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.
November 27, 2023
What does safety mean to you?
A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition highlighting what safety means to a variety of people in the community is open at Ballarat Community Health in Lucas. The Safety4U...
November 27, 2023
Festive fundraiser keeps families together
GRAMPIANS Health’s 2023 Christmas Appeal is set to boost the care of children with acute and chronic conditions in their homes. The new Grampians Health...
November 27, 2023
Strength in numbers on survivors’ day
AUSTRALIA’S National Survivors Day was marked last week and sought to highlight the experiences of victims and survivors of sexual assault and institutional abuse,...
November 26, 2023
Printmakers ink a mark at gallery
FIFTY-six Victorian printmakers are leaving an ink mark as part of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.
Curated by artist Rona Green, Whereabouts:...
November 25, 2023
Get Christmas-ready at the market
THE warmer weather is here which means open-air seasonal shopping is back at the Golden Plains Twilight Market. Returning on Thursday 14 December at the...
November 25, 2023
Top tips for a fabulous SpringFest!
SPRINGFEST market Sunday will fill Wendouree Parade’s gardens precinct with colour and life this weekend. The event set for 10am to 4pm on Sunday 26...
November 25, 2023
Revived newsletter to reconnect village
EARLY last year, Buninyong’s local newsletter ceased production. But as recent surveys have found, many village residents still want the publication regularly produced, and need...
November 24, 2023
Concerns over Teesdale’s container return location
THE Golden Plains Shire is home to only one Victorian container deposit scheme refund point in Teesdale, so is that creating a bottleneck? Owner-operator of...
November 24, 2023
Sports champ to speak at women’s event
IT’S ladies’ night at the Ballarat Sportsmen's Club’s December meeting with a multi-talented guest speaker lined up to share her story. Olympian, world champion, businessperson...
November 24, 2023
Encouraging the next sports stars
MEMBERS of the Ballarat Sportsmen’s Association of Australia held their annual junior encouragement awards last week at the Ballarat Golf Club. More than 130 people...
November 23, 2023
‘Tis the season to shop and support local
AS Christmas gets closer, the convenience of online shopping may be tempting, but small business owners are encouraging their neighbours to shop locally for...
November 20, 2023
Doors open on all ability homes
TWO houses purpose-built for people with disabilities who have high physical needs were unveiled in Alfredton recently. Bulit by disability charity Aruma in partnership with...
November 18, 2023
Help give joy to a young person this Christmas
THE Y Ballarat’s youth Christmas giving initiative, Bags of Joy, is set to distribute two hundred gifts to young people in need, aged twelve...
November 18, 2023
The SpringFest countdown is on!
IT’S only eight days until SpringFest returns for the first time since 2019, and the Rotary Club of Ballarat has been coordinating a new...
November 18, 2023
Rework and explore through collage
HAVE you got any photos, old sketches, newspaper or magazine clippings that you’ve kept, but weren’t sure how to use them? Well, Smythesdale artist Anne...
November 17, 2023
Process looks at town’s future
LINTON’S community planning project is underway with a survey distributed to locals during last weekend’s Town Wide Garage Sale. As part of this engagement period,...
November 17, 2023
Linton lighting up for Christmas
IT’S time to switch on some early festive spirit in Golden Plains Shire’s north. Linton and District Progress Association members are encouraging individuals and...
November 17, 2023
New leaders at the Miners
BASKETBALL Ballarat announced the recruitment of their next NBL1 South men’s head coach, and director of coaching last week. James McKinnon is set to join...
November 16, 2023
One last time round at RoadNats
STREETSCAPES across the City of Ballarat will be the stage for the Federation University Road National Championships’ elite cycling action for one more summer. For...
November 14, 2023
Step out against family violence
AN awareness walk will be held this month as part of the United Nations’ annual Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The Walk Against...
November 13, 2023
Apply to shape the future
AS 2024 approaches, Committee for Ballarat members are taking expressions of interest for the next intake of Future Shapers participants. The community leadership program’s coordinator...
November 13, 2023
Cars to glow and shine at SpringFest
EVEN if the sun isn’t shining on SpringFest’s market Sunday by Lake Wendouree, some classic and brand-new cars will be. The...
November 13, 2023
Cash from cans for charities
WITHIN its first day of operation, Victoria’s container deposit scheme processed one million bottles and cans. That’s a lot of 10-cent refunds, but users of...
November 11, 2023
Concept designs sought for survivors’ memorial
A NATIONWIDE competition encouraging creatives to develop designs for a planned Continuous Voices Memorial has been launched. The memorial would be the first in...
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