VINCENT mayor Emma Cole says she’s planning to kybosh her council’s plans to sell off parkland under the guise of funding Coronavirus relief efforts. Staff have asked councillors to sell off five blocks of “miscellaneous” land, ranging from an awkward 294sqm wedge to a grand 5,760sqm double lot on Brentham Street that’s zoned for passive…

If you’ve managed to weather Covid-19’s economic storm and kept your business open, congratulations; we know exactly what you’ve had to go through. But with the streets empty, letting people know that you’re still doing trade is more important than ever. If they can’t see you, they won’t know you’re there. That’s why advertising in the…

HISTORY is in the making and the Museum of Perth wants to document it as it happens. The museum has temporarily closed its doors because of the Coronavirus pandemic, but during the downtime has invited submissions of photos, videos, audio and stories for a digital archive of life in the time of coronavirus. So far…

A CRUEL con targeting people desperate for groceries was being spread in suburban Facebook groups this week. The fake “One Year of Free Groceries” competition has swiped IGA’s brand name, though it’s been around a few years in various guises and using a variety of store names. The fake-IGA version looks to have been wildly…

“WRITE it down,” Highgate resident Sally Lake is imploring people living through uncertainty and fear in the era of Covid-19. The former Vincent councillor is encouraging everyone to keep a “journal of the pandemic” to record feelings, observations and experiences. Ms Lake decided to start writing when the weight of sad news became too hard…

HOMELESS people most at risk from Coronavirus will stay at the Pan Pacific Perth under a “Hotels With Heart” program. The WA government is funding the trial and the hotel has given them a steep discount on the bill (about half what they’d make  if the rooms were populated  by conference attendees who’d otherwise be…

THE WA health department is refusing to say whether it has found any Coronavirus infections linked to a user of the gym at the Terry Tyzack aquatic centre who tested positive last week. Stirling council closed the centre when it was told of the infection on Monday, but failed to mention the positive test when…

ONCE the pandemic passes and we return to some kind of normality, could Australia’s first trackless tram be rumbling through Stirling to Scarborough Beach? The proposed $97 million tram route would connect at the Glendalough Train Station and continue 7.5km along Scarborough Beach Road, ultimately linking Perth CBD to the beach. Earlier this month, deputy…

AN Aboriginal community group has missed out on finding a home in Vincent, but hasn’t given up hope yet. The Wadjuk Northside Aboriginal Community Group had been hoping to expand from its Balga community centre and open a branch at Woodville Reserve on Farmer Street, North Perth. It had been hoping to snag the empty…