About: Edwina Williams

Profile: 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.

Posts by: Edwina Williams

December 10, 2022

Aunty Di celebrated and farewelled

A LIVING wake for local elder and Gunditjmara woman Diana Nikkelson was held last weekend. Ms Nikkelson, affectionately known as Aunty Di by many in...

December 10, 2022

Meet the family behind boxes full of cheer

SCOTT and Ashlea McGlynn began their careers in the corporate world, but after many years, they realised work was no longer enjoyable. The couple made...

December 10, 2022

Program seeks second-hand pairs of eye glasses

DO you have any old pairs of glasses at home that you no longer wear or need? Specsavers Bridge Mall staff are encouraging the community...

December 10, 2022

Handy girls seek women with experience

AT about seventy years of age, Barb Clark found herself out of work, but instead of retiring, she began a new career. For the last...

December 10, 2022

Ska band takes out live battle

TEEN musicians put on a show at Smythesdale during last month’s Battle of the Bands, staged alongside the town’s country market. The overall winner of...

December 9, 2022

Christmas spirit alive in the city

WITH just a handful of sleeps until 25 December, the city is feeling festive, especially after the launch of the Christmas in Ballarat campaign. The...

December 9, 2022

Uni finish line for big bike ride

GREAT Vic Bike Ride participants reached the end of a five-hundred-and-twenty-two-kilometre journey last Sunday at Federation University’s Mount Helen campus. About 2500 people took part...

December 9, 2022

Tourism advocate wins state honour

BALLARAT Regional Tourism was highlighted at last week’s 2022 Victorian Tourism Awards with staff member Julia Antonetti winning a top honour. The project officer received...

December 9, 2022

Gardener Streats ahead at awards

PASSIONATE young gardener Sebastian Streat has been named 2022 school-based apprentice/trainee of the year. Celebrated during the Apprenticeship Employment Network Victoria’s Apprentice Training Awards in...

December 9, 2022

Mobility help coming to Ballarat Station

SERVICES provided by not-for-profit Travellers Aid are coming to Ballarat Station in early 2023. People who need assistance to move through the station will be...

December 9, 2022

School boats celebrate club service

TWO of Ballarat High School’s rowing boats have been named in honour of dedicated club members and volunteers. The senior boys’ firsts boat has been...

December 8, 2022

Get some cheer from Scouts this year

FIRST Mount Clear Scouts could be part of your family’s Christmas story this December. The group is leading their inaugural Christmas Tree Hall Fundraiser and...

December 8, 2022

Milestone drink tap at reservoir park

THE one hundredth Choose Tap drinking fountain has been installed by Central Highlands Water. With 99 others across the region, CHW’s latest tap will service...

December 7, 2022

Rotary raffle seeks to assist not-for-profits

THE Rotary Club of Ballarat South’s Community Assistance Raffle is back this summer and it’s seeking to help not-for-profit clubs and organisations fund grassroots...

December 5, 2022

Allsorts of cyclists up for charity ride

A SWEET and bright peloton of cyclists will hit the road for cancer research again in 2023. Local charity cycling team, Jimmy’s Allsorts, will ride...

December 5, 2022

Giving appeal a ray of light

RAY White Ballarat is once again running an annual festive appeal with the aim of supporting families in need to ensure there are gifts...

December 4, 2022

Historian’s new book tells stories of Aboriginal heroism

AS a young man, Dr Fred Cahir found himself stranded along the Nullarbor Plain, running out of food and water. He lived to tell the...

December 3, 2022

Carols return to full voice

CAROLS by Candlelight events date back to the 1950s in Ballarat and the tradition continues. More than 10,000 people are expected to roll out their...

December 3, 2022

Appeal to benefit emergency training

THIS year’s Grampians Health Christmas Appeal is aiming to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the Ballarat Base Hospital’s emergency department. With a target...

December 3, 2022

Painted animals published, from A to Z

LAST year, visual artist Tim Sedgwick began painting a series of watercolour animals with acrylic backgrounds. “The first animal I painted was an armadillo, the...

December 2, 2022