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.

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January 31, 2025

Leading orgs to lobby for key funding

AHEAD of the next Federal and State elections, nine of Ballarat's leading organisations are partnering to lobby for funding support for key local projects. Australian...

January 31, 2025

Citizens of the year celebrated

BALLARAT'S new Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year were crowned at Civic Hall last week...

January 29, 2025

‘Stories to tell’ at Play School’s live show

BELOVED iconic Australian children's television staple, Play School, is hitting the road in 2025 for a live national tour, and stopping off at Mount...

January 26, 2025

Rowing stalwart posthumously honoured

FOR his service to rowing, the late Eric Waller has been awarded a posthumous Medal of the Order of Australia. A stalwart of the rowing...

January 26, 2025

The joy of giving back

TO Dr Jessie Harman, giving back to the community is the key to leading a healthy and rewarding life. She has volunteered with the Rotary...

January 26, 2025

Young changemaker looks to future

FOR more than ten years, Shani Cain has been volunteering and working in the international development sector, in spaces she said are not built...

January 24, 2025

Gardens volunteers ‘devastated’ by vandalism to PMs’ Avenue

FOLLOWING an incident of mass vandalism at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens' Prime Ministers Avenue of sculptures yesterday, the volunteer Friends of the Ballarat Botanical...

January 24, 2025

One man, 600 donations, thousands of lives touched

EVERY day, people need donated blood and plasma to survive, whether they're experiencing emergency surgery, are a victim of road trauma, are undergoing cancer...

January 24, 2025

Boost to CresFest’s big African extravaganza

CRESWICK'S folk and roots music and dance festival, CresFest, has received funding from the Federal Government's Festivals Australia grants initiative. The fest will deliver The...

January 24, 2025

Works begin on station overpass, ramp

WORKS on the accessibility upgrades at Ballarat Train Station got underway this week. Once complete, the station will have a new overpass at its east...

January 24, 2025

Multi-million dollar overhaul for Eastwood rec centre

A MULTI-million-dollar-upgrade of the Eastwood Leisure Complex is on the way. The recreation facility has been awarded $8.53 million from the Federal Government's Growing Regions...

January 17, 2025

Craft a colourful cardboard guitar

AS part of the program of activities inspired by the Art Gallery of Ballarat's Medieval To Metal exhibition, children are invited to take part...

January 17, 2025

National underwater hockey makes a splash at BALC

THIS week, Ballarat has been the host city of the 2025 Australian Underwater Hockey Nationals Championships which will conclude on Sunday. Youth, elite and masters...

January 17, 2025

New era in McCallum leadership

MCCALLUM Disability Services has announced the appointment of new CEO Rhiannon Williams. Ms Williams has a background in community service organisations, having worked as an...

January 12, 2025

‘Medicine of connection’ behind 21 half-marathons

RUNNER Delaney Troon will complete twenty-one half marathons at Lake Wendouree in twenty-one days from next month in support of Ballarat Men's Mental Health. Having...

January 11, 2025

Frank Ford wins national travel agency award

FRANK Ford Travel has won the award for the Most Outstanding Leisure Travel Agency – Single Location at the National Travel Industry Awards. The agency's...

January 10, 2025

Charity cycling team has Allsorts planned for 2025 campaign

CHARITY cycling team, Jimmy's Licorice Allsorts, will launch their fifth Murray to Moyne fundraising campaign on World Cancer Day, 4 February. To be held at...

January 7, 2025

Artist to paint, draw attention to wildlife conservation

VISUAL artist Stephanie Cartledge will aim to promote the plight of endangered Victorian animals and start conservation conversations as part of an exhibition at...

January 5, 2025

Tales from a raconteur and ratbag

A NEW book based on the life of a local sporting personality has been published, with a copy submitted to the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute...

January 3, 2025

Lucas bus service to hit road in Feb

THE State Government has announced a new bus service to connect the Lucas community to Ballarat and surrounds. One hundred and eighty weekly services are...

December 27, 2024

Young futsal starsto shine at nationals

BALLARAT Futsal Club will be represented at the 2025 Football Australia National Futsal Championships to be held in Melbourne in January. Open player Josh Burgess,...

December 27, 2024

New hockey surface ready for play

THE completion of works on the Prince of Wales Park synthetic hockey pitch was marked on Wednesday morning. Local hockey players and the City of...

December 22, 2024

Go Dutch by the lake

A GATHERING of Ballarat's Dutch or Dutch-related community will be held at the Lake View Hotel on Sunday 29 December. Going Dutch will run from...

December 20, 2024

FECRI scientists on the way to brain cancer breakthrough

FIONA Elsey Cancer Research Institute scientists aiming to improve outcomes for patients with brain cancer have made a discovery that could revolutionise treatment of...