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Jul 18, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
Canning’s volunteer groups are at risk of folding unless council pays their insurance premiums, the council agenda forum was told on Tuesday night. Stephen Johnston, of Rossmoyne, spoke on behalf of the three community landcare organisations saying the city’s public liability and personal accident insurance policies only covered groups working on council-managed land.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
The Sikh community unveiled the “We are here” mural last Saturday at the entrance road of Canning Vale Gurdwara, at the corner of 280 Shreeve and Nicholson roads, Canning Vale. Gosnells mayor Terresa Lynes and Sikh Association of WA founder and president Harbhajan S Bejawn, alongside local MPs, city councillors, community leaders, and members attended the event. The mural conceived a decade ago spans a significant portion of the entrance road, with the painting completed last Friday.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
While Canning Council is dealing with the shothole borer causing its mature trees to be removed, it is also planning for more to be planted. Murray Radstock, of Shelley, asked Tuesday night’s agenda forum when the trees would start being planted at the Shelley playground, which is part of the Shelley Beach master plan. He was told the council was still in the development phase of understanding where most of the tree planting would go.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
Balli Singh has replaced former Gosnells deputy mayor Adam Hort who resigned last week. Mayor Terresa Lynes said the council was pleased to have Cr Singh on board. “We look forward to working with Cr Singh to represent and serve the City of Gosnells community,” she said.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
Canning ratepayers will pay an average of $1.37 extra a week after the council adopted its budget at a special meeting on Thursday, June 25. Pensioners will get a 50 per cent discount. “The aim of the city’s annual budget is to balance the needs of our community today while planning for a brighter future tomorrow. I believe this budget successfully achieves these objectives,” said mayor Patrick Hall.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
Scientists and conservation groups together with local community met with the mayor of Gosnells on Monday calling for her to follow Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) advice and withdraw council’s plan to rezone over 250 hectares of a globally important wetland for ‘Business Development’. But the mayor Terresa Lynes said the council had appealed the recommendation and disagreed with the EPA assessment that it would cause environmental damage.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
All Saints’ College and Victoria Park council have honoured the memory of the school’s former environment captain by installing an automated bird waterer – the first for a school in WA. Jacob Powell, remembered for his kindness, compassion and dedication to environmental causes, served as the college’s environment captain in 2021. His tragic passing on the eve of graduation, due to medical complications following an arm injury, left a profound impact on the community.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston |Previous articlePush
History will be created this Saturday when Ryan Davies, aka as “Private”, will run onto Gosnells Oval this Saturday to play his 350th game for the Gosnells Hawks Football Club. Ryan is the club record holder of games played for the club. Members and former teammates are encouraged to attend Gosnells Oval at 1.45 pm to celebrate Ryan’s milestone game. Starting out in the Gosnells Junior Football Club, Ryan played an estimated 140 games with the juniors before he graduated to the senior club in 1998.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
Minimum security prisoners at Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women in Bentley are raising puppies for Guide Dogs WA (GDWA). The program will prepare puppies for training as guide or assistance dogs for people living with low or no vision, a disability or illness. With instruction from trainers from GDWA, the prisoners will teach the puppies basic obedience and socialisation, while providing a loving home environment at Boronia.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
yourlocalexaminer.com.au | David Hudleston
Karima arrived in Australia in 2022, fleeing the war and conflict in Afghanistan, seeking refuge in Australia, hoping for a new beginning. However, the journey was fraught with challenges that tested her resolve at every turn. Life in Australia was far from easy for Karima. Language barriers and cultural differences presented formidable obstacles, threatening to isolate her from her new community, and adding to the weight of past traumas.
