Cannabis plants at a Macgregor house that was raided by police in 2018.

Spike in number of clandestine drug labs,cannabis grow houses in ACT

Police are shutting down an increasing number of drug manufacturing and cultivation sites,but they remain rare in the national capital.

  • Blake Foden

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Igor Dopita,with his children Charlie Dopita,7,Lyla Dopita,4,and Lucas Dopita,9,is offering a $500 reward for his great-grandfather's World War 1 helmet which was last seen at the Queanbeyan St Vincent de Paul store.

'Irreplaceable':Canberra man's search for World War I family heirloom

If not for a treasured French army helmet,Canberra man Igor Dopita might never have been born.

  • Blake Foden
From:Aunt Matilda founder Carly Saeedi on a hike in Italy with her daughter Anya,then 4,husband Kamy Saeedi and son Zak,then 6.

A wacky,old aunt (and a former lawyer) want to cut kids'screen time

Former Canberra lawyer Carly Saeedi is set to launch a new business aimed at getting families to turn off their devices and switch on to the world around them.

  • Blake Foden
Indian migrant Preeti Poonia participated in the Girls on Bikes program and has now joined the team that runs it.

Migrants are moving to Canberra in record numbers

New arrivals have topped 10,000 in each of the past two financial years,with migrants making up about 28 per cent of ACT residents.

  • Blake Foden
Firefighters outside the ACT Legislative Assembly,where they spoke to politicians this week about the industrial action they are taking against ACT Fire and Rescue.

Firies'overtime'increased dramatically'despite plan to reduce it

ACT Fire and Rescue described its own spending on overtime as "unsustainable",but since putting a plan in place to reduce it,the annual bill has risen.

  • Blake Foden
Commuters would travel in capsules as part of the"ultra high-speed"hyperloop system proposed for Australia.

'Not a pipedream':Government urged to keep eye on potential hyperloop

A parliamentary committee says the hyperloop proposal that could get Canberrans to four Australian capitals within an hour has "significant potential".

  • Blake Foden
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Canberra's location is part of its problem with high fuel prices,according to retailers and suppliers.

Location,location,location:Canberra's site part of petrol problem

Canberra's inland setting means its residents are missing out on more than the benefits of living by the beach,according to fuel suppliers and retailers.

  • Blake Foden
A new-look ACT government rates assessment notice,issued last year,which displayed the full year's bill in a box labelled"PLEASE PAY NOW".

ACT government works to re-design'confusing'rates assessment notices

New-look rates notices issued last year made it appear as though the full year's bill had to be paid at once,rather than in instalments.

  • Blake Foden
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority's Simon Denby with the new surveillance technology the authority is using to monitor the illegal use of drones.

Drone offences more common in ACT as new technology catches offenders

An increasing number of drone users are being busted flying in breach of aviation rules in the ACT,and the regulator is set to catch even more.

  • Blake Foden
Carol Winikerei with three of her children,Taniora,10 months,Tahi,11 and Toka,9. The WInikerei kids spend less than two hours on screen-based activities outside school each week.

Most kids spend 10 hours or more on screens a week,but not these ones

In one of Canberra's newest suburbs,you'll find the type of old-school family that's becoming increasingly rare in Australia.

  • Blake Foden