About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

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June 3, 2021

Tea-time fundraiser boosts BRICC

THE Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre has benefited from a Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser hosted by the Rotary Club of Ballarat. Held at the Ballarat...

June 3, 2021

BFNL lists 2021 coaches and players

COACH and player announcements have been made by the McDonald’s Ballarat Football Netball League ahead of junior interleague action. In footy, Scott Petrie and Simon...

June 2, 2021

Gardens Foundation funds apprenticeship

THE Ballarat Botanical Gardens exists to share knowledge of native and exotic plants with its visitors. But with six apprentices currently in the City of...

June 2, 2021

Reimagine, recreate, restore

THIS weekend, people across the globe will mark the United Nations’ Environment Day. Some local residents were set to recognise World Environment Day and its...

June 2, 2021

Soldier Settlement celebration postponed

THE Mannibadar Soldier Settlement centenary celebration has been postponed due to Victoria’s COVID-19 spike. Organisers, including community member Stephen Holding, have decided to move the...

June 1, 2021

Creativity breaking down isolation

LEARN a new skill, try a different hobby, and mix with diverse people of all ages at the Ballarat North Neighbourhood House. Coordinator Alison Demuth...

May 31, 2021

Drinks-maker aims for plastic-free production

MANY drinks producers have been criticised for including single-use plastic bottles within their manufacturing process. But Slades Beverages, based in Dunnstown since 2012, is working...

May 31, 2021

Donation helps to train neonatal nurses

A SCHOLARSHIP funded by the Albert Coates Memorial Trust is supporting Ballarat Health Services’ neonatal nurses’ professional development. In April, the Leckie family, represented by...

May 31, 2021

Pineapple bags raise Guide Dog puppies

EVER hauled your groceries home in a reusable carry bag with a vibrant pineapple graphic on the front? That Coles community bag was designed by...

May 29, 2021

Wheeler Centre talk explores economic restoration

ECONOMIST Professor Ross Garnaut will present at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute next month as part of their partnership with The Wheeler Centre. Discussing the themes...

May 28, 2021

Purple brightens night for IBDs

THE Town Hall’s clockface brightened the night with purple light last week, drawing attention to World Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Day. Lake Wendouree and Lake Penhalluriack’s...

May 28, 2021

Building healthy, safe, supportive spaces

INTEGRA has made a significant contribution to the 2021 Greater Ballarat Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal campaign, which has a focus on homelessness. The property...

May 27, 2021

Seven burgers, seven days

ARE you up to the big Ballarat Burger Challenge? A campaign led by Commerce Ballarat, residents are encouraged to back the city’s hospitality businesses throughout...

May 27, 2021

Charities stocked as winter arrives

SIXTEEN pallets-worth of food has been purchased by the 3BA Winter Appeal to ensure their benefiting charities can provide families with emergency supplies as...

May 27, 2021

New street lights to save energy and money

THOUSANDS of seventeen-watt LED street lights will be installed across the City if the municipality’s 2021/22 Draft Budget is approved. Powercor will retrofit 6750 lights...

May 27, 2021

Tramway Museum is changing tracks

SIX hundred metres of Lake Wendouree’s tram tracks will soon be replaced. The State Government has injected $1.2 million into the Ballarat Tramway Museum from...

May 27, 2021

Week spotlights palliative care

THE work of organisations like Ballarat Hospice Care is illuminated this National Palliative Care Week. Ballarat Hospice Care CEO Carita Clancy said their staff and...

May 27, 2021

Success in footy, friendship and life

WITH an average winning margin of ninety-four points, Ballarat YCW Football Club’s junior third eighteen side became champions and premiers of the 1969 footy...

May 26, 2021

Potential BHS COVID case under investigation

A COVID-19 test result of an overseas returned traveller in Ballarat is currently being thoroughly investigated. The person presented to Ballarat Health Services last night,...

May 26, 2021

Films to take you back to the 70s

H SQUARED Studios’ Rex Hardware will publicly present a small set of films from his Lost in 16mm collection at Trades Hall. Highlights of test...

May 26, 2021

20 years of Highlands LLEN

THE Highlands Local Learning and Employment Network will celebrate their twentieth anniversary this Friday, 28 May. Highlands LLEN’s fourth executive officer, Jannine Bennett said the...

May 26, 2021

Everyone loves books

PARTIAL to a browse of a second-hand book fair? This weekend, the two-day Inverleigh Book Bazaar will offer thousands of one and two-dollar books, raising...

May 25, 2021

Show helps artists move forward together

CREATIVE collective, Golden Plains Arts Inc are Moving Forward this June and July. Artists within the group, all based in the Golden Plains Shire, will...

May 25, 2021

Celebrating the Soldier Settlement centenary

THE one hundred-year anniversary of Mannibadar’s Soldier Settlement will be marked next month. On Sunday, 6 June, a community celebration involving the adult children and...