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.
December 17, 2021
Network’s fresh food feeding families
WITH the aim of helping at-risk people and families receive fresh, nutritious produce, the Ballarat Food Access Network has received a significant funding injection...
December 17, 2021
Summer sounds to soar on Sundays
ANOTHER summer of live music and social picnicking in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens is here. Over four evenings in January, the City of Ballarat’s free...
December 17, 2021
Live musicians On the Road Again
THE State Government is aiming to supporting live musicians as they jump back on the tour bus and head out to gigs across Victoria. Last...
December 16, 2021
Major regattas returning to the lake
THE Ballarat Rowing Association will host a full season of competitive events this summer, reminiscent of pre-pandemic times. Five major regattas are set to return...
December 16, 2021
Landowners hit the road to stop power line
HUNDREDS of regional Victorians opposing AusNet’s proposed Western Victoria Transmission Network Project line between Bulgana and Sydenham held a protest in Miners Rest last...
December 16, 2021
Sewer secure for another century
NINE-hundred-and-sixty metres’ worth of city sewer piping has been replaced by Central Highlands Water since April, completing the first stage of the Ballarat Sewer...
December 16, 2021
Town Hall transparency improves
LOCAL Government Victoria’s recently released Know Your Council data has reported an improvement in City of Ballarat’s transparency. In the 2020-2021 financial year, the council...
December 16, 2021
Track gets Wendouree West pumpin’
WENDOUREE West’s young people are jumping joyfully on two wheels, following the opening of the Recreation Reserve’s new pump track for bikes, scooters, and...
December 16, 2021
Choral CATS on the Carols stage
THREE days out from Ballarat Carols by Candlelight, the concert’s bill of local performers are warming up their voices to bring classic Christmas songs...
December 16, 2021
Hotel funds family violence support
QUEST Ballarat Station is supporting hundreds of women and children in the region who have experienced domestic and family violence. Not-for-profit WRISC Family Violence Support...
December 16, 2021
Grant for seniors home care project
HOME healthcare for elderly people in western Victoria has been boosted by a nine-million-dollar investment from the Federal Government Medical Research Future Fund. The grant...
December 12, 2021
Local filmmaker set for the big screen
VISUAL artist Tim Sedgwick has been making short films for decades, just for fun. Currently producing and filming his next science fiction movie Stargateway, this...
December 11, 2021
Avenue timber meaningfully reused
IN October’s record-breaking storm, more than fifty trees in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour were destroyed. Now, members of the 8th/7th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment...
December 10, 2021
Carols cash an early Appeal boost
BALLARAT Carols by Candlelight has made a significant early donation to the 3BA Christmas Appeal ahead of their event on Sunday, 19 December. This week...
December 10, 2021
Friends of the gardens grow stronger
AHEAD of their fortieth anniversary next year, the Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens met at the Robert Clark Conservatory last week to toast their...
December 10, 2021
Thousands raised by SpringFest raffle
DRAWN last week, the SpringFest Online Raffle generated thousands of dollars’ worth of ticket sales to support community organisations and Rotary projects. SpringFest Ballarat director,...
December 10, 2021
Cafs awarded for HR excellence
THE recent Australian Human Resources Institute Awards saw individual Cafs staff members and the broader family welfare agency honoured. The Cafs team was nominated four...
December 10, 2021
Swinging Air Force Ball takes flight
THE Air Force Centenary Ball had Brown Hill Hall swinging on Saturday night. Hosted by the Air Force Association Ballarat Branch, 80 attendees marked the...
December 10, 2021
Bank’s community gives generously
FOR the sixth consecutive festive season, Community Bank Buninyong is supporting the Ballarat Salvation Army’s Christmas Appeal. The Bank has put up a giving tree,...
December 9, 2021
Finance firm funds food for families
AT Coles Stockland Wendouree on Monday morning, five thousand dollars’ worth of groceries were put through the check-out in one transaction and packed into...
December 9, 2021
Iconic tennis trophies on tour
THE men’s and women’s Australian Open trophies sparkled in Ballarat last week, visiting Kryal Castle and the Ballarat Indoor Tennis Centre. The Norman Brooks Challenge...
December 9, 2021
Museum powered and paddling
THE Golden City Paddle Steamer Museum Society is set to be full steam ahead, and solar powered, in 2022. Based at Lake Wendouree, the Society...
December 9, 2021
Civic celebration for awarded youth
A FORMAL civic reception for the young people honoured during November’s City of Ballarat Youth Awards was held at the Town Hall on Monday. Eleven...
December 9, 2021
Feeling festive in the city
WITH Christmas Day just over two weeks away, the city is looking and sounding as festive as ever. The classic floral reindeer, giant shooting star,...
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