Canning Show ready to go

Canning Show ready to go

A tight showgrounds reconstruction timeline meant this year’s Canning Show was coined as the one that could not happen but on November 4 and 5 doubters will be proven wrong. In January this year construction began on a complete redesign of the showgrounds in Station...
Extraordinary scenes prompt new meeting

Extraordinary scenes prompt new meeting

City of Canning councillors will attend a special council meeting tonight to discuss the city’s response to the State Government’s Perth Transport Plan. The meeting comes after extraordinary scenes at last week’s council meeting that left them without one. The PTP is...
Smoke alert for Perth Hills

Smoke alert for Perth Hills

The Perth Hills has been issued with a smoke alert from the Department of Parks and Wildlife. The smoke is from prescribed burns carried out today to manage bushfire risk, nature conservation and for forest management. If the smoke is particularly thick it has been...
No wait for Roe 8

No wait for Roe 8

One of the state’s most controversial road projects looks set to go ahead despite a High Court challenge of its environmental approvals still pending. Last week Premier Colin Barnett announced the State Government had approved a contract to build Roe 8, the $540...
No funding for major Canning projects

No funding for major Canning projects

The City of Canning will have to search for new funding sources for its two priority projects following an unsuccessful federal funding bid. The city applied to round three of the National Stronger Regions Fund earlier this year to get funding support of $9.6 million...