About: Edwina Williams

May 6, 2022

Ideas and inspiration at Business Day Out

COMMERCE Ballarat’s next Business Day Out will be held later this month, and the region’s business community is being invited to network and learn...

May 6, 2022

High tea treat for hospital house

TEA in fine China, flutes of sparkling wine, and savoury and sweet treats were enjoyed at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall last Sunday during the...

May 6, 2022

A crafty, tactile taste of Japan

FOR decades, Morgan Wills travelled to Japan to explore and purchase unique stock for her shop, The Crafty Squirrel. Six years ago, she decided to...

May 6, 2022

THE sixth and final competition round of the Golden Spurs Dressage Series was held last weekend at Smythesdale’s Woady Yaloak Equestrian Centre. The Ballarat Adult...

May 5, 2022

Alstom seeks workers for train build

ALSTOM Ballarat is preparing to become a final assembly and testing factory for twenty-five of Melbourne’s new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains. Minister for Public Transport Ben...

May 5, 2022

Social housing build begins

MINISTER for Housing Richard Wynne visited Canadian last week where construction has begun on fourteen new social houses. Community housing organisation Haven; Home, Safe are...

May 5, 2022

UAP leader visits Ballarat

UNITED Australia Party leader Craig Kelly was in Ballarat last week while on a whistle-stop tour of regional Victoria meeting with his party’s Federal...

May 4, 2022

Classic fun run for breast cancer research

THE Women in Super Mother’s Day Classic returns to Ballarat next weekend, celebrating twenty-five years of the fun run fundraiser. Joggers and walkers are invited...

May 4, 2022

Lights to delight on winter nights

COLD evenings on the streets and diggings of Sovereign Hill will be brightened with vibrant, warm colour as the Winter Wonderlights festivities return this...

May 3, 2022

Woady wellbeing boosted at kinder

SCARSDALE’S Woady Yaloak Kindergarten has completed the free Victorian Healthy Early Childhood Services Achievement Program which encourages healthy living, learning, working, and playing for...

May 3, 2022

Get connected and problem solve

IF you’re over fifty years of age and have questions about how to log onto the internet, or use a smartphone, computer, or tablet,...

May 3, 2022

Concert bringing a party to the stage

THE Ballarat Arts Foundation will hold the latest concert in their Made in Ballarat series next month. To be staged at the Wendouree Centre for...

May 2, 2022

Young leader heads Business Day Out

NEXT month’s Commerce Ballarat Business Day Out line-up will include former Young Western Australian of the Year Abdullahi Alim as keynote speaker. Mr Alim originally...

May 2, 2022

The valley’s very happy home for wildlife

AFTER the Black Summer bushfires, Happy Valley’s Liz Howard volunteered at a wildlife shelter for two years. “They said, ‘why don’t you become a carer?’...

April 30, 2022

Freedom a focus for fresh UAP face

THE United Australia Party’s Terri Pryse-Smith will contest the Federal seat of Ballarat in next month’s election. A recently retired agricultural science businessperson, former teacher...

April 29, 2022

Awards nod for homely local pub

BALLARAT South icon the Royal Oak Hotel is a finalist in the Australian Hotels Association Victoria State Awards best regional pub bar category. Owners Gigi...

April 29, 2022

Anzac education for the next generation

CROSS-generational connections were made in Sebastopol during the Anzac Day long weekend. Young athletes from Sebastopol Football Netball Club were invited to assist representatives of...

April 29, 2022

Site goes live to prevent suicide

BALLARAT Community Health and Western Victoria Primary Health Network have partnered to produce another suicide prevention tool. The Ballarat Mental Health Support website went live...

April 29, 2022

Youth art show for societal change

BALLARAT Youth Services’ latest creative initiative is set to showcase the work of young artists, but first, the organisation is going support them to...

April 29, 2022

Police program’s got the Edge

SIXTEEN Phoenix College students have graduated from personal development program Blue Edge, led by local police and Ballarat Blue Light. Leading Senior Constable Des Hudson...

April 28, 2022

Remembrance, honour, and reflection

STURT Street filled with residents on Monday for the Anzac Day march and service, honouring the sacrifices made by Australia and New Zealand’s fallen...