About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
June 15, 2020
Web series takes kids behind city scenes
BE TV, a children’s web series born of the City’s Be Kind – Be Creative campaign is helping little people keep in touch with...
June 13, 2020
What is the Order of Australia and how do you get on it?
ON the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, people from across the country are receiving honours in the Order of Australia. These awards are a national...
June 13, 2020
Dance schools call for guidance and advocacy
DANCE teachers across Ballarat, and the state, are calling for better government representation, unsure of the ways in which they should transition their students...
June 13, 2020
Business is booming as vans keep moving
WHEN Southern Design RV Ballarat launched eighteen months ago, they couldn’t have predicted the position they’d be in mid-2020. COVID-19 may have arrived for the...
June 12, 2020
Toy Library turns a new digital chapter
BALLARAT Toy Library is accessible to its members again, operating safely with an online click-and-collect service. Sally Tuck said little people can’t yet explore and...
June 12, 2020
Collaborative donation will warm the needy
THE Ballarat commandery of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem has partnered with Buninyong and Southern Cross Probus clubs to keep the vulnerable...
June 11, 2020
Personal development for BAA membership
FIFTY thousand dollars has been injected into the Ballarat African Association from the State government, to fund workshops designed to boost the holistic human...
June 11, 2020
Come in and take a seat: customers return for in-store dining
AS The Shared Table’s chef, Dianne Ray reopened her restaurant last week, she had a quiet first couple of days. But as Saturday rolled around...
June 11, 2020
Survival Day service gets HART nod
THE city’s inaugural Survival Day Dawn Ceremony, coordinated by Ballarat’s Koorie Engagement Action Group, received a Highly Commended gong at the Helping Achieve Reconciliation...
June 11, 2020
Winter Woollies’ cosy creations combat the chill
FACEBOOK community, Winter Woollies for Ballarat has made major donations of handmade blankets and clothing to The SoupBus, and Pop Up Shop for the...
June 11, 2020
Clubs get grants to cover costs
FIFTEEN of the area’s sports clubs are each receiving a grant of one thousand dollars as part of the State government’s Community Sport Sector...
June 11, 2020
Punters not yet back at trots track
THE harness racing atmosphere at Ballarat & District Trotting Club hasn’t felt quite the same for competitors throughout the pandemic period without cheering crowds. But...
June 8, 2020
Back to the start on McKenzie Street
WHEN Victorian cafes began trading by takeaway only in March, Hydrant Food Hall’s Elise Rowe instantly knew that was going to be a tough...
June 8, 2020
Plan flooded with community input
IT’S official, Shelford and Inverleigh are Golden Plains Shire’s worst flood-prone areas, thanks to the Leigh River which flows through both townships. Along with being...
June 7, 2020
BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour – Queen’s Birthday honours
TRAVELLING around Australia, you may have spotted BIG4 Holiday Parks. But you mightn’t know the brand was born in Ballarat, founded by former police officer,...
June 7, 2020
‘A lease of life’ through volunteering – Queen’s Birthday honours
WHEN two of Beverley Horwood’s five children discovered their respective loves for the performing arts and swimming, she found her own passion for community...
June 7, 2020
Better indigenous health and beating cancer – Queen’s Birthday honours
SINCE her youth, Sandy Anderson has had a passion for helping other people heal. Becoming a nurse in the early 70s, her niche for the...
June 7, 2020
Exercise and education awaits on ‘Mountie’
WITH the opportunity to get out and about a little more, residents may be looking for somewhere they can go to keep their bodies...
June 6, 2020
Golden Plains libraries return and are ready for readers
IT’S time to turn the page to a new chapter as library services across the Shire make get back into action next week. The Bannockburn...
June 6, 2020
Friends press on for public broadcaster
ACROSS Australia, groups of volunteers are advocating for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Called ABC Friends, they try to support the ABC to have sufficient funding...
June 5, 2020
Self-motivated, sanitised, and back at school
YEAR eleven student, Charlotte Eastwell said it was “strange” arriving at school, Phoenix P-12 Community College last week. Having been away from campus, learning at...
June 5, 2020
Student challenge Upstarts employability skills
FOR Jenny Perks, it’s never been more important for young students to be learning new skills, and strengthening their resilience, initiative and proactivity, moving...
June 5, 2020
Children’s chalk drawings say thanks
ALFREDTON Preschool has shown their support for the city’s frontline workers, creating colourful chalk drawings on the concrete outside and within their learning space. The...
June 4, 2020
TGA assesses Ballarat-built medical ventilator
THE Therapeutic Goods Administration are in the process of assessing Gekko Systems’ GeVentor for approval. A mining equipment producer, the company has pivoted expertise and...
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