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.
August 20, 2022
Help protect the lake’s own otter
THE Australian Platypus Conservancy is aiming to work with community members to protect Lake Wendouree’s rakali population. APC director, biologist Geoff Williams, has been studying...
August 19, 2022
Hope blooms this Daffodil Day
AS the thirty-sixth Daffodil Day approaches on Thursday, 25 August, those who have been touched by cancer are encouraging the community to support the...
August 19, 2022
Students’ trade skills put to the test
THE 2022 WorldSkills Regional Competition is coming to town from this month, with Federation TAFE playing the role of host. Seeking to achieve recognition as...
August 19, 2022
Green Fest going for gold
BALLARAT Action Climate Coop and Food is Free’s Green Fest has been named a finalist in the Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2022. Up for gold in...
August 18, 2022
Statewide code aims to protect workers
A VICTORIAN Fair Jobs Code was launched by the State Government in Ballarat last week. The new policy was announced by Minister for Industry Support...
August 18, 2022
Push for safer cars for young drivers
ONE hundred and fifty young regional drivers are being sought to take part in the State’s unsafe2safe trial. The program’s aim is to get drivers...
August 18, 2022
Race walker wins top Academy award
RACEWALKING continues to leave its footprints in Ballarat’s rich elite sporting history. Seventeen-year-old Fraser Saunder was named the WestVic Academy of Sport’s Athlete of the...
August 14, 2022
Square showcases wintry works
WALK through a Winter Wonderland when you visit the latest art exhibition at Barkly Square this month. Ten members of the Ballarat Society of Artists...
August 14, 2022
Kids to find their voice and tribe
A NEW choir is making quality choral education accessible to children of all backgrounds across the city. Ballarat Voices has been created to cater to...
August 14, 2022
Birdman flying to town for talk
FRIENDS of Canadian Corridor will host a public talk by ‘birdman’ Sean Dooley next week. Mr Dooley is the former Australian Big Year twitching record-holder,...
August 13, 2022
A Rivetting governor for Rotary district
THE large Victorian and South Australian Rotary District 9780, of which Ballarat clubs are based, has a brand-new governor in a local Rotarian. For the...
August 12, 2022
STEM ideas aim to enrich lives
THE Ballarat Tech School was full of young problem solvers last week as secondary students took part in the Crazy Ideas College’s two-day Social...
August 12, 2022
New director for health service
FORMER CEO of Stawell Regional Health, Kate Pryde, has been appointed the new Grampians Health regional director of hospitals - east. Ms Pryde has been...
August 12, 2022
Six-minutes in the spotlight for charity
THREE charitable organisations are set to benefit from a new crowdfunding event driven by the Ballarat Foundation. Hosted by ABC Radio Melbourne’s Jacinta Parsons, Pitch...
August 12, 2022
New 50-year water strategy released
CENTRAL Highlands Water’s new Urban Water Strategy has mapped out the organisation’s plans for the next fifty years of service provision throughout the growing...
August 11, 2022
Service to Ballarat celebrated
THE Rotary Club of Ballarat has named community members Voi Williams and Nicole Bartlett as Paul Harris Fellows. The Club has recognised the women for...
August 11, 2022
Records break at short course champs
THE Midlands District Amateur Swimming Association and Ballarat Gold Swimming Club recently hosted the Victorian Country Short Course Swimming Championships, and it was a...
August 10, 2022
Big fun at Lucas challenge days
Juicy offering with Great Big Boost Juice Challenge FOOD, fun, games, and entertainment is bringing excitement to Lucas Display Village during a series of Great...
August 9, 2022
Time to talk news and current affairs
THE Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute’s latest cultural group is aiming to cater to those with a keen interest in news and current affairs. To be held...
August 8, 2022
Local NSW flood relief effort rolls on
MEREDITH Transit’s Dale McIntyre has donated a bus to flood victims in north-east New South Wales. Mr McIntyre had planned to advertise and sell the...
August 8, 2022
Foundation funds raising guide dogs
THE Ballarat-based Petspiration Foundation is aiming to improve the independence of people with blindness or low vision through a month-long fundraising campaign. This August, the...
August 6, 2022
Fun paintings and quirky people
TAKE a wander by the water when you step into Art Space Ballarat this month with acrylic painter Peter Hughes Swaddle’s solo exhibition, Where...
August 6, 2022
What’s up now, Doc?
IN 1978, a young Dr Andrew Brommeyer arrived in Ballarat to work as a medical intern. Becoming one of the city’s general practitioners two years...
August 5, 2022
Concerns over state of city’s other lake
COMMUNITY concerns have been raised regarding the City of Ballarat’s maintenance of Lake Esmond’s surrounds. The steps to the upper park are eroded, picnic tables...
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