29/02/2004 | HORSHAM galloper Zedimbi might find himself back in his former home state of South Australia at Easter after a gritty victory in the $40,000 Austrian Airlines Begonia Cup, 1400 metres, in Ballarat yesterday.
29/02/2004 | Anthony Edwards will row in his third Olympic Games.
Edwards has been selected in the men's lightweight coxless four for Athens later this year.
29/02/2004 | BALLARAT doctors and patients say the city is rapidly heading towards a major health crisis.
29/02/2004 | ORGANISERS have declared the new-look Begonia Festival street parade a success.
After 25 years of being staged on the shores of Lake Wendouree, the festival's curtain-raiser event returned to Sturt St.
29/02/2004 | TOURISTS flowed through the doors of historic Montrose Cottage in Ballarat yesterday - but on this occasion, it was for an auction.
29/02/2004 | THE Victorian Farmers Federation is working with the communities of Pittong, Tiega and Baddaginnie to find an industrial site in Melbourne for a proposed toxic waste facility.
29/02/2004 | MANY residents are finding it increasingly difficult to make an appointment with a general practitioner in Ballarat.
29/02/2004 | TWO new arrivals at the Ballarat Health Services - Base Hospital joined an estimated four million people around the globe born on February 29 yesterday.
27/02/2004 | Veteran player Eric Hayes has been named Ballarat Miners captain for the 2004 South East Australian Basketball League season.
This is not exactly a new role for Hayes, who has been the Ballarat Neighborhood Cable Miners' on-court leader in the past in his long and distinguished career.
27/02/2004 | East Ballarat and Ballarat-Redan have just one chance to ensure they are part of the finals action when the last home and away round 13 of the Ballarat Cricket Association starts this afternoon.
A loss by either side will almost certainly mothball one of them.
27/02/2004 | Workers at Masterfoods Australia New Zealand walked off the job for an hour yesterday to rally for improved pay structures and conditions.
27/02/2004 | Limited edition coins and a montage commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade were launched at the Eureka Centre yesterday.
27/02/2004 | Twenty-five years of business in Ballarat is certainly something to celebrate.
When Masterfoods Australia New Zealand join in today's festival parade, they will also be commemorating this important milestone.
27/02/2004 | Here it comes.
The wait for this year's new look Ballarat Begonia Festival is over.
Sturt St will become a sea of colour and movement this afternoon when the Festival parade kicks off at 1pm.
27/02/2004 | Some students in Ballarat will be forced to stay at home during a 24-hour teachers' strike next week.
Next Wednesday's industrial action comes after the State Government and the teachers' unions failed to reach agreement over pay and conditions.
27/02/2004 | A man at trial over allegations of slavery was yesterday found guilty of 42 charges.
27/02/2004 | BALLARAT residents are being locked out of general practice services as the city's doctor shortage worsens.
27/02/2004 | Lee Troop is aiming to break Robert de Castella's 18-year-old Australian marathon record
27/02/2004 | Ballarat-Redan's season is on the line in the Ballarat Cricket Association firsts competition