| Good morning, Canberra. We're in for a partly cloudy day with a chance of a shower and a top of 31 degrees. Here are today's top headlines. |
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| It was only a few days ago Sherrie Nye realised the birds had returned to Mogo. It was a moment of hope after weeks of despair. |
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| Subscriber only: A European-style, $25 million market hall slated for Belconnen is set to become "a tourist destination in its own right". |
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| Renee Salway never got the chance to renew her wedding vows with her husband Patrick. Instead she read them to a crowd at his funeral. |
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| Canberra's public transport lobby group says weekend buses need to improve in the wake of Monday's hail storm. |
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| The federal government has launched a global search for the new head of troubled agency Services Australia. |
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| More than 24 hours after a ferocious fire bore down on the township of Oaks Estate, residents and businesses were still left in the dark. |
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| Pialligo Estate farm has one of Canberra's most beautiful settings, which came under threat on Thursday, just before noon. |
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| It's hard to believe that just four years ago Angela Braido had never played basketball. Now she's a world champion. |
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| Subscriber only: He's either loved or hated, but the tide is turning in Nick Kyrgios's favour, writes Caden Helmers. |
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| When Belle Hogg thinks of what Australia means to her, the poem which comes to mind is My Country by Dorothea Mackellar. |
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| The ACT Hockeyroos star felt the fires' impact 'firsthand' and so will be playing for the South Coast against Belgium this weekend. |
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| | Times Past An armed man took an East Row gunshop proprietor hostage in Civic shortly after 5pm, forcing the evacuation of most of the city centre, The Canberra Times reported on its front page on this day 35 years ago. The man had fired about 100 shots up and down East Row, damaging at least seven police vehicles. The gunshop proprietor, Graham Thompson, was freed about 8.40pm. Ralph Walker, a staff member at the CPS Credit Union office, directly opposite the room occupied by the gunman, was forced to sit behind a counter in his office. READ MORE
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