The soaring popularity of Bikram Yoga in North Perth is getting motorists steamed up. Every afternoon is a nightmare on Chelmsford Road and Leake Street, with motorists squeezing between parked vehicles that belong to participants of the sweaty pursuit. In some cases there’s just centimetres of clearance between parked and passing cars. Local Ross Field…

“Stuff Perth and whether it wants all of us or not,” says former Vincent deputy mayor Ian Ker. He believes Perth city council’s rejection of Vincent’s request to be swallowed whole is a gift that should not be overlooked. The Mt Lawley resident, an inaugural Vincent councillor who retired in 2009 after 14 years’ service,…

Perth’s economy and its residents’ health will suffer if we don’t make our city more walkable, city planner Jeff Speck says. The US planner is in town for his public forum The Walkability Mandate, where he’ll argue our health, wealth and impact on the environment will improve by having a more walkable city. “Auto-centric development…

Stirling city councillor Elizabeth Re has lost an appeal to overturn her sacking as a senior public servant. An appeals board found that emails were evidence of a conspiracy to cause damage to and embarrass her employer, the office of the inspector of custodial services. Cr Re was sacked on December 21 following the discovery…

Mother Nature propelled Bayswater City Soccer Club to its first-ever state league title and treble last Saturday in front of 2700 fans at Mt Hawthorn’s Litis Stadium. Baysy was trailing 1-0 at halftime, but after a rousing team talk from coach Chris Coyne, the boys scored twice against Stirling Lions to win the league grand…

Open House Perth is back after overwhelming numbers turned up to tour the backstages of Perth’s iconic buildings last year. Architect Carly Barrett based the Perth tours on a similar model from London, and almost 50,000 people went on the free tours through 56 destinations its first year in 2012. Liam Gobbert is the tour…

A redeveloped $3.5 million Maylands Peninsula Tavern—which includes a bigger Dan Murphy’s liquor barn—looks set to be approved despite the opposition of Bayswater city council, hundreds of ratepayers, the local MP and a planning assessment panel. The latest version of the Railway Parade pub and bottleshop proposal includes a 942sqm Dan Murphy’s outlet, courtyards and…

BLOOD is thicker than water, even amongst blue-blooded members of the Liberal party. Seeking re-election to Lawley ward, which he’s held for 20 years, Cr Rod Willox was stunned to discover Professor Ray Wills had nominated to run against him. Prof Wills is the brother of the Liberals’ Perth division president Fay Duda—and she is…

It’s back to square one for a catalina flying boat business, with the Swan River Trust ordering it to reapply for permission to land seaplanes on the river. SRT environment officer Jacey Mills this week wrote to Catalina Airlines stating its application had to be reconsidered—a year after the original application was lodged—because the proposed…