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.
January 16, 2019
Striking out stroke
BALLARAT’S Friends of India Network is running a free service until March, encouraging local people to get their Blood Pressure checked and be aware...
January 9, 2019
The RoadNats roll in
THE FedUni Road National Cycling Championships rolled into Ballarat for the 13th consecutive year last weekend, drawing supportive, cheering crowds, the sounds of cowbells...
January 9, 2019
Elite sport embraced from the comfort of home
LOCAL GP, Anna Yates looks forward to the Road Nationals every year. Living on Mount Buninyong Road with her husband Mark, the competition comes right...
January 9, 2019
Western Front tour visits fallen Chinese ANZACS
TWO Chinese Anzacs from Golden Point have been recognised during a tour of World War One battlefields and war cemeteries on Europe’s Western Front. The...
January 9, 2019
Working hard for women
IF you were asked to name a local service club, then chances are, Rotary or Lions Clubs might come to mind. But there’s another...
January 9, 2019
Summer reading sorted with school’s Street Library
GLEN Park Primary School has become home to one of five registered Street Libraries in Ballarat, encouraging children across town to borrow, read and...
January 9, 2019
BBQ trailer supports veterans
A SHINING new barbeque trailer is servicing the community – specifically veterans – thanks to volunteering by the VicWest sub-branch of the Military Brotherhood’s...
January 9, 2019
2018 regional Victoria road toll down
REGIONAL Victoria’s road toll has dropped in the last year. On Friday morning, Minister for Roads, Jaala Pulford announced 2018 statistics were significantly different from...
January 3, 2019
Hot competition as Porra plays for Aus
YOUNG Ballarat goal keeper, Zaige Porra, has just returned from the Under 21 2018 Fiji Hockey International in December where he represented Australia. Securing a...
January 2, 2019
Magpie Street protest hit by vandalism
SIGNS protesting the loss of community park space in Mt Pleasant were vandalised recently, five years after they were put up. Both signs were originally...
December 26, 2018
Super Rugby to play at Mars Stadium
A SUPER rugby practice match will be held at Mars Stadium on Friday, 1 February. The Melbourne Rebels will clash with the Queensland Reds in...
December 26, 2018
Community support keeps Lola & May trading
WOMEN’S clothing store, Lola & May has continued to trade this Christmas period, despite water damage to their Sturt Street premises. Managing Director, Sarah Kirby...
December 26, 2018
Ballarat Rush rebrands with Selkirk
SELKIRK Pty Ltd will be the new Naming Rights Partner of senior elite women’s basketball team, Ballarat Rush, for the next three years. At the...
December 26, 2018
Racing into 2019
THE annual Burrumbeet Cup will jump from the starting barriers this New Year’s Day at Burrumbeet Racecourse. Hosted by Burrumbeet and Windermere Racing Club, the...
December 26, 2018
Ballarat fully connected to NBN
CONSTRUCTION of the National Broadband Network across Ballarat is now complete. Alfredton, Delacombe and Redan were the last to be switched on last week, now...
December 19, 2018
Fawcett Cup on the track again
THE annual Geordie Fawcett Memorial Cup event hit the Ballarat Light Car Club’s Motor Sport Complex at the Ballarat Airport recently. Stawell’s Reg Johnson said...
December 19, 2018
Positivity fuels Boxing champion
WHEN Jack Denahy wanted to give boxing a go, it took some convincing to get his dad, Chris Denahy on board. “No mate,” Mr Denahy...
December 19, 2018
Ballarat West’s mining story
A SECOND volume in Doug Bradby’s series, The Astonishing History of Ballarat hit the shelves of bookshops across town on Friday afternoon. This volume sees...
December 19, 2018
Summer show for Artists’ Society
CATCH the Ballarat Society of 0Artists’ Summer Exhibition, open for free to the public at Trades Hall this week. A range of original works of...
December 19, 2018
Finding their tribe
PARTICIPANTS of Ballarat Community Health’s Voices for Change attended their graduation ceremony on Tuesday, December 11. The pilot initiative has run for 12 months, building...
December 19, 2018
Today’s students design for tomorrow
FOUR groups of Mount Clear College’s year nine students presented their own entrepreneurial technology ideas to business and industry leaders at Runway on Thursday,...
December 12, 2018
Toy Run hits the road
OVER 280 motorcycles hit the road on Saturday morning for the annual Toy Run through Ballarat, collecting toys and raising funds for the 3BA...
December 12, 2018
Junior judoka’s silver success
LORETO College student, Ella Sevior has won a silver medal at the recent Judo Victoria State Championships in Broadmeadows. She said having the medal placed...
December 12, 2018
Joy in a box for children in need
ONE-hundred and fifty-five local children in need will each receive a shoe-box of gifts this Christmas as a result of the Boxes of Joy...
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