A 47-year-old man has been extradited from Queensland in relation to two aggravated robberies which occurred at Hackett IGA Supermarket in 2005 and an O’Connor chemist in May 2007.
Detectives from ACT Policing Criminal Investigations travelled to the Gold Coast, yesterday (Thursday 13 June) seeking extradition of the man after he was arrested by Queensland police [...]

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Local government has realised that off leash dog parks are both very popular and rather cheap.
Therefore we will have quite a lot of them.
Shane Rattenbury has announced two more for O’Connor and Belconnen:
North Canberra dogs and their owners are set to benefit from [...]

ACT Policing is calling for witnesses to a single vehicle collision which occurred last night on Yamba Drive, Isaacs.
Around 1 am the driver of a dark green Ford Laser was travelling north along Yamba Drive near Isaacs. It appears the driver has entered the median strip and crossed onto the incorrect side of the road [...]

Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) wishes to advise the public that, weather permitting, two controlled burns will be conducted next week.
The first burn will be conducted on Monday 4 February 2013 within the Dunlop Grasslands Nature Reserve and the second burn will be conducted on Tuesday 5 February 2013 in bushland adjacent to Belconnen [...]

Punters having a sneaky afternoon drink at Duxton this afternoon were treated to a veritable fleet revue of police vehicles hunting a miscreant.
We have this from ACT Police Media:
There was a brief (approximately 2 minutes) police pursuit of a stolen vehicle in O’Connor this afternoon.
The driver left the vehicle, and police have recovered it.
Enquiries are [...]

Territory and Municipal Services are asking where they should put a dog park in the Inner North:
“Three sites have been identified in the inner north region as potential locations for the new enclosed dog park. These sites are located in Russell, O’Connor and on the border of North Lyneham. All proposed sites are able to [...]

Grail has sent in this little beauty.
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YokaiFox has sent in this gem.
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They grow up so fast.
Last night the Canberra Musicians Club had its 4th birthday at the O’Connor Polish Club.
As has been the club’s way there was original music, there was dancing, and being at the polo there was polish beer and honey vodka in abundance.
Long may it last!

I first saw this car, near Scrivener Street, on Saturday afternoon with a marked police car and a forensic team in attendance inspecting the damage.
When I went past this afternoon and noticed it was still there I thought it worth snapping a pic for the RiotACT archives.
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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in O’Connor last night (Sunday, September 2).
Around 10.30pm police were called to Capital Chemist in Sargood Street after a man entered the store and threatened staff with a blood filled syringe, demanding prescription medication.
Staff members complied with his demands and the man left the store.
The man [...]

The Lego Challenge resumes tonight at O’Connor’s Duxton.
Come on down to see The Pirate Party’s Mark Gibbons show what he and an assistant can do with Lego in three hours.
Heckle, cheer, have a beer, chat to fellow Rioters, watch democracy in action.
Candidates who have not yet registered should email john@the-riotact.com and book a date (weeknights [...]

Just a juxtaposition the Kelpie of Few Accomplishments and I liked this morning.
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One wonders how many signs are needed? Particularly as there’s a fourth in the set but no clear sight line for taking pictures of them.
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The ACT Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS) will tomorrow, Thursday 17 May, 2012, conduct a controlled burn, weather permitting, in bushland adjacent to Belconnen Way in Bruce Ridge Nature Reserve, O’Connor.
The ACT Handy Map grid reference for the burn is K11.
For more information on the burn visit www.tams.act.gov.au or call Canberra Connect on 13 [...]

Katy Gallagher is letting us know who’s getting the next round of playground renewal:
“The ACT Government has allocated $1 million to the 2011-12 Playground Safety Program which will include upgrades to the play spaces on Muller Street in Yarralumla, Rosman Circuit in Gilmore, Gibbs and Crafer Places in Kambah, and the giant slide at Point [...]

As I was driving home at 10.50pm Wed (5 April), I saw a parked car ahead of me with a small yellow flame appearing to come out of the rear left side window. By the time I was driving past the car, it was obviously on fire and after I’d dialled 000 and got out [...]

Members from ACT Policing’s Drug Investigation Team executed search warrants in Canberra’s north yesterday afternoon (Thursday, March 23) where a number of items were seized.
Just after midday police executed the first warrant on a vehicle in Lyneham. During the warrant police seized a quantity of an illicit substance suspected to be methylamphetamine.
Other warrants were executed [...]

A problem for a bar refit as thin as a coat of paint is that Matt can both be defamed, and can then correct the record with nothing more complicated than a set of keys.
But while at Duxton last night (living down the road from a decent pub makes it a frequent place to meet [...]

ACT Policing is seeking two women who witnessed a theft of cash from a cash register at Marinetti’s Italian Restaurant in O’Connor.
Around 12.40 pm on Thursday March 8 a man and woman entered the restaurant in Sargood Street and removed a sum of cash from the cash register while staff attended to customers.
The two [...]

I just went for a walk and found a grave dug near the scout hall off Boronia street in O’Connor, complete with a single child’s thong (but no corpse, fortunately) and some very sweet stencil art near the wetlands off Boronia street. This was hard to photograph.
Each letter is marked with a [...]

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at an O’Connor chemist shop last night (Saturday, March 3).
The offender, wearing dark clothing and a stocking over his head, has entered the premises around 8.40pm and threatened staff with a knife.
He has taken a sum of money, placed it in a bag, and then ran [...]

Setting a record pace for a refurbishment Duxton opened its doors last night in time for the start of the rugby season.
For those who haven’t been keeping up Duxton is the bar occupying the space All Bar Nun used to. (With much of the furniture from All Bar now to be found a few doors [...]

As the gentlemen in high vis clobber swarmed over the stricken All Bar Nun to transform it into the fast approaching Duxton a curious thing happened to the iconic awning fronting Macpherson Street.
As captured here by Holden Caulfield the signage for the long ago Nha Hang Vietnamese restaurant was revealed. Complete with six digit phone [...]

Out in Canberra are doing an omnibus burger deal with Canberra’s rugby bars.
And there we have the new bar in O’Connor being built in the body of All Bar Nun.
It’s going to be called “Duxton” which sounds a bit like a stableboy, but time will tell.
They have this to say about it:
Duxton
Canberra’s latest local pub [...]

ACT Policing recorded a 49-year-old O’Connor man travelling 71km/h over the posted speed limit during an early morning traffic operation today (Friday, February 10).
About 5.53am the man was caught travelling 131km/h in a 60km/h zone as he was overtaking an unmarked police car along the Barton Highway.
He was issued with a Traffic Infringement Notice (TIN) [...]

All Bar Nun might be dead and lamented but, while the horny handed sons of toil beaver away to create whatever it is that will take over the site, the Inner North drinker at least still has a corner to sit on in O’Connor.
Much of the All Bar decor has re-appeared in Marinetti’s.
When I was [...]

Last night was last drinks at All Bar Nun in O’Connor.
As the home to our rugby podcast I’ve spent a lot of time there.
In many ways it was the first decent bar in the Inner North.
My favourite night would have to have been on the Brumbies mad monday when they took ove the courtyard room [...]

The Canberra Times has the horrific news that O’Connor’s All Bar Nun has been ordered out by the landlords:
The new landlords bought the building in late 2010. They were not available for comment yesterday, but it’s understood they are planning to open a new bar on the site.
Despite the setback in O’Connor, the owners [...]

A 29-year-old Phillip man will face that ACT Magistrates Court today after police arrested him following the execution of a search warrant on his home early this morning (Monday, December 12).
Police will allege the man broke into a home in O’Connor between 12.30pm and 2.30pm on Sunday, December 11. Once inside the man has proceeded [...]

It’s been a bumper year for the fluff and yesterday evening on O’Connor oval the play of light and fluff was quite striking, albeit imperfectly captured by my phone.
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ACT Policing officers have seized a quantity of illicit substances and cash after a search warrant was executed on a house in McKellar on Sunday (18 September).
Officers from City and Belconnen general duties entered the McKellar house around 3pm, allegedly locating heroin, electronic scales and an amount of cash.
The potential street value for the seized [...]