Saturday, January 30, 2016

Cuteness overload at RSPCA Cairns as more puppies, dogs arrive ... and other top stories.

  • Cuteness overload at RSPCA Cairns as more puppies, dogs arrive ...

    Cuteness overload at RSPCA Cairns as more puppies, dogs arrive ...
    Cairns RSPCA manager Rob Harvey with some 10-week-old puppies. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANSTAFF at RSPCA Cairns have come down with a bad case of puppy love after a new bundle of little furballs came into their care. The mixed-breed pups were among 20 pooches from Townsville to arrive at the Stratford shelter this week and are now ready for adoption.“Townsville is a lot larger than us so we like to give a helping hand and take as many animals as we can, and do our part for the RSPCA,” said Cairns ca..
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  • WNBL: Dandenong Rangers face three games in a week to decide ...

    WNBL: Dandenong Rangers face three games in a week to decide ...
    Dandenong guard Aimie Clydesdale looks to pass around Bendigo's Belinda Snell in the Rangers' win on Saturday night. Photo: Craig Francisco Dandenong Rangers' top-two hopes rest on how they handle three games in seven days starting this Saturday in Sydney.The Rangers (13-7 win-loss) face games against finals contender Sydney University Flames in Sydney this Saturday night then have to travel to Canberra to play bottom-side University of Canberra Capitals this..
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  • World Leprosy Day: Queenslander reveals 'life as a leper' and fights ...

    World Leprosy Day: Queenslander reveals 'life as a leper' and fights ...
    World Leprosy Day: Queenslander reveals 'life as a leper' and fights to dispel myths surrounding disease By Jayne Margetts Posted January 31, 2016 08:19:03 It is a disease most often associated with the ancient world.But contrary to assumptions that leprosy is extinct in the West, recent data from the Department of Health reveals there were 185 recorded cases in Australia in the past decade.There were 13 cases last year, according to the National Notifiable Dise..
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  • Federal government should ensure Queensland Nickel workers ...

    Federal government should ensure Queensland Nickel workers ...
    Bill Shorten says the federal government should ensure sacked Queensland Nickel workers get their $30 million in entitlements. Photo: Michelle Smith Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to use a government entitlements scheme to ensure sacked Queensland Nickel workers are paid $30 million in owed entitlements.In Brisbane on Saturday to launch Queensland Labor's Fight for Queensland federal election campaign, Mr ..
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  • Australian Open 2016: Angelique Kerber keeps composure to win

    Australian Open 2016: Angelique Kerber keeps composure to win
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  • Green's two-day attack on the Nines

    Green's two-day attack on the Nines
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  • School at hospital helps 'normalise' children's lives

    School at hospital helps 'normalise' children's lives
    Principal Michelle Bond with Brianna, 11, and Juvana, 12. Photo: Robert Shakespeare The first week of school is over for 100 new faces at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital School, a school that attempts to create a "normal" environment for children going through a vulnerable time in their lives.Located within the South Brisbane hospital, the school has been running since late 2014 and teaches prep through to year 12.The school caters to children in hospita..
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  • 37 migrants drown trying to reach Greece

    37 migrants drown trying to reach Greece
    37 migrants drown trying to reach GreeceAt least 37 people have drowned after a boat carrying Syrian refugees attempting the short sea journey from Turkey to Greece struck rocks and capsized.Images of dead children on a beach on Saturday were another soul-searing reminder that Europe's migrant crisis keeps destroying lives and families by the day."January has been the deadliest month so far for drownings between Turkey and Greece," Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies director at Human Rights Watch,..
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  • Governments fail on fluoridation

    Governments fail on fluoridation
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  • Zika virus hits pregnant Colombian women

    Zika virus hits pregnant Colombian women
    More than 2100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.Zika virus hits pregnant Colombian womenMore than 2100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.Colombia's national health institute announced the statistic on Saturday, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas.The virus has been linked to the devastating birth defect microcephaly, which prevents foetus' brains from developing properly. There is no vaccine.There ..
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Fourth quarter blitz fires Townsville past Flames .Queensland Nickel creditors to meet with sacked workers in ... .
Sydney Kings collect NBL wooden spoon after loss to Townsville ... .We can fight for the jobs we need .

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