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 24, 2024
Group seeks to support loved ones of alcoholics
FAMILY members and friends affected by the alcoholism of another person in their life are invited to seek support at local meetings. The non-denominational and...
January 24, 2024
New fun to be had at fiesta
ORGANISERS of the Smythesdale Community Arts and Music Fiesta have set an autumn date for the 2024 edition of the event. The fest planned for...
January 23, 2024
Nightshift laughs with nurse Georgie
A CELEBRATION of her “beloved” former profession, stand-up comedian Georgie Carroll’s Sista Flo 2.0 is coming to the Civic Hall early next month. The former nurse said...
January 23, 2024
BRMC podcast airs burning issues
LOCAL emergency services have been working with Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council to produce podcasts aiming to get key messages to people of all backgrounds. A...
January 22, 2024
Cockatoo print flies in Sorrento
AWARD-winning Haddon artist Vida Pearson has added another honour to her collection. The hand-coloured lino printmaker has won the best other medium category of the...
January 21, 2024
Art helps mend a broken heart
IN late-2022, when Dragan Simic needed urgent triple bypass surgery, suddenly his focus shifted to his heart. A professional visual artist, that fixation continued during...
January 21, 2024
Civic Hall to hear cowboy’s country music
COUNTRY folk artist Charley Crockett is bringing his southern American sound to Ballarat. The cowboy musician from Texas, and his band The Blue Drifters, will...
January 19, 2024
Cyclist rides to podium finish
A KEEN bike rider since he was a child, Ben Oman hit a major cycling milestone earlier this month in Buninyong. Oman has overcome adversity...
January 19, 2024
Lloyd locks into Miners line-up
A KEY forward has signed on to return to the Ballarat Miners for 2024. For a second year, Jake Lloyd will play the NBL1 South...
January 19, 2024
Throw yourself into frisbee
ARE you seeking school holiday family fun, or wanting to start the year by giving a non-traditional sport a go? Ballarat Ultimate members are running...
January 16, 2024
Twilight talks get bank’s backing
A PARTNERSHIP between Community Bank Buninyong and the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is aiming to make the centre the city’s main hub of cultural events. Over...
January 16, 2024
Fest celebrates land and harvest
MODELLED on the Tamil tradition of Thai Pongal, a Multicultural Harvest Festival will return for the fourth year at Garibaldi Hall this month. Set for...
January 16, 2024
Bank backs kinder’s breakfasts
FOR the last six months, Buninyong Uniting Kindergarten staff have sought to ensure their little learners are fuelled for days of education and play. The...
January 12, 2024
Bike champs go out with a bang
A THREE-peat and a double-up from two cycling stars capped off a successful Federation University Road National Championships in Ballarat and Buninyong last weekend. Elite...
January 12, 2024
Pacing cup on track to entertain
THE DecoGlaze Ballarat Pacing Cup 2024 is just about to trot around the corner. The city’s biggest annual night of harness racing, including the main...
January 11, 2024
Bekier paints between two worlds
WORK by Russian-Ukrainian Ballarat artist, Tamara Bekier, is the focus of Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition Between Worlds. In mixed media pieces, the expressionist painter...
January 7, 2024
Filmmaking with an impact
AS a teenager, Diana Paez discovered her affinity for photography and filmmaking. Born in Mexico and raised in Colombia, with older brothers living in Australia,...
January 7, 2024
On the trail of Bunny rail story
A NEW book from historian Norman Houghton is proving rail travel was king in a Ballarat of yesteryear. Houghton’s 48-page publication The ‘Bunny’ Line details...
January 5, 2024
RoadNats take a victory lap
THE 2024 Federation University Road National Championships are underway, with the country’s elite cyclists racing in the CBD, and around the Mount Buninyong area...
January 5, 2024
Runway gives start-ups lift-off
THE latest group of entrepreneurs in the Runway Incubator program have showcased their start-up businesses at the Geelong Arts Centre. Three of the up-and-coming enterprises...
December 31, 2023
A look back at 2023
January ELITE cyclists rolled through Ballarat and Buninyong for another year during the Federation University Road National Championships. Over five days, the country’s best riders raced...
December 30, 2023
Tram history on track to live on
WHEN ninety-nine-year-old Jim Maher made a visit to the Royal Mail Hotel recently, he was met by his forty-six-year-old self. As part of the Discover...
December 30, 2023
Connecting to Buninyong’s past
TO step off Warrenheip Street and into the Old Buninyong Library’s reading room is to be taken into the 1860s. Now serving as the town’s...
December 29, 2023
Social scene at society screenings
IN the post-Second World War era, a movement of film societies was born from the British Film Institute. Set up in 1954, the Ballarat Film...
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