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Sophie Blewitt

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Sophie Blewitt

    Diagnosed at 48, Amanda is running a half marathon to prove a point (opens the original)

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    After suffering from painful, swollen legs her whole life, 51-year-old Isaacs resident Amanda Bogar is running to prove a point. Diagnosed with lipoedema at 48, Ms Bogar is now training for The Canberra Times Fun Run half marathon on November 1 to prove to herself that she can cross the finish line. "I'd never really considered myself a runner. I didn't know it then, but it was because I have lipoedema." Lipoedema is a chronic condition that causes a painful build-up of fat tissue in the legs, c

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Sophie Blewitt

    Dense as Hong Kong: inner-city residents protest 'dangerous' commuter traffic (opens the original)

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    Two years ago, Reid resident John Tucker was having breakfast when a car slammed into the tree by his front door. The car slammed through his garden and nearly hit his front door after a crash took place in the intersection. Now, he and fellow members of the Reid Residents' Association are petitioning the ACT Legislative Assembly to reduce dangerous "rat-running" in the leafy residential suburb. Rat-running is the practice of cutting through residential side streets to bypass traffic on busy art

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Sophie Blewitt

    'Absolutely beyond comprehension': parents, educators respond to school cuts and strikes (opens the original)

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    On Thursday, September 24, Racheline Jackson joined work meetings remotely from the front seat of her car, waiting for the gates of Telopea Park School to open at 10.30am. "I'm thankful that I have the flexibility to take a call in the front seat," she said, "but not all parents do." On Thursday, September 24, tens of thousands of parents across the ACT worked around a two-hour work stoppage enacted by ACT public school staff. The work stoppage was part of ongoing protected industrial action by

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Sophie Blewitt

    New festival at ANU hopes to revive Canberra's live music scene (opens the original)

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    It has been a bad decade to be a live music fan in Canberra, with a series of major music festival cancellations since COVID-19. Canberra's newest music festival AfterHours, a one-off event held at the Australian National University's Chifley Meadows on Saturday, October 17, offers a new opportunity to see Australian talent in the capital. Organised by Canberra band member Dylan Adams and president of the ANU Students Association (ANUSA) Charley Ellwood, the AfterHours line-up includes homegrown

  5. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Sophie Blewitt

    Woolies closure threatens the future of Dunlop's beloved coffee van (opens the original)

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    After operating his coffee van in a Woolies car park for 11 years, Colin McLeod is nervous about the future of his business. Woolworths Dunlop, the only store at Dunlop Shops besides Mr McLeod's van The Coffee Scroll, will be closed permanently on Tuesday, September 29, following the expiry of its lease. "I always say Dunlop is the suburb that Canberra forgot about," Mr McLeod said. "Now we might be stuck without a supermarket." For Mr McLeod, the Woolworths and accompanying BWS at the shops hav

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