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.
November 21, 2019
Why SpringFest is more than a market
IT may come to life one day a year, but the Rotary Club of Ballarat’s SpringFest is a twelve-month planning project which has arrived...
November 21, 2019
Toys under the tree for all
FOR more than twenty years, many thousands of toys handcrafted by the Ballarat Woodworkers Guild have been donated to the 3BA Christmas Appeal. This...
November 21, 2019
Carols more vibrant with Auslan
BALLARAT Carols by Candlelight presented by Harcourts will be easily accessible to more people, with Auslan interpreters signing on stage. Provided by Auslan...
November 21, 2019
New track ripe for Rushing
A SEA of blue and yellow jerseys rolled around Marty Busch Reserve on Sunday morning to bring in a new cycling era. Ballarat-Sebastopol Rush BMX...
November 21, 2019
Free green waste disposal for fire prep
DOMESTIC green waste disposal will cost residents nothing at the City of Ballarat Transfer station for one week from this Saturday. With the fire danger...
November 21, 2019
Skins a success at stadium
THE courts of the Minerdome were alive with athleticism last weekend. Volleyball Ballarat hosted their forty-first Skins Tournament on four courts across Saturday and Sunday,...
November 21, 2019
The more the merrier at Friday fete
NAPOLEONS Primary School’s second fete will be a fun filled evening for the whole family on Friday, 22 November from 3.30pm to 8pm. With Rinaldi...
November 20, 2019
Loose collective bound by creative passion
DIOKNO Pasilan is what The Rat Art Group calls their “pivotal person.” About seven years ago, his primary aim as a multimedia artist was to...
November 19, 2019
Market milestone for stalls and shoppers
IT’S the Sunday morning icon, with a broad offering of varying goods and foodstuffs, and now it’s turning forty years old. Ballarat Market will celebrate...
November 18, 2019
Free entry to Eureka to mark milestone
THIS December, one hundred and sixty-five years will be marked since the Eureka Stockade. In recognition of the anniversary, the Eureka Centre will be free...
November 16, 2019
Student learning powered by wind farm
LAL Lal Wind Farm is not only energising communities, it’s energising the curiosities of young learners. Partnering with Sovereign Hill’s historic, sustainable 2000-hectare property, Narmbool,...
November 15, 2019
FitzSimons’s Cook to stun
BESTSELLING non-fiction writer, Peter FitzSimons is heading to Ballarat to share his latest book, James Cook with regional audiences. The evening at the Mercure Hotel...
November 15, 2019
Tasting activity in Inverleigh
FREE fitness classes in Inverleigh are inviting women, men and children of all abilities to try something new. Coordinated by the Inverleigh Country Women’s Association,...
November 14, 2019
Tee-up to educate Cafs kids
THE number of Australian children in out-of-home care is enough to fill eighty per cent of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. That’s why the late golfer,...
November 14, 2019
Encouraging environmentalism at SpringFest
THERE’S lots for all ages to learn about sustainability at SpringFest’s Spring Garden on Sunday, 24 November. Coordinated by Grampians Central West Waste & Resource...
November 14, 2019
VIS experience for young sportspeople
FIVE Ballarat schools experienced a taste of the Victorian Institute of Sport’s high-performance processes last week at Federation University. In partnership with the FedUni WestVic...
November 14, 2019
Retro broadcast links Hustwaite to Carols history
ALMOST sixty-two years ago, 3BA’s Station Manager, Ted Furlong was heard across the United States at Christmas time. Within 1957’s A Christmas Sing with Bing,...
November 14, 2019
20,000 given hope by Cafs financial counsellors
CHILD and Family Services’s financial counselling program recently serviced its twenty-thousandth client. Reaching the milestone at the end of October after 35 years of the...
November 14, 2019
Curling for Ken Kay
A TOUCH of Canada has rolled into the Ballarat Badminton Association’s offerings on ball bearings. Having received a $5000 Sporting Clubs Grant from the State...
November 13, 2019
Detailed mining map shares more than gold
SOMETIME in the 1950s, historian and drawer, Arthur James Jenkins sat at his kitchen table with a fountain pen, mapping out the Ballarat goldfields. Creating...
November 9, 2019
Connect, participate and learn at Ballarat East Neighbourhood House
EUREKA Hall is buzzing with fun, social activity, now home to the new Ballarat East Neighbourhood House. Offering social interest groups and a range of...
November 9, 2019
Dorothy celebrates her century
A FORMER member of the Women’s Air Force, Ballarat’s Dorothy Donaldson marked her one hundredth birthday on Tuesday at the Ballarat Airport. In the company...
November 8, 2019
Fresh training centre ready to bake
FEDERATION TAFE’s new Baking Training Centre opened on Monday at the SMB campus, giving baking apprentice students the opportunity to learn with the latest...
November 8, 2019
Equine precinct safer with roundabout
A NEW roundabout, improving the safety of the Kennedys Road and Gillies Road intersection is now finished. Between Mount Rowan and Miners Rest, the roundabout...
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