Sunday, November 15, 2015

Last Top Stories: Cairns police hunt Redlynch pizza store gunman, Yorkey's Knob service station bandits - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  • Cairns police hunt Redlynch pizza store gunman, Yorkey's Knob service station bandits - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Cairns police hunt Redlynch pizza store gunman, Yorkey's Knob service station bandits - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    Cairns police hunt Redlynch pizza store gunman, Yorkey's Knob service station banditsBy Kristy Sexton-McGrathPostedNovember 16, 2015 11:17:35 Police are investigating two armed robberies in Cairns over the weekend.A man armed with a handgun robbed a pizza store at a shopping centre at Redlynch on Saturday night.Meanwhile, two men held up a service station at Yorkey's Knob about 4:00am (AEST) today.Senior Constable Russell Parker said the men demanded cigarettes and cash."They were armed with..
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  • Cairns company unveils its plans for the Pacific patrol boat tender | Business News | Business and Finance News | | Cairns Post

    Cairns company unveils its plans for the Pacific patrol boat tender | Business News | Business and Finance News | | Cairns Post
    Cairns company unveils its plans for the Pacific patrol boat tenderby:DANIEL BATEMANFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 16, 20155:30AMBSE Maritime Solutions has unveiled a model of its Pacific Patrol boat design, to help win the $2 billion tender for Cairns. Posing with the boat on display at Cairns Library, is BSE customer service manager Brian Keller. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedONE of the companies behind Cairns’ bid for the $2 billion Pacific patrol boat tender says most of each vesse..
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  • Cairns lawyers to lay out 'conspiracy' - 9news

    Cairns lawyers to lay out 'conspiracy' - 9news
    Chris Cairns's lawyers have a final chance to convince a London jury that the former New Zealand cricket star is not the match-fixing ringleader the prosecution says he is.Cairns is charged with perjury in relation to a 2012 libel trial in which he stated that he "never, ever cheated at cricket".He and co-defendant Andrew Fitch-Holland also face a charge of perverting the course of justice for allegedly trying to get another former Black Cap, Lou Vincent, to provide a false statement for th..
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  • Far North Queensland gathers to honour Paris terrorist attack victims

    Far North Queensland gathers to honour Paris terrorist attack victims
    FLAGS OF HOPE: Didi La Baysse pays her respects at the ceremony at the Cairns cenotaph last night. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedTEARS spilt on to the Cairns Esplanade last night as more than 100 people gathered to pay their respects to the victims of theParis terror attacks.At the Cairns cenotaph and memorial, they laid candles, flags and homemade tributes for the scores of people killed and injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks across the French capital on Friday night, loca..
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  • Theatre groups welcome plans for new Cairns Performing Arts Centre | Cairns Post

    Theatre groups welcome plans for new Cairns Performing Arts Centre | Cairns Post
    Theatre groups welcome plans for new Cairns Performing Arts Centreby:JIM CAMPBELLFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 16, 20155:40AMLocal performing arts veteran Wayne Rees has shared his thoughts on Cairns Regional Council’s proposed Performing Arts Centre.Source:News Corp AustraliaHAVING spent 45 years in the theatre world of Cairns, Wayne Rees is more qualified than most to add his two cents’ worth about plans for the city’s new performing arts centre.Cairns Regional Council has released the first de..
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  • Shoppers raise $13,000 for charity at Cairns Christmas Craft Fair | Cairns Post

    Shoppers raise $13,000 for charity at Cairns Christmas Craft Fair | Cairns Post
    CAIRNS shoppers have proven they’ve got “sole”, raising a record $13,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation over the weekend.About 4500 people passed through the Fred Moule Pavilion doors yesterday for the seventh annual Cairns Christmas Craft Fair, where more than 130 local artists exhibited their wares.Leukaemia Foundation Far North Queensland community fundraising officer Annette Jarrett said numbers were well up on previous years and a record $13,000 was raised for the charity.“A lot of the stallh..
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  • Community dog walk the first step in tackling Cairns’ animal problems | Cairns Post

    Community dog walk the first step in tackling Cairns’ animal problems | Cairns Post
    MORE than 100 pooches put their owners to the test on Cairns Esplanade as part of a new campaign aiming to bite the city’s growing number of animal complaints.Cairns Regional Council’s first Community Dog Walk was held yesterday morning, after the council launched its animal-management campaign on Friday.The campaign – which will feature a combination of education, enforcement and reward – was designed to reduce the almost 690 animal-related complaints to council every month.Dog owners received ..
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  • FNQ faces foster carer shortage with demand expected to rise

    FNQ faces foster carer shortage with demand expected to rise
    Far North Queensland faces foster carer shortage with demand expected to riseby:Hayden SmithFrom:The Cairns PostNovember 16, 20156:20AMCarer Raymond Metzger and Support Coordinator of IFYS Cairns Deb Wigmore talk about the major shortage of foster carers in FNQ. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYSource:News LimitedFAR North Queensland’s foster­ carers are “under the pump” as they struggle to cater for an increasing amount of at-risk children entering the system.There are 395 qualified carers in the Cairns ..
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  • Cairns families celebrate recreation centre’s $63,000 refurbishment | Cairns Post

    Cairns families celebrate recreation centre’s $63,000 refurbishment | Cairns Post
    THE Cairns Recreation Centre’s new look has Karla Grull and Ella Bond jumping for joy.The girls joined scores of other youngsters at a family fun day hosted by the much-loved roller rink in Manunda on Saturday. The centre recently underwent a $63,000 refurbishment and is now furnished with three massive fans, a fresh lick of paint and upgrades to its sound and light system.“It was great fun, the girls had an absolute blast,” said Ella’s dad Matt.“We were there from 5pm and when I went to take th..
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  • NBL Wrap: Taipans break United's streak

    NBL Wrap: Taipans break United's streak
    NBL Wrap Round 6: Taipans break United’s streak, Kings back on track, Crocs fall to bottom of ladderHello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.THE Taipans handed United their first loss of the season, the Kings picked up a big win, and the Crocs fall to the bottom of the NBL ladder.A recap of all of the action from a quiet week is in the NBL Wrap.Melbourne United’s Stephen Holt tries to take control of the ball over Cairns Taipans’ Torrey Craig.S..
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