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.
June 26, 2021
‘Give a sip’ about coffee waste
ELIZA Whitburn-Weber loves Ballarat’s hospitality scene, but the former café owner has discovered a gap in the market’s sustainable practices. “The majority of coffee grounds...
June 26, 2021
100 Faces to meet this winter
A NEW set of colourful and diverse miniature portraits will feature in Playing in the Attic’s second 100 Faces exhibition. The art show in the...
June 26, 2021
BMA supports multicultural parents
PARENTS from diverse cultural backgrounds raising young families locally are invited to a workshop hosted by the Ballarat Malayalee Association. Facilitated in partnership with the...
June 26, 2021
Photo studio releases negatives
FROM milestone occasions to passport photos, Thornton Richards Camera House has captured special moments since 1872. Between 1967 and the turn of the 21st century,...
June 25, 2021
Shop for supplies, increase independence
DROPPING into the local pet shop for a few supplies could help Guide Dogs Australia train two puppies to support people with low vision...
June 25, 2021
Winter Market at Welcome Centre
THIS Friday, 25 June the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council’s Winter Market will bring warmth to the chilly city. Hosted at BRMC’s Ballarat Welcome Centre within...
June 25, 2021
Student engineer receives Sutton Award
JEREMY Lucey is the latest recipient of Federation University’s Henry Sutton Award for the best innovative project in Engineering. Mr Lucey has been commended for...
June 24, 2021
150 social houses for Ballarat
UNDER the State Government’s Big Housing Build, Ballarat will see one-hundred and fifty fresh social houses constructed from next year. A section of the Delacombe...
June 24, 2021
Public’s best business ideas backed
FEEDBACK platform Suggest it has found Ballarat’s Best Ideas following a competition to crowd-source visions for local businesses and organisations. Judged by experts in economics...
June 24, 2021
Paper bags to plant seeds of difference
FOUR Ballarat Grammar students have won Alfredton Rotary Club’s inaugural environmental challenge. Designing a seed-embedded, biodegradable paper bag to replace single use plastics still in...
June 24, 2021
Stagecraft catalogue best in show
THE catalogue for the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s David Noonan: Stagecraft exhibition has won two Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards. Designed by Ben...
June 24, 2021
Review set to pave Way Forward
FOLLOWING the January release of Susan Halliday’s municipal Governance and Culture Review and sixteen-point action plan, the City of Ballarat is addressing the issues...
June 22, 2021
Wendouree Pals make their winter debut
LOCAL designer and illustrator Liv Lorkin will release a heart-warming yet chilly children’s book next month. Winter in Ballarat is Lorkin’s debut book, bringing three...
June 21, 2021
African Association achieving goals
IN their work to rebrand the identity of Africans in regional Victoria, and strengthen the skills, passions, talents and offerings of their community, the...
June 20, 2021
Couple’s café dream realised
THE Hills Hoist was invented in 1940s Adelaide. Eight decades later, with inspiration from this backyard icon, Greg and Kayleen Faull have invented Bakery Hill’s...
June 19, 2021
Sensory space to support wellbeing
THE development of Loreto College’s wellbeing precinct is set to include the construction of a sensory garden pupils and staff can retreat to. Director of...
June 18, 2021
Boarders’ soup sales boost the bus
A GROUP of year eleven boarders from Ballarat Grammar have raised four thousand dollars for The SoupBus. Since establishing a relationship with the organisation as...
June 18, 2021
Push-ups for physical and mental health
FEDERATION University is pushing for better nationwide mental health this month, as students, staff members, sport leaders and alumni take part in the Push-Up...
June 17, 2021
Eureka guide’s graphic storytelling awarded
THE Eureka Centre’s new visitor guide has won the information brochure category of the 2021 Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publications Design Awards. Designed and illustrated...
June 17, 2021
Former athlete leading Academy
THE Federation University WestVic Academy of Sport has appointed Shenae Keleher as their new executive officer. Ms Keleher was a young member of the Academy...
June 15, 2021
Students speak the ideals of legacy
ST Patrick’s College will host the 2021 Legacy Junior Public Speaking Competition regional final in July. Ballarat Legacy’s Allan Mckinnon said the 33-year-old contest for...
June 15, 2021
Sharing Shed ready and set to grow
MEREDITH Sharing Shed founder Linda Wong said her recent appointment as Runway’s managing director will boost opportunity at the community centre. “Being local in Meredith,...
June 14, 2021
A new home for Neighbourhood House
BALLARAT East Neighbourhood House’s office and some activities are now based at BGT-run community hub, Barkly Square. BENH manager Sarah Greenwood-Smith said her small part-time...
June 13, 2021
Heart of Dementia Alliance honoured
THE late Edie Mayhew was diagnosed with younger onset dementia at fifty-nine. As former teachers, Edie and her partner Anne Tudor decided the diagnosis was...
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