Tag Archives: covid-19

By Claire Ottaviano ONE year after border closures all but shut the doors on the Swan Valley, some small business owners are now fighting the next battle as the end of JobKeeper strikes another blow to tourism in the region. ...

By Melissa Sheil THE world’s most highly anticipated vaccine has finally come to the Hills, the first batch having rolled out in Kalamunda over the last two weeks. Stirk Medical Group on Canning Road were the first in the City ...

Claire Ottaviano IT may be hard to believe, but it has been one whole year since the first COVID-19 clinic opened in Midland. Yesterday, March 25, St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals celebrated the first anniversary of ...

By Melissa Sheil ST Brigid’s College Year 12 students found themselves in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis this week after attending their school ball at one of the sites visited by Perth’s infected hotel quarantine security guard. No new ...

By Sally McGlew AFTER spending 112 days in lockdown in Melbourne and arriving in Perth for a two-week isolation at home, Melody Ducasse and Brad Downs were not expecting to be locked down in Perth for five more days. “We ...

By Melissa Sheil DESPITE a clear warning against panic buying from Premier Mark McGowan, Perth’s snap lockdown triggered a frenzy across the City and the eastern region, with supermarket shelves stripped and  queues out the door. However, in the Perth ...

By Melissa Sheil A FAMILY run florist in Kalamunda has not only survived the economic toll of the pandemic but managed to thrive. Our Flower Studio owner and florist Lucinda Smith-Pedlar said she could have never foreseen the opportunities that ...

By Sally McGlew THE benefits of being based in Western Australia have shone through for Sista Fitness owner Maggie Carroll, despite the economic interruptions of COVID-19. While media reports in Melbourne stated 60 per cent of gyms lost 100 per ...

By Sally McGlew THE annual Maida Vale Vintage Car Boot sale has been re-scheduled to take place on January 10, 2021. Cancelled due to unseasonal heavy rainfall, the event usually attracts more than 1500 shoppers and 80 stall holders all ...

AN initiative to help the most vulnerable in our community during the COVID-19 crisis has led to a Midland organisation being named as a finalist of a national award. Under the Plenty Project banner – a rebranding of their emergency ...