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.
May 13, 2021
State win for Gay on home dirt
THIS month’s third round of the 2021 Victorian Club Autocross Series was won by Ballarat Light Car Club racer Richard Gay. Driving a Mitsubishi VR4...
May 13, 2021
New system to replace heritage gates
IN their 2021-2022 budget, the State Government has allocated ten-and-a-half million dollars to developing a solution to the Lydiard Street railway gates issue. The Department...
May 12, 2021
Creating connections over a long lunch
A SUNDAY community three-course long lunch at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute will mark and celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. A...
May 12, 2021
No Fight Tights get legs to run
BALLARAT-born clothing brand No Fight Tights will launch online sales later this month, offering a more practical, comfy alternative to traditional children’s school tights. Inspired...
May 12, 2021
Walk follows life of world-famous inventor
PUT on your walking shoes and discover all about world-famous inventor Henry Sutton this Heritage Festival, and beyond. Born in Ballarat in 1855, Sutton had...
May 11, 2021
Awards nod for regatta innovation
THE Inaugural Ballarat Omnium Regatta is a Victorian Sport Awards finalist. A contender in the Sports Accounting Australia Sport Initiative of the Year category, the...
May 10, 2021
Shelter’s creatures need their comforts
AS winter approaches, the Ballarat Animal Shelter is seeking donated woollies and tasty treats for the furry friends in their care. Coordinator animal services Clare...
May 8, 2021
Art sees, hears and believes survivors
OUT of the Darkness: A Survivor’s Journey is the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s new major exhibition, exploring institutional child sexual abuse. Curated by survivor Robert...
May 7, 2021
Local support for survivors of stroke
A CENTRE for stroke survivors will be built in Ballarat to support at least two hundred people in recovery per month. Set to assist patients...
May 7, 2021
Vella vrooms to inter-state victory
NARINGAL’S Jaxson Vella has won the 2020-2021 Speedway Sedans Australia Junior South Australian State Title at Mount Gambier’s Borderline Speedway Driving his Daihatsu Charade, the...
May 7, 2021
A Mother’s Day moment of remembrance
RESIDENTS are invited to attend a short Mothers’ Day service at Alfredton’s Garden of the Grieving Mother to remember special mums who have passed...
May 6, 2021
Relief for a ‘gasping’ nation
BALLARAT Friends of India Network president Dr Sanjay Sharma has described the COVID-19 situation in India as an “epic human catastrophe...tearing” across the country. In...
May 6, 2021
Over 50s mass vaccinations underway
AS of Monday, Ballarat Health Services’ Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at the Mercure Hotel’s Eureka Ballroom has been vaccinating people aged fifty years and...
May 6, 2021
Pickleball state trials in Wendouree
VICTORIAN pickleball team selection trials will be hosted by Ballarat Badminton ahead of June’s Battle of the Border competition against New South Wales. This Saturday,...
May 5, 2021
History alive in Gardens’ natural skyscrapers
THE Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens are celebrating some of earth’s biggest pieces of living history this month. As part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival,...
May 4, 2021
A hive of learning for veterans
FOUR recently returned defence force veterans will be part of a new therapeutic beekeeping education program in Ballarat. HiveMind Community Apiary will facilitate regular sessions...
May 4, 2021
Mathematic mural a star-spangled storyteller
COMBINING history and maths, Eureka: Singular and Plural is a new work from digital artist Gordon Monro. Now on display at the Eureka Centre, the...
May 3, 2021
Get your steps up in the grass trees
WOOWOOKARUNG Regional Park’s Grass-tree Nature Trail has officially opened for the community to enjoy. The 1.8-kilometre bush track amongst the native grass trees takes approximately...
May 2, 2021
Charities boosted by Christmas book collab
A RETIRED primary teacher and secondary school student have teamed up to produce a children’s storybook which explores the pandemic’s impact on productivity at...
May 2, 2021
Change the story, change the world
THE third and latest episode of local podcast Gather was released earlier this month, exploring the world of myths and fairytales. Minerva’s Books and Ideas’...
May 2, 2021
Bills a BREAZE for groups on solar
FIVE additional community groups are being powered by solar, following panel and battery installations funded by the State’s Solar on Public Buildings Program. The Ballarat...
May 1, 2021
My Country takes to the Opera House
BALLARAT, My Country (2019), by artist and Wadawurrung elder Marlene Gilson is being projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House. The painting is...
April 30, 2021
Jane Austen adaption awarded
BALLARAT National Theatre’s Pride and Prejudice podcast is an honouree in the Limited Series Podcast - Scripted Fiction category of the 2021 Webby Awards. The...
April 29, 2021
Communities unite to remember them
SHIRE residents paid their respects to Australia and New Zealand’s fallen servicepeople and returned veterans during Anzac Day last Sunday. Acknowledging the sacrifices of defence...
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