Skin cancer drug trial cause for optimism
A RECENT drug trial at the Bendigo Cancer Centre involving six local patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma has shown promising results. Cutaneous squamous cell...
Rural pharmacists filling gaps in dentist barren towns
A NEW study has found that pharmacists are stepping in as frontline providers of oral healthcare advice in rural Victorian towns without dental practitioners,...
RocKwiz live in Bendigo in November
CULT favourite SBS music trivia gameshow RocKwiz returns to Ulumbarra Theatre in November for RocKwiz Live!, with presenters Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis, human...
Extra reforms to be trialled for pokies venues
A TRIAL of mandatory account-based play will run across all forty-three venues with gaming machines in Monash, Greater Dandenong and Ballarat from September to...
Sports groups welcome club grants
MORE than eight-hundred grants have been announced as part of the latest round of the State Government's Sporting Club Grants Program. Bendigo Baseball Association, Bendigo...
Real estate agencies to consolidate operations
TWO established Bendigo real estate agencies - DCK Real Estate and Bendigo Real Estate - have announced that they'll merge in the latter part...
Rock royalty to unleash Bat Out of Hell in full
NINETIES Aussie rock luminaries Chocolate Starfish are returning to Bendigo to once again reprise Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell album in its entirety, this...
Local artist profile: Jeanette Stoll
THIS week we chatted with local classical violinist Jeanette Stoll, who said she’s found over the years that it’s those who she’s worked with...
Budding clinicians gain innovative experience
THE Bendigo Tech School at La Trobe University's Flora Hill campus became a virtual medical precinct last week as a cohort of local high school students...
Push for women’s shed gaining ground
BENDIGO Region Women's Shed Inc is progressing steadily towards building its own headquarters at Albert Roy Reserve in Eaglehawk. The organisation received a $9000 grant...
Bank apologises for nationwide agency closures
BENDIGO Bank has apologised for the impending closure of twenty-eight cross-state third-party banking service providers as part of the retirement of its agency model,...
Table tennis changing lives, one rally at a time
TWENTY keen participants from the local Karen and Afghan (Hazara) communities have just commenced six weeks of free table tennis coaching at the Bendigo...
Pharmacy backs ongoing after-hours nurse trial
BENDIGO UFS View Street Pharmacy has extended its After-Hours Nurse Service trial to the end of the year, offering patients without immediate life threatening...
Low-cost, no referral mental health counselling available at BPCC
A LOCAL counselling service for people aged seventeen and over that requires no Mental Health Care Plan or general practitioner referral, and is thought...
Creative inspiration awaits at new neighborhood studio
MOULD maker, model builder, prototype developer and casting specialist Claire Tennant's new studio in Kennington officially opens for business tomorrow. Tennant, who has more than...
Ideas sought for October Seniors Festival
THE City of Greater Bendigo is calling for local community groups and organisations looking to hold a free or low-cost event or activity as...
Frida exhibition visitors break six-figure barrier
THE recently closed Frida Kahlo: In her own image exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery has been confirmed as an unqualified success with the...
Affordable fitness programs available
THE City of Greater Bendigo has partnered with Peter Krenz Leisure Centre to deliver a series of low-cost outdoor fitness sessions for people of...
Champion an exceptional young person
NOMINATIONS are now open for the City of Greater Bendigo Youth Awards, which recognise the contributions, skills, accomplishments and achievements of people aged between...
Droves flock to Sheep & Wool Show
Last weekend's Australian Sheep & Wool Show at Bendigo Showgrounds added to the unbridled success of previous years with tens of thousands of enthusiasts...
Planning begins for 155-hectare employment precinct
PLANNING work for the development of the Bendigo Regional Employment Precinct along the Wimmera and Calder Alternative Highways near Marong is underway to deliver...
Planning to begin for museum redevelopment
BRIDGE Street's Golden Dragon Museum is one step closer to undergoing its planned major redevelopment after receiving support from the State Government's Chinese Community...
New Chief Justice Richard Niall visits Bendigo
CHIEF Justice Richard Niall (the highest-ranking judge in Victoria) and Law Institute of Victoria CEO Adam Awty visited Bendigo on Tuesday and Wednesday to...
Major milestone for Urgent Care Centre
ARNOLD Street's Bendigo Urgent Care Centre (UCC) has reached a significant milestone after treating its twenty-five thousandth patient since opening in June 2023. Located within...