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.

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May 4, 2022

Classic fun run for breast cancer research

THE Women in Super Mother’s Day Classic returns to Ballarat next weekend, celebrating twenty-five years of the fun run fundraiser. Joggers and walkers are invited...

May 2, 2022

Young leader heads Business Day Out

NEXT month’s Commerce Ballarat Business Day Out line-up will include former Young Western Australian of the Year Abdullahi Alim as keynote speaker. Mr Alim originally...

April 30, 2022

Freedom a focus for fresh UAP face

THE United Australia Party’s Terri Pryse-Smith will contest the Federal seat of Ballarat in next month’s election. A recently retired agricultural science businessperson, former teacher...

April 29, 2022

Site goes live to prevent suicide

BALLARAT Community Health and Western Victoria Primary Health Network have partnered to produce another suicide prevention tool. The Ballarat Mental Health Support website went live...

April 28, 2022

Association lead advocating for Batesford

BATESFORD Golden Plains Residents and Ratepayers Association has elected Stephen Condon as its new president. Mr Condon has a background in investment banking and has...

April 28, 2022

Teesdale remembers the fallen

HUNDREDS of Teesdale community members attended the town’s early-morning Anzac Day service earlier in the week to remember and honour Australia and New Zealand’s...

April 28, 2022

The valley’s very happy home for wildlife

AFTER the Black Summer bushfires, Happy Valley’s Liz Howard volunteered at a wildlife shelter for two years. “They said, ‘why don’t you become a carer?’...

April 28, 2022

Hall new home for community groups

THREE grassroots groups have been named as the Linton Shire Hall’s new tenants for twelve months as the space transitions to a centre for...

April 28, 2022

Woady wellbeing boosted at kinder

SCARSDALE’S Woady Yaloak Kindergarten has completed the free Victorian Healthy Early Childhood Services Achievement Program which encourages healthy living, learning, working, and playing for...

April 25, 2022

Fair to help jobseekers find work

NEXT week’s big Ballarat Jobs Fair is set to connect entry-level and experienced workers to vacant employment opportunities. The expo inside the Ballarat Showgrounds pavilion...

April 25, 2022

Big siblings making a bigger impact

MENTORSHIP program Big Brothers Big Sisters Ballarat will celebrate and generate supportive social connections at their upcoming ‘friendraiser’ dinner this month. BBBS Ballarat links vulnerable...

April 25, 2022

Fresh Voice creating something special

AFTER three years leading community radio station Voice FM, Ron Egeberg will step down from the position of board chair. Mr Egeberg has been diagnosed...

April 24, 2022

Lest we forget – Anzac Day events for Monday, 25 April.

Anzac Day events for Monday, 25 April. CRESWICK DAWN SERVICE. 5.50am, Albert Street cenotaph, Creswick. Followed by a gunfire breakfast at the Senior Citizens’ Centre.   CORINDHAP...

April 24, 2022

Brothers by blood, brothers in arms

AN Anzac Day service at the Arch of Victory will again share the names and human stories of many fallen Ballarat servicepeople. Arch of Victory-Avenue...

April 19, 2022

Girls’ soccer scene scores tournament

INAUGURAL junior girls’ tournament the Western United Cup will be held at the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility in spring. The three-day competition for young statewide...

April 19, 2022

South’s creative kaleidoscope on show

THE Bannockburn Cultural Centre will be full of creativity next week, showcasing the recovering local arts scene. Rosslyn Bosnar said the arts “suffered everywhere” throughout...

April 16, 2022

Small build offers big future

WITH power tools in-hand, seventeen of Phoenix College’s female students were recently tasked with building a little house as they took part in a...

April 10, 2022

River talks to flow at BMI

THE Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is inviting the community to dive into its Twilight Talks series which will return to the Humffray Room from next...

April 9, 2022

A launch pad for local leaders

THE Committee for Ballarat’s 2022 community leadership program is underway and is aiming to support its latest cohort in shaping the city’s future. Future Shapers...

April 9, 2022

High Tea to benefit hospital house

PUT on your Sunday best for the Begonia City High Tea at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall next month. Alfredton Rotary Club is leading the afternoon,...

April 7, 2022

Students meet their healthcare heroes

THE Meredith Primary School playground was full of doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers, vets, and firefighters on Monday morning. Pupils, and neighbouring kindergarteners, dressed up...

April 7, 2022

Batesford gets back to nature

FOLLOWING the completion of the Riverstone Estate, the Ramsey Property Group has handed the Moorabool River Reserve over to the Golden Plains Shire. As of...

April 6, 2022

Music quiz to rock Civic Hall

FOR more than a decade, new episodes of music quiz show RocKwiz tested and entertained Australian television viewers. Presented by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis,...

April 5, 2022

Sunday groovers singing for joy

SUNDAYS are a groovin’ good time at Saint Peter and Paul's Church in Buninyong. Community members who love to sing are invited to a monthly...