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After being cancelled in 2020, the RAW Comedy National Grand Final is finally here Words by Arielle Richards Australia’s biggest open mic competition will finally get its winner. Every year, Australia’s finest comedy talent battle it out over five minutes of stand-up for RAW Comedy, Australia’s largest, and most prestigious, comedy competition. But after COVID-19 upended the 2020 Grand Final, last year’s contestants are yet to finish what they started. Now that the contestants have hashed it out in heats and State Finals across the country earlier this year, the R...

On the new ABC-funded mini-series, Gourmet Lazy, culturally-diverse Australian performers and their mums take the audience through a family staple that their parents cooked for them as a child.

(Photo by Blair Wright) THUNDER BAY – Looking to boost recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and spur improvements in its core business districts, the City of Thunder Bay has made it easier to access municipal grants for commercial property improvements. Changes to the city’s Community Improvement Plan (CIP) approved unanimously by city council Monday will lower requirements such as the minimum amount that must be spent by the business in order to qualify for grants of up to $25,000. CIP grants are meant to incentivize improvements such as renovations, façade improvements, and the inst...