Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Canberra BBQ restaurant Smoque closes and other top stories.

  • Canberra BBQ restaurant Smoque closes

    Canberra BBQ restaurant Smoque closes
    The restaurant that helped spark Canberra's enduring love affair with American style barbecue ribs and buffalo wings has closed.Smoque in Civic has shut down, with a message taped to the restaurant door in City Walk directing inquiries towards accounting firm RSM Australia. Smoque restaurant has closed. Photo: Elesa Kurtz The restaurant's Facebook page also disappeared and the Smoque Instagram account featured a photo of a "closed" sign with the message, "What a ride but sadly this is us..
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  • NRL to stand firm in ruling out Canberra as potential preliminary ...

    NRL to stand firm in ruling out Canberra as potential preliminary ...
    They're the fairytale story of the season but the NRL has ruled out any chance of the Canberra Raiders playing a preliminary final at home, even if they finish in the top four.The NRL confirmed to Fairfax Media on Monday the rules that exclude Canberra Stadium as a possible venue for a grand final qualifier won't be altered under any circumstances. Canberra players including current Raider Josh Papalii, centre, celebrate during their last home final against Cronulla in 2012.  Photo: Karlee..
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  • Canberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra August 12-14

    Canberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra August 12-14
    The Forage will pop up in Odgers Lane in Civic for a night of street food, live music and warm pit fires. Photo: Jay Cronan All weekend FIRESIDE FESTIVAL The event is back on for 2016, celebrating everything winter. Until August 31 there's a program of degustation dinners, wine tastings, performances and special exhibitions in Canberra and the surrounds. Full program and tickets at thepoachersway.com.au.WODEN SENIORS BOOK FAIR Seondhand children's books, fiction, non-fiction, collecta..
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  • Low-cost flights from Canberra could inject $17 million into ACT ...

    Low-cost flights from Canberra could inject $17 million into ACT ...
    Daily low-cost flights between Canberra and Melbourne would inject $17 million a year into the ACT's economy and create more than 100 jobs, with the government revealing an announcement could be made before the end of the year.Chief Minister Andrew Barr has also signalled his desire to see Tigerair and Jetstar extend their international offerings through Canberra and ambitions to see flights to America via Auckland. Andrew Barr wants a low-cost carriers like Jetstar or Tigerair flying into..
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  • Canberra man unlawfully jailed for 82 days avoids extra time after ...

    Canberra man unlawfully jailed for 82 days avoids extra time after ...
     A Canberra man who was wrongly imprisoned for 82 days has avoided more time behind bars after a court threw out an appeal that could have seen him return to jail years after he was granted bail.Stephen James Lewis, of Oxley, was sentenced to 12 months' weekend detention in 2008 after he smashed a glass into another man's face, causing serious injuries, after an argument outside Fyshwick Tavern. The ACT Court of Appeal dismissed the government's appeal.   But Lewis, who was struggling wit..
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    Become a Canberra Times member today
    Daily low-cost flights between Canberra and Melbourne would inject $17 million a year into the ACT's economy and create more than 100 jobs. Photo: Brock Perks TODAY'S TOP STORIES Daily low-cost flights between Canberra and Melbourne would inject $17 million a year into the ACT's economy and create more than 100 jobs, with the government revealing an announcement could be made before the end of the year.Chief Minister Andrew Barr has also signalled his desire to see Tigerair and Jetstar ..
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  • Canberra Rep's Macbeth at Theatre 3

    Canberra Rep's Macbeth at Theatre 3
    Macbeth. By William Shakespeare. Directed by Jordan Best. Canberra Repertory Society. Theatre 3, Ellery Circuit, Acton. Until August 20. Bookings 6257 1950 or canberrarep.org.au.It has been some decades since Canberra Repertory Society last attempted Macbeth. But Jordan Best's direction ensures a clear-eyed view of the piece. It's a powerful thing to see the full width of Theatre 3's playing area taken advantage of and costume and setting stripped back to no more than suggestions of antiquity. ..
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  • Canberra singer Kayo Marbilus records music clip at Salotto in ...

    Canberra singer Kayo Marbilus records music clip at Salotto in ...
    Salotto Bar and Kitchen in Kingston became the setting of a video clip on Sunday with local hip hop artist Kayo Marbilus filming there.The hip hop artist chose the Italian joint to film the clip for upcoming track Down Low, with a few locals who showed up getting to play extras dining in the background.  Kayo Marbilus shooting his new music video at Salotto restaurant in Kingston. 6 August 2016 Photo: Rohan Thomson The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson According to Marbilus, the song..
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  • Blake Austin injury wouldn't be death knell to Raiders top four hopes ...

    Blake Austin injury wouldn't be death knell to Raiders top four hopes ...
    Former Canberra Raiders captain Alan Tongue insists a serious injury to Blake Austin wouldn't signal the death knell for the top four hopes, adamant back-up half Sam Williams is the ideal steady head to feed their potent back-line.Five-eighth Austin injured his left shoulder scoring a trademark solo try in Saturday's 30-14 win over Cronulla at Shark Park. Blake Austin leaves Shark Park on Saturday with a shoulder injury. Photo: Getty Images He had scans on Monday but the extent of the in..
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  • Carol Elvin picks up camera, discovers Canberra's beauty, enters ...

    Carol Elvin picks up camera, discovers Canberra's beauty, enters ...
    Carol Elvin was once a Canberra basher – until she picked up a camera and began capturing the city and its landscape setting early of a morning and at sunset.An entrant in the Canberra Times winter photo competition, Ms Elvin is up before sunrise most mornings, to photograph the first soft, needle-thin golden rays peeping over hills. Startled.  Photo: Carol Elvin. Ms Elvin titled her photo at the National Arboretum, looking back towards Black Mountain tower, taken on a frosty morning at..
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Canberra Raiders in NRL top three after beating South Sydney ... .Canberra Raiders in NRL top three after beating South Sydney ... .
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