Cairns council eyes purchase of Cannon Park racecourse
WIDER OUTLOOK: Cairns Mayor Bob Manning, co-director of music festival The Grass is Greener Johnny Eddings and Cairns Jockey Club general manager John Cameron discuss the future plans of the Cannon Park race venue. PICTURE: JUSTIN BRIERTYCANNON Park racecourse could one day end up a ratepayer responsibility following an agreement between Cairns Mayor Bob Manning’s Unity Team and the Cairns Jockey Club.On Friday, Cr Manning announced a memorandum of understanding had already been signed with the ..>> view originalDisturbing trend of anorexia emerges in Cairns
SERIOUS: Anorexia is a potentially life-threatening mental illness which centres on body image. PICTURE: THINKSTOCKA GIRL aged just nine has been hospitalised and fed via tubes as a worrying trend of anorexia emerges in Cairns. Cairns Hospital could not reveal how many people under the age of 18 had been hospitalised to the paediatric unit with eating disorders because of privacy issues, but The Cairns Post understands two children, aged nine and 14, were recently admitted to the hospital to bea..>> view originalHundreds expected at Cairns' hammock lie-in record attempt
NO WORRIES: Rico Colalongo, owner of Adventure Friends and the Hammock Cafe, is helping to organise a world record attempt for the most people lying in hammocks. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANCAIRNS is set to swing into the record books in June with hundreds of hammock lovers expected to converge on the city.This week, organisers of a soon to be named hammock festival will approach Guinness World Records officials to learn what rules they need to follow for the attempt to be counted.The record for the ..>> view originalVeteran dentist sees 'grossly' decayed teeth in Cairns' children
NOT HEALTHY: James Cook University clinical dentistry director Professor John Abbott is dismayed by the state of Cairns children’s teeth. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERSVETERAN dentist Professor John Abbott can instantly tell where a patient was born, simply by looking into their mouth. “I cannot believe Cairns does not have fluoride in its water supply,’’ he said.“When I see a perfect set of teeth in the clinic, I ask whether that person was born in Cairns. The answer is always no.“It’s sometimes Sydney, ..>> view originalThe deadly secret of Ben Nevis's man-made cairns
Joe and his guide David Buckett Photo: Chris Watt Photography In October, the wild land charity the John Muir Trust, which owns and manages the summit, issued a warning that an ever-increasing number of cairns are blighting the mountain and putting lives at risk by potentially misdirecting other walkers. The trust said this year that its rangers had removed hundreds of the cairns from Ben Nevis – placed by people to bury their rubbish or simply pose for a selfie – and the situation had become ..>> view originalWanted in Berks: Charles Cairns, Maria Davila
The Berks County sheriff's office is seeking the following fugitives: Charles Cairns, 40, whose last known address was in the first block of Erica Circle, Honey Brook Township, is wanted on charges of robbery, retail theft and receiving stolen property. Maria Davila, 45, whose last known address was in the 700 block of North Second Street, is wanted on forgery charges.She is described as 5 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds.Anyone with information about either fugitive is urged to contact th..>> view originalProbe continues into copycat Qld abduction
Investigations are continuing into the alleged "copycat" abduction of a Cairns woman who escaped through cane fields with a broken skull. A 17-year-old girl is among three people to be charged over the incident, which was the second alleged abduction over a drug debt in Cairns in a week. Police say the 32-year-old woman was hit with a pole or bat before being bound and driven to a park, where a large group of people disrupted her attackers. The woman was then able to flee into fields, across tr..>> view original'Godfather of coral' warns of Great Barrier Reef 'mass extinction'
Coral Reef scientist John 'Charlie' Veron says the Barrier Reef remains in critical danger Photo: Tony Moore Barrier Reef coral scientist Dr John 'Charlie' Veron has dived on the Great Barrier Reef for 45 years.In those 45 years he has identified 20 per cent of the world's coral species and earned himself a reputation as the "Godfather of Coral." Dr John 'Charlie' Veron. Photo: Supplied Coral reefs support about one-third of all marine species and when barrier reefs begin to decl..>> view originalMirriwinni teen Demi Bettini starts bucket list after cancer returns
POSITIVE: Demi Bettini, 14, has created a bucket list as she battles terminal cancer. She’s pictured at her Mirriwinni home with her horse Pebbles. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANMIRRIWINNI teen Demi Bettini is unsure how long she has left to live but she is determined to go out with a bang and a big grin on her face.The brave 14-year-old has compiled her ultimate bucket list as multiple aggressive tumours invade her lungs just months after she and her family celebrated a cancer-free Christmas.Ranging f..>> view originalTeenager attacks taxi driver with scissors
A 17-year-old girl wielding a pair of scissors has robbed a taxi driver.At about 1.40pm on Saturday that girl was being driven from Cairns to Woree, just south of the CBD when she produced a pair of scissors. Police said a woman armed with scissors robbed a taxi driver. Photo: iStock Police allege she then stole a quantity of cash and fled the taxi before being stopped by a member of the public who held her until police arrived and arrested her.She was charged with one count of armed ro..>> view original
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Cairns council eyes purchase of Cannon Park racecourse and other top stories.
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