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.
February 8, 2020
Socialisation and supplies at shower bus
A FORMER Littles school bus is still in operation in Ballarat, but for the last two and a half years it’s served another purpose...
February 8, 2020
Building bricks and understanding
FINE motor skill development, teamwork and problem solving is at the core of a weekly Bannockburn Library activity for seven to eleven-year-old children. The Let’s...
February 7, 2020
Live, shop, stay, use local
RESIDENTS who have recently moved into the Shire, and local businesses servicing them, will be linked for another year with the council’s New Residents...
February 7, 2020
Enterprise connects Kyra with collectors
VISUAL arts student, Kyra Drummond sold her first painting last year, exhibiting in Oxygen College’s Certificate III graduation show. As this work, Modern Woman went...
February 7, 2020
YESS to fire funds
HUNDREDS of dollars were raised for bushfire relief by St Pat’s Ballarat’s youth group on Sunday. By 3pm, the Youth Every Second Sunday team raised...
February 7, 2020
Live, shop, stay, use local in Golden Plains
RESIDENTS who have recently moved into Golden Plains Shire, and local businesses servicing them, will be linked for another year with the council’s New...
February 6, 2020
Remembering service to the nation
THE twelfth anniversary of the dedication of Ballarat’s National Servicemen’s Memorial was marked last Sunday. At 2.30pm veteran national servicemen, their families and friends gathered...
February 6, 2020
A taste of young talent at regatta
ONE of the state’s biggest rowing events, the Wendouree Ballarat Regatta, hosted athletes from across Victoria last weekend. The packed two-day program on the Lake...
February 6, 2020
More youths need HPV vaccine
IN recent years, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reported one in four boys and one in seven girls had not received a...
February 6, 2020
Creating history and a quality education
SIXTY-seven young learners made history on Thursday morning as the first cohort of Lucas Primary School students. Principal, Sue Sawyer said the atmosphere was “special”...
February 5, 2020
Movement and music for mind and body
BENEFITING all types of bodies, physically and mentally, pop yoga at Bannockburn Cultural Centre will be both upbeat and relaxing. Over three Thursdays at 5pm,...
February 5, 2020
Reserve taking glass
BUNINYONG’S glass collection point has been relocated by council to the Recreation Reserve. Now accessible from Forest Street, the Pass on Glass site is a...
February 5, 2020
Back in action at bootcamp in Smythesdale
TUESDAY nights at the Woady Yaloak Recreation Reserve will be more energetic from next month. Part of the Active Golden Plains initiative, four bootcamp sessions...
February 5, 2020
Movement and music for mind and body
BENEFITING all types of bodies, physically and mentally, pop yoga at Bannockburn Cultural Centre will be both upbeat and relaxing. Over three Thursdays from 6...
February 4, 2020
Supporting Golden Plains Shire’s sporty women
VICHEALTH has injected fifteen-thousand dollars into women’s sport in the Golden Plains Shire through their This Girl Can campaign. An initiative that supports and champions...
February 2, 2020
Service and a second home
WHEN not occupied by family and criminal law, sole legal practitioner and Justice of the Peace,...
February 1, 2020
Four strings, four fingers
A DECADE ago, a group of locals used to meet every Thursday night as a choir, before heading to the pub for a drink. A...
January 30, 2020
Prestigious scholarship for lifelong learner
ASSOCIATE Professor Robyn Brandenburg has made a habit of doing things first. She was the first person in her family to attend university, the first...
January 30, 2020
Diverse turnout for inclusive car show
AROUND four hundred cars rocked up to the city’s first Australia Day Motor Show last weekend, hosted by the Vintage & Classic Car Club...
January 30, 2020
Pollies on ground at Lexton
LEXTON’S BlazeAid volunteers were joined on Monday morning by three tiers of government representation. Making a visit to the operation’s camp base and out to...
January 30, 2020
Clever canines help wildlife
NEXT month, your dog could be crowned Ballarat’s smartest pooch. Running the first Ballarat K9 Games on Saturday, 1 February, the team at Southern Cross...
January 29, 2020
Unusual “spectacular” sport on show
UPDATE - 1.30PM, THURSDAY, 30 JANUARY: Due to forecast storms organisers have advised that Saturday's planned matches have been cancelled and there will be...
January 29, 2020
Demos and dancing for Lunar New Year
THIS Lunar New Year, Sovereign Hill and the Chinese Australian Cultural Society Ballarat have brought in the Year of the Rat with plenty of...
January 27, 2020
Shire supports creatives with upskilling
ARTSACTION is set to nurture creative minds and hands, from the shire’s north to the south. A partnership between council and Pop Up Art, ArtsACTION...
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