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A case of puppy love for Ballarat
21/08/2008 | BALLARAT'S RSPCA was inundated with calls yesterday from residents wanting to give four rescued puppies a second chance.
Kiralee: accreditation agency defends claims
20/08/2008 | The Aged Care Standards & Accreditation Agency yesterday said it had reviewed the ``full range of care and services" at Kirralee.
20/08/2008 | A BALLARAT teenager who pleaded guilty to 20 driving related offences will spend five-and-a-half-weeks in a Youth Training Centre before he is sentenced on all his charges.
Watoto Choir of hope for Ugandan orphans
20/08/2008 | RESCUED from the streets of Uganda, it is hard to imagine the hardship these children have faced in their young lives.
20/08/2008 | AFTER good rain in Ballarat's catchment areas over the past week, the city's water storage level has pushed through the 10 per cent mark.
20/08/2008 | A COMPANY that was contracted to demolish a wing at St John of God hospital was yesterday fined more than $40,000 in the Ballarat Magistrates Court.
20/08/2008 | DELACOMBE man who spat blood at a policeman was yesterday sentenced to 21 days in prison.
20/08/2008 | GOLDEN Plains Shire residents have the 19th best quality of life in Australia.
20/08/2008 | A BABY boom among staff was the catalyst for a planned childcare centre at Ballarat & Clarendon College's junior school.
19/08/2008 | McCAIN Foods yesterday pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment after a worker had skin and flesh ripped from his finger while inspecting a machine used for shredding pizza crusts. The Ballarat Magistrates Court heard Gary Lennecke got his hand stuck in the shredder when undertaking maintenance work at the plant in Ring Rd, Wendouree, in September 2006.
19/08/2008 | A COFFIN emblazoned with "The Mayor's Coffin of Community Concerns" was wheeled into last night's Hepburn Shire Council meeting. Hepburn Springs blacksmith John Madigan said the timber coffin represented the continual "burying" of the issue of workplace bullying allegations aimed at Cr Bill McClenaghan by former shire CEO Victor Szwed.  | CommentsComments (1)
19/08/2008 | FOR the first time in 13 years, Ballarat TAFE teachers will join colleagues statewide in a 24-hour strike. Busloads of teachers will converge on Melbourne today as part of an ongoing industrial dispute over pay and conditions.
19/08/2008 | A DRAFT pay deal for University of Ballarat staff was the "final nail in the coffin" for Australian Workplace Agreements at the university, a union said. Academic and general staff would get a 10.9 per cent pay rise under a proposed deal announced by the university and unions on Monday.
19/08/2008 | A BALLARAT student who detonated a pipe bomb he made in a university science laboratory will be immediately eligible for parole because of time spent in pre-sentence detention. Adam Richard Paine, 32, yesterday pleaded guilty in the County Court in Ballarat to making an explosion without lawful excuse and possession of explosive materials.
19/08/2008 | A BALLARAT doctor has thrown his support behind the beleaguered Kirralee Nursing Home. Dr Tony Bongiorno yesterday said the facility's reputation had been "destroyed".  | CommentsComments (2)
Puppies dumped and left to die
19/08/2008 | WHO would abandon these puppies? These four, very cute, six-week-old Jack Russell cross pups were found dumped in a box at Sebastopol's HR Power Park on Monday night.  | CommentsComments (2)
19/08/2008 | ROAMING stock on the Ballarat and Ararat train lines are causing havoc for V/Line. This year 12 train services have struck and killed 70 sheep and one dog.
Sebastopol College students finding their feet for homeless
19/08/2008 | YESTERDAY marked the first ever Shoesday Tuesday. Sebastopol College was one of 50 Victorian schools which encouraged students to keep their shoes on for 24 hours _ sleeping and showering in them in an effort to raise awareness of youth homelessness.
Crime on the rise in Ballarat
18/08/2008 | BALLARAT has bucked a statewide trend and recorded an increase in its crime statistics this year.  | CommentsComments (2)
18/08/2008 | A 23-YEAR-OLD Ballarat man has been interviewed following a double fatality at Linton on Saturday.
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Satanic cult parades as Olympic sport

20/08/2008 | I was flicking around the Olympic channels and discovered what appears to be a bizarre satanic cult masquerading as a sport.
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