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Gordon PS breaks Guiness world record
19 Aug 10 | GORDON Primary School is officially the coldest primary school in Australia.
Eureka flag heads to Adelaide for works
17 Aug 10 | THE original Eureka flag is to leave Ballarat for major conservation works.   | CommentsComments (3)
Ballarat's weather clean-up continues
13 Aug 10 | THE clean-up continued last night after Ballarat's heavy rain and wild weather.   | CommentsComments (6) | GALLERY: Ballarat's big wet
CCTV boost for Ballarat's CBD
12 Aug 10 | MORE security cameras will be installed in Ballarat's CBD by a re-elected Labor government as part of its election pitch to create safer streets.   | CommentsComments (8)
Ballarat region water stores overflowing
12 Aug 10 | THE RAINS are well and truly here, causing waterways in the region to reach overload.   | CommentsComments (3) | Wild weather wreaks havoc on ...Ballarat soaks in year's ... | GALLERY: Ballarat's big wet
Nick Marios' life etched in the love of  family and friends
07 Aug 10 | IT WAS a day for family and friends to rejoice for Nick Marios and his life after life.   | Hundreds farewell a treasured man | GALLERY: Nick Marios' final farewell
Hundreds farewell a treasured man
07 Aug 10 | A BIG funeral for one of the biggest personalities Ballarat had known. Hundreds of people packed St Patrick's Cathedral yesterday to say a final farewell to Ballarat's Nick Marios. Family, friends and community members gathered in celebration of the life of the restaurateur and identity.   | GALLERY: Nick Marios' final farewell
Emergency crews amazed: Miracle saved Grampians crash couple
06 Aug 10 | A GERMAN couple walked away with minor injuries after plunging 150-metres off a Grampians road on Wednesday. Tourists Steffen Henrich and Melanie Baik sat hand in hand at Wimmera Base Hospital yesterday wondering how they survived the fall.
Tourists survive 160m fall in Grampians
05 Aug 10 | TWO tourists are lucky to be alive after their car plunged 160 metres into a ravine in the Grampians yesterday.  | CommentsComments (2)
Swans return to Lake Wendouree
04 Aug 10 | SWANS have returned in droves to Ballarat's Lake Wendouree. The Courier nature writer Roger Thomas said more than 70 swan nests were currently built around the lake.   | CommentsComments (3)
St Patrick's is Victoria's champion football school
26 Jul 10 | SAINT Patrick's College is Victoria's champion football school after a comprehensive 51-point victory over Geelong's St Joseph's College.   | CommentsComments (2) | Herald Sun Shield final: live ...St Pat's wins Herald Sun Shield | GALLERY: Herald Sun Shield grand final
How Ballarat froze on the coldest July night
10 Jul 10 | BALLARAT shivered through its coldest July night in 25 years, with the temperature falling to minus 2.8 degrees yesterday morning. The mercury plummeted in the early hours , with the icy minimum recorded at 5.42am.  | CommentsComments (3) | GALLERY: Your winter pictures
Ballarat's Visitor Information Centre may go to St Andrew's Kirk
09 Jul 10 | AFTER a few trips to the bank, visitors to Ballarat's tourist information centre might one day be off to church.   | CommentsComments (7)
Ballarat bishop Michael Hough cleared by church
25 Jun 10 | AN INVESTIGATION into Ballarat bishop Michael Hough has been dropped by the Anglican church.  | CommentsComments (2)
Canadian's billycart derby takes over the road
25 Jun 10 | FORGET the grand prix in Spain this weekend, it was the Canadian Lead Primary School billycart race that was the focus of attention for hundreds of onlookers in Ballarat East yesterday.  | GALLERY: Canadian Lead Primary School ...

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