31 May 05 | THE West Coast Eagles must learn to win in Victoria before they can consider themselves a serious premiership contender, according to club legend Chris Lewis.
31 May 05 | NORTH Ballarat Football Club general manager Tony Frawley is to take charge of Australian Rules in the Northern Territory.
He has been appointed AFL Northern Territory chief executive officer.
31 May 05 | YESTERDAY'S launch of the 2005 CGU Ballarat Business Excellence Awards should be hailed as an exciting occasion for the Ballarat community.
31 May 05 | ICE Maidens Michele Bloomcamp, left, and Sandra Floate show St Patrick's College students Jarryd Allan and Peter Colbourne equipment from their Antarctic exhibition.
31 May 05 | A DRY May caused dismay with clouds offering little rain.
31 May 05 | NOMINATIONS have been called for to highlight the outstanding achievements of Ballarat businesses for this year's CGU Ballarat Business Excellence Awards.
31 May 05 | SPEED camera fines in the Ballarat region rose by 13.5 per cent in the March 2005 quarter compared with the same time last year, new figures have revealed.
31 May 05 | A BALLARAT man falsely branded the world's first positive drug driver under new roadside testing is suing Victoria Police for defamation.
31 May 05 | IBM will expand its operations at the University of Ballarat's Technology Park, creating an extra 200 jobs, in a major windfall for Ballarat.
31 May 05 | BALLARAT boys Callum Bodey and Dustyn Rodgers share an unusual hobby _ raising prizewinning show birds.
31 May 05 | THE future of Ballarat's pools took centre stage yesterday at the Town Hall.
30 May 05 | THE BALLARAT Delta Floorworld Nuggets is still without a win in the Big V Youth Basketball League.
30 May 05 | THREE Ballarat Football League clubs could post revenue losses as high as $15,000 this year because they are unable to play at their drought-affected grounds.
30 May 05 | ONE of the more disappointing aspects of the sorry saga that has become the Schapelle Corby case, has been the inane reactions of so many Australians caught up in a vengeful mob mentality.
30 May 05 | A BALLARAT vet has urged drivers to slow down, after treating 12 animals that have been hit by cars in the past two weeks.
Dr Ruth Gore, of the Eastwood Street Veterinary Clinic, said she was alarmed by the high number of casualties.
30 May 05 | BALLARAT'S government schools have healthy cash reserves, compared with other schools in the state.
30 May 05 | OPINIONS differ on the progress of Ballarat's planned super health clinic.
30 May 05 | A MAN sentenced to a community based order for his part in the armed robbery of a Sebastopol Pharmacy has reappeared in court for breaching that order.
30 May 05 | BALLARAT'S St John of God Health Care will investigate relocating the 90-year-old hospital to the vacant Civic Hall site.
30 May 05 | BALLARAT plasterer David Ackroyd admits the city is in desperate need of tradesmen, and believes giving apprentices practical experience on community projects would go a long way towards addressing the skills shortage.