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 17, 2023
Knights to clash on jousting milestone
ALTHOUGH jousting was popular in Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, the historic sporting spectacle only arrived in Australia fifty years ago. The half-century...
November 17, 2023
New leaders at the Miners
BASKETBALL Ballarat announced the recruitment of their next NBL1 South men’s head coach, and director of coaching last week. James McKinnon is set to join...
November 16, 2023
One last time round at RoadNats
STREETSCAPES across the City of Ballarat will be the stage for the Federation University Road National Championships’ elite cycling action for one more summer. For...
November 14, 2023
Step out against family violence
AN awareness walk will be held this month as part of the United Nations’ annual Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The Walk Against...
November 13, 2023
Apply to shape the future
AS 2024 approaches, Committee for Ballarat members are taking expressions of interest for the next intake of Future Shapers participants. The community leadership program’s coordinator...
November 13, 2023
Cars to glow and shine at SpringFest
EVEN if the sun isn’t shining on SpringFest’s market Sunday by Lake Wendouree, some classic and brand-new cars will be. The...
November 13, 2023
Creating a path for open spaces
IF you enjoy the open green spaces across the City of Ballarat, municipal officers are seeking your feedback. A Ballarat Open Space Strategy 2023 is...
November 13, 2023
Cash from cans for charities
WITHIN its first day of operation, Victoria’s container deposit scheme processed one million bottles and cans. That’s a lot of 10-cent refunds, but users of...
November 12, 2023
Canvas pulled into prize showcase
VISUAL artist Mairin Briody has been named a finalist in Bendigo Art Gallery’s biennial Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize for 2023. Pulling together. Falling apart....
November 11, 2023
Concept designs sought for survivors’ memorial
A NATIONWIDE competition encouraging creatives to develop designs for a planned Continuous Voices Memorial has been launched. The memorial would be the first in...
November 11, 2023
What fun it is to ride in 190 horsepower pickup
A LOCAL car dealership is supporting Santa Claus to make some special deliveries this Christmas. The team at Ballarat Mazda has provided a red BT-50...
November 10, 2023
Arch rotunda to be rededicated
THE memorial rotunda beside the Arch of Victory is set to be rededicated this weekend as part of Remembrance Day events. Over the last couple...
November 10, 2023
Woady club to welcome new warriors
AS Ballarat’s west expands, and the Golden Plains Shire booms in its north, the Woady Warriors Junior Football Netball Club are seeking to get...
November 9, 2023
Walking home for children in need
AN annual walking fundraiser for the Salvation Army’s Karinya Support Services is returning this weekend at Lake Wendouree. The six-kilometre Walking Home stroll on Saturday...
November 7, 2023
Bringing the farm to SpringFest
A TASTE of agricultural life is coming to this year’s SpringFest, with major sponsor and farming machinery business, Growers Services, setting up vehicles and...
November 6, 2023
Hotel offers respite to carers
MERCURE Ballarat Hotel and Convention Centre is part of a new movement to provide support to unpaid carers. The Accor Pacific accommodation group has partnered...
November 5, 2023
Stage set for The Sandman and Flacco
THE characters of a quirky Australian comic duo are returning to the stage as part of the Ballarat Cabaret Festival. The Sandman and Flacco’s Forevelyn...
November 3, 2023
Container deposit scheme gets underway
THE statewide container deposit scheme, or CDS, is now operational, with Ballarat residents able to get ten cents back for every bottle, can, and...
November 3, 2023
Appeal begins as cost-of-living grows
THE results of Ballarat Foundation’s spring cost of living survey are in, with data reporting more than eighty per cent of respondents were stressed...
November 3, 2023
Scales drive keeps hearts beating
LOCAL cardiac health group Heartbeat Ballarat recently called out for donations of digital body scales with a goal to prevent heart failure emergencies and...
November 3, 2023
Art screen lights up Alfred Deakin Place
ART Gallery of Ballarat programming can now be enjoyed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. A big solar-powered art screen, and art boxes,...
November 3, 2023
Committee seeks to empower community
A NEW partnership has been formed between networking group Ballarat Business Women and locally-based national domestic violence charity DV Collective. The two organisations have launched...
November 3, 2023
Spirited coach moves to Miners
HEAD coach of WNBL side Bendigo Spirit, Kennedy Kereama, is moving to Ballarat to make his next mark in the NBL1 South competition. The Ballarat...
October 30, 2023
St Pat’s seek to fill SoupBus at SpringFest
STUDENT support for the Rotary Club of Ballarat’s milk drive continues. During the market Sunday event on 26 November, SpringFest community partner St Patrick’s College...
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