Canberra Vikings still alive despite Perth Spirit loss in NRC and other top stories.

• Canberra Vikings still alive despite Perth Spirit loss in NRC

  

  It could be the end of the Canberra Vikings' NRC campaign, but it was the beginning of ACT Brumbies veteran Ben Alexander's.And the former Wallabies prop was adamant it was premature to write the Brumbies off ahead of the 2017 Super Rugby campaign, despite the loss of senior – and pivotal – players. Vikings winger Eli Sinoti brings back memories of former Brumbies winger Joe Tomane with his flowing locks. Photo: Rohan Thomson The Vikings now have an anxious wait to find out if they'll ma..

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• Who gets your vote for the Canberra Sport Awards' People's ...

  

  Jarrod Croker captained the Canberra Raiders to its first preliminary final in nearly two decades and won the NRL's fans choice player of the year.Only injury denied him a maiden Australian jersey. Jarrod Croker has been one of Canberra's top athletes this year. Photo: Jay Cronan But has he done enough to earn your vote as the People's Sporting Champion at the Canberra Sport Awards?Nominations are open for the People's Sporting Champion award until October 14, where the athlete with the ..

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• Threats made against Canberra Liberals

  

  The Canberra Liberals have called for a police investigation after two female campaigners were threatened in "politically motivated" attacks on the same night.The events occurred a day after the Liberal party's office was subject to repeated calls threatening burglary.In the first incident, a volunteer in her 20s, who did not wish to be named for this article, caught a man slashing Liberal party corflutes along Hindmarsh Drive just before midnight on Friday."I stopped a bit further away to see ..

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• Outgoing Canberra Raiders half Sam Williams set for rep cricket debut

  

  Outgoing Canberra Raiders half Sam Williams will have a month to pack up and head to England when he gets back from his brother's Fiji wedding on Monday.As Williams packs his bags for the northern hemisphere, in will go all the essentials – warm clothes, football boots and a cricket bat. Sam Williams. Photo: Rohan Thomson Because when he's not playing footy, Williams is clearing the boundary as Monaro's No. 3 batsman.Now Cooma's favourite son is on the cusp of a representative cricket de..

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• Canberra Demons' Jordan Harper picked for AFL state draft combine

  

  Canberra Demons midfielder Jordan Harper is hoping his "life skills" as a mature-aged recruit will give him an edge at the AFL state draft combine to become a "diamond" from the NEAFL rough.Harper is one of three Demons who will attend a draft combine this year, with Sam Fisher going to the big four-day national combine, while Harper and Lucas Meline will go to the one-day state one in Melbourne on Sunday. Canberra Demons midfielder Jordan Harper has been picked for the AFL state draft com..

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• Netball: Canberra's best hit the court for the ACT and District Premier ...

  

  Netball ACT general manager Adam Horner says "the best of the best" will come together for the ACT and District Premier Teams championship on at the Tuggeranong Netball Centre on Sunday.The championship is an initiative of the Tuggeranong Netball Association and brings together the winners of a number of the key competitions with Netball ACT's districts. Netball ACT boss Adam Horner.  The tournament is entering its third year with thirty club teams representing their district associations..

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• Caravan and trailer owners winners as rego fees matched to NSW

  

  Labor has done its best to attract the baby boomer vote by promising to halve the registration fees for caravans and trailers, saving some owners more than $600 annually. Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the changes, announced Saturday, would align the ACT with NSW registration fees.  Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia national chairman Garry Lee is pleased Labor have promised to lower registration fees for caravans and trailers.  Photo: Elesa Kurtz "These new measures will not onl..

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• Former Canberra Raiders winger Sandor Earl eyeing off Green ...

  

  The Canberra Raiders fans had given Sandor Earl so much support over the past three years, the former Green Machine winger would love to return when his four-year ban ended.But he'd also love to sign with the team that knocked the Raiders out of the NRL premiership race, given he now ran a business in Melbourne. Former Raider Sandor Earl is in training to try to get back into the NRL. Photo: Jay Cronan Earl has less than one year left on his four-year ban for taking and trafficking perfo..

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• Why transit-oriented development is important for Canberra

  

  Michael Jollon is a transport planner and president of the ACT division of the Planning Institute of Australia. TT: First of all, what is transit-oriented development? MJ: Transit-oriented development (or TOD) is built infrastructure like buildings and public places, planned and designed to capitalise on its relationship to public transport. Transit-oriented development is usually within 800 metres of public transport stations or major stops, although closer is better. It includes high-quality ..

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• Cricket: Outgoing Canberra Raiders half Sam Williams set for rep ...

  Cricket: Outgoing Canberra Raiders half Sam Williams set for rep cricket debut Date: October 8 2016 Caden Helmers Outgoing Canberra Raiders half Sam Williams will have a month to pack up and head to England when he gets back from his brother's Fiji wedding on Monday. As Williams packs his bags for the northern hemisphere, in will go all the essentials – warm clothes, football boots and a cricket bat. Because when he's not playing footy, Williams is clearing the boundary as..

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