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.
March 18, 2021
‘Be a voice, not an echo’
BALLARAT High School students are being encouraged to say, ‘no way,’ to bullying for life, ahead of tomorrow’s National Day of Action Against Bullying...
March 17, 2021
Promoting the perks of coworking
VICTORIA’s inaugural Coworking Week will be held later this month. The five-day event is launching in 2021 to encourage businesses to look at how physically...
March 17, 2021
Open Studios a chance to support local
GOLDEN Plains Arts Inc’s Southern Open Studios event will be held across the lower end of the Shire this weekend. Members of the public who...
March 17, 2021
Memoir focus for writers’ workshop
EVER thought you might pen your memoirs? Ballarat Writers are hosting journalist and author Jenny Valentish for a three-hour memoir-writing workshop this Saturday, 20 March. The...
March 17, 2021
A ticket to ride at Volta
THE lead vocalist of Melbourne Aus-rock band Taxiride, Jason Singh will take to Volta’s stage this Saturday night. Offering songs by his iconic group, as...
March 13, 2021
History in future – Eat Drink West
Can’t go past the good-old classics IT’S been twenty-four years since Charlie Graham first launched Bibo café and restaurant on Sturt Street. Although he’s moved the...
March 13, 2021
People and cultures boost BRMC stalwart
GEORGINA Vagg was recently described by her friend Dianne McGrath as being, “like a tapestry.” As a young woman, Mrs Vagg was a ‘Jill of...
March 13, 2021
Variety of Volunteering at Hospice
BALLARAT Hospice Care are seeking volunteers to support their patients receiving palliative treatment, or the organisation’s broader operations. Recently retired patient support volunteer of 35...
March 12, 2021
McCallum gets power-up
THE State’s Grampians Renewable Energy Program has seen McCallum Disability Services’ residential units fitted with a solar system. Forty-two kilowatts worth of panels are now...
March 11, 2021
Have your say on Buninyong streetscape
THE Buninyong & District Community Association are encouraging residents to give feedback to the City of Ballarat regarding the Buninyong Streetscape Concept Plans. The residential...
March 11, 2021
WBRC honours pioneering women’s crew
SIXTY-one years ago, Wendouree Ballarat Rowing Club’s first women’s crew was formed, winning their maiden race on the lake. Last Monday, on International Women’s Day,...
March 11, 2021
Cemeteries move for anti-cancer campaign
STAFF at Ballarat Cemeteries are putting their sneakers on to make tracks for cancer research this month. As part of The March Charge, a Cancer...
March 11, 2021
Beck and Cormick weave musical magic
THIS Tuesday it’s just You & I on stage, as musical theatre greats, Rachael Beck and Michael Cormick perform at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Friends for...
March 10, 2021
Fun and fitness for women’s education
WORKOUT for Women this Saturday morning in Ballarat North. PerFit Training Centre will host a fundraiser for the Esther Education Foundation, a Ballarat-run charity which...
March 7, 2021
Paintings presented from the heart
PAINTER Laura Day will present a very personal solo exhibition, Whispers of the heart at the Mercure next month. Experiencing a miscarriage last year, Day...
March 6, 2021
NEXT GEN continues city’s ceramic story
PETER Pilven’s skills as a ceramicist have informed the artistic process of student, Audrey Martin. You might assume Pilven has taught Audrey through his work...
March 5, 2021
BAF to award special grant
THE Ballarat Arts Foundation are seeking applications for a one-off grant round, The Jess Crowe Special Award. BAF chair Paula Nicholson said young Ballarat people...
March 4, 2021
Quick quad aims for national title
BALLARAT City Rowing Club will be represented by a young men’s coxless quadruple scull in the under twenty-one division of this month’s Australian Rowing...
March 4, 2021
Award for Her Maj restoration works
NICHOLSON Construction has won a Master Builders Association of Victoria award for their restoration of Ballarat’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. The 2019 project included the demolition...
March 4, 2021
New TEAM raises youth profile
TOGETHER Enhancing the Achievements of Many, Ballarat Youth Services’ new community committee for young people is seeking contributors. City of Ballarat youth development officer Bridget...
March 4, 2021
Love and care for ‘rough diamond’ river
WHAT do you know about the habitat of elusive native water rat, the rakali, or noisy eastern banjo frogs, pobblebonks? Alongside turtles, they live in...
March 2, 2021
Home-sweet-home for Linton’s birds
WITHIN a couple of months, you could be taking a map-guided walking tour of bird-friendly Linton. The Linton and District Progress Association’s garden group are...
February 27, 2021
Empowering women to thrive
AS a young woman in rural New Zealand, Shiree Pilkinton dreamed of becoming a journalist. With on-air aspirations, she nervously walked into an audition for...
February 26, 2021
A familiar face behind the Red Door
A NEW era’s begun at Buninyong’s Red Door Pizzeria with former owner, Trevor Whitworth passing on the pizza peel to Katrine Taylor. Also the operator...
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