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.
July 12, 2020
Professional meets personal in new developmental book
LEADERSHIP and management consultant, Robert J. Re has released a new book, The Business of Life, with strategies designed for people wishing to improve...
July 11, 2020
Musical tour is a magical mystery
TWO year ten students are harnessing the power of music and quick response code technology to generate a sense of community connectedness. Their initiative, the...
July 11, 2020
Hands-on creativity returns to social Shed
MAKERS in the Ballarat Community Men’s Shed can come back to their base at Barkly Square to craft and chat. Program coordinator, Duanne Seivers looks...
July 11, 2020
Friends band together to clean neighbourhood
YOU may have heard about Keep Australia Beautiful, but did you know a group of young people are working to keep Maude magnificent? On Sunday,...
July 10, 2020
Baby and children’s items in high demand
EUREKA Mums are seeking public donations of cots less than ten years old, car seats less than eight years old, single and double prams,...
July 10, 2020
Iso snapshots on show in Melbourne’s CBD
PHOTOGRAPHIC contributions made to the Ballarat International Foto Biennale’s #massisolationAUS Instagram project are being screened in Melbourne’s Federation Square until further notice. BIFB artistic...
July 10, 2020
UFS gives for refugee family welfare
UFS Dispensaries has given ten thousand dollars to support almost thirty Ballarat refugee and asylum seeker families through the COVID-19 period. Channelling the money to...
July 9, 2020
Further funding for veterans’ support groups
THE Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch and the Ballarat Veterans’ Assistance Centre are both receiving Federal grants to boost their work supporting the district’s war veterans. The...
July 9, 2020
Netballer makes elite state squad
BALLARAT Clarendon College year 12 student, Poppy Douglass has been selected for the Netball Victoria Elite Development Squad. The program launched this year to continue...
July 8, 2020
‘A window to the past’ these school holidays
IN 1855, a Wesleyan Day School was set up from a tent in Mount Pleasant, as a place of worship and a Sabbath School. Its...
July 7, 2020
Parts for all to play on the road to zero emissions
IF the Grampians region is to achieve zero emissions by 2050, Ballarat Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions understands residents must act at individual and...
July 6, 2020
Men’s Shed shovelers prep site for slab
RECENT excavation and trench digging means a slab can soon be poured at the Linton and District Men’s Shed’s new location behind the CFA. President,...
July 4, 2020
Mount Clear block holds rail trail’s missing link
A TRIANGULAR, pine-filled block of land, fifty-five Recreation Road in Mount Clear may seem an insignificant location to many. But for residents of the area...
July 4, 2020
Cooking up kitchen skills, language and confidence
BALLARAT Neighbourhood Centre is improving the English language skills of intercultural residents while they learn to bake. Tutor, Lisa Dinning teaches the Baking and Language...
July 3, 2020
Refugee Network’s fresh food is feeding families
BALLARAT Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Network is collecting donations of fresh fruit and vegetables at the Ballarat Welcome Centre to give to families...
July 3, 2020
Pet stores’ funds will raise a guide dog
GUIDE Dogs Australia will breed, raise and train a young assistance animal with the support of PETstock. Last month, all PETstock stores across the country,...
July 3, 2020
Smashing, golden tales of quartz mining
HISTORIAN, Doug Bradby has published the third volume of his book series, The Astonishing History of Ballarat, unpacking the stories of the area’s quartz...
July 2, 2020
$150k boost for BIRCH’s regional research
THE Ballarat Innovation and Research Collaboration for Health has received one hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the State government, to support the clinical...
July 2, 2020
Karts good to go as venue is reborn
SINCE March, Catherine Hayes has been busy lugging around six hundred tyres while her business has been closed, but she’s enjoyed every minute. The new...
July 2, 2020
Shopping students need at CBD pantry
A COMMUNITY pantry on Camp Street is providing groceries to one hundred and fifty international university students every Wednesday afternoon. From 2pm to 4pm Australian...
July 2, 2020
Sturt Street faces support artists and attract collectors
TRUDY McLauchlan’s One Hundred Faces exhibition is vibrantly staring out at all who walk by her store on Sturt Street. Featuring a grid of 100...
July 2, 2020
Stability and consistency for young sportspeople
STAFF at FedUni WestVic Academy of Sport knew one thing as COVID-19 hit in March – that they would stand by their young athletes...
July 2, 2020
Kids gain golf skills on Inverleigh green
A FREE golf clinic for children and teens will run this Saturday, 4 July at Inverleigh Golf Club, 9am to 11am. Facilitated by golf pro,...
July 1, 2020
Ballarat show a no go
THE annual Ballarat Spring Show, planned for November, is cancelled. Last week the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s executive committee decided not to run the...
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