still missing despite a massive air, sea and land search which has continued ...

  • Men shun charity work

    Men are so fearful of being wrongly accused of child abuse that they are choosing not to do community work with children, who then miss out on important help from male role models, a national children's cancer charity has warned.Camp Quality, a charity that provides one-on-one support for children affected by cancer, said a "hostile and mistrusting environment of men in roles with ...

  • The jokes on those who missed show

    Some of the world's best comedians and their audiences will have the last laugh when the Perth International Comedy Festival wraps up at the weekend.British comedian Gordon Southern said he had taken a heckler's advice and was returning home after his final show at the Astor Theatre tonight.Southern has been touring Australia's comedy festival circuit for the past three months ...


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White Dog [DVD]

White Dog [DVD]

I recall that, when I first heard rumors more than a year ago that Samuel Fullers White Dog was finally going to be released on home video in the United States--as part of the prestigious Criterion Collection, no less--I was immediately caught up in a wave of contradictory emotions. On ... ...

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  • Endless summer wanes into autumn

    In the halcyon days of the late 1950s, down at Scarborough beach where the surf limped in like rolling hills of some undiscovered country, Len Dibben caught his first wave.Long haired and loose limbed, the seemingly endless summer of his youth stretching out ahead of him like a limitless horizon, the 18-year-old from Beaconsfield felt a surge of elation as he stood up on the backyard board ...

  • Afghans seek WA advice on mining

    The Afghan Government will push Australia to sponsor the training of geologists and mining experts at WA universities as part of efforts to kickstart the war-torn country's resources industry.Afghan Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani met State and Federal ministers and a number of small WA mining companies in Perth yesterday seeking investment for the fledgling Afghan resources ...

  • Woman collapses during Gibb River Challenge

    Derby 6728 A critically ill woman who suffered a heart attack during an outback cycling event in the Kimberley will be flown to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.The 49-year-old woman collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest while competing in the Gibb River Challenge on Sunday morning.Bystanders resuscitated the woman, before she was rushed to Derby hospital.The Gibb River Challenge is ...

  • Cyclist collapses at Gibb River event

    A WOMAN is to be airlifted to Perth after suffering a heart attack while competing in the gruelling Gibb River Challenge cycling event in northern Western ...

  • Woman found dead in Narrogin home

    Officers were called to the Ensign Street address about 11.30am yesterday to conduct a welfare check when they found the 36-year-old woman.A 43-year-old man is in custody and assisting police with inquiries. Narrogin detectives and the Major Crime Squad are continuing their forensic examination today.Yesterday, a woman was charged with grievous bodily harm over the death of her St James husband ...

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