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AM edition, Sunday, August 23, 2020
Good morning, Canberra. The rain has finally stopped but it will still be a cold and windy Sunday with a top of 10 degrees. Here's what's making news.

There's snow doubt about how cold that was

Light flurries of snow dusted Canberra's suburbs on Saturday, as the city experienced its coldest day in four years.

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Canberra's 'Harvard of gaming' edges closer

Subscriber only: A $200 million transformation of Canberra Technology Park into the "Harvard of gaming" is a step closer.

National Portrait Gallery makes love win - again

In February, Nick Kershaw wrote a love poem about his boyfriend Andrew Strawford which won him the ultimate proposal package.

Another Marist priest with sordid past taught in ACT

Subscriber only: A litany of sexual assaults are alleged against the late Brother Coman Sykes, who taught at Marist in Canberra in 1982-83.

Stranded Canberrans left feeling 'hopeless'

Vishal Ramteke has not seen his wife or two kids since March. His family are among more than 18,000 Aussies trying to return home from overseas.

Lights and sirens training for Canberra firies 

Subscriber only: ACT Rural Fire Service volunteers will be trained in using lights and sirens when driving to blazes from later this month.

Cruise ship travel on the horizon once again

Cruise holidays: it seems people either love them or hate them. Canberra's Jenny Coutts is in the former category.

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The great love and cruel loss of beautiful Oscar

Canberra's Sarah Mamalai has survived the worst. She has chosen to be grateful for what she has rather than only mourn what she has lost.

Remember the Wighton? Raiders topple Titans

Subscriber only: It was set up by a Jack Wighton first-half masterclass - two tries, a runaround and involved in everything.

Farewell to one of the ACT's original stylemakers

Heather Paral, the owner of Studio 12 Interiors in Manuka died on August 11. Friends hope to gather soon to celebrate her legacy.

Brumbies edge closer to Super Rugby AU final

One-trick ponies? The ACT Brumbies have shown they are anything but and their fiercest rivals have the wounds to prove it.

Times Past

Making news on this day in 1980 were reports of a high number of births induced in Canberra without medical reason. According to Dr Ronald Wells of the Kambah Health Centre, the births had been induced to avoid deliveries on Sundays.  READ MORE
 
 
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