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Colac dancers in cancer initiative
COLAC dancers will perform to help save lives when they participate in a dance fundraiser for cancer next week.
Arson attack on car caps off tragic week
CRESSY cancer fundraiser Leanne Rodgers thought life “couldn’t get much worse” after her mother died, until she watched flames engulf her car.
Man ‘super positive’ to be in remission
CAM Libbis is close to 12 months into remission from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but the 32-year-old never questioned why he got sick.
Baker offers kitchen for Jamie Oliver
A COLAC district bakery could become the home of Jamie Oliver’s pop-up kitchen if Colac is successful in its Ministry of Food competition bid.
District schools above average
COLAC district rural primary schools have beaten national averages in numeracy and literacy.
Two hurt in Colac mill fire
POLICE and the Country Fire Authority are investigating the cause of a blaze which injured two people at AKD’s Irrewarra sawmill.
Ratepayers should get off backsides
A COLAC Otway Shire councillor says ratepayers could save the council spending on health strategies by getting off their “backsides” and going for a walk.
Wrong estimates cause $2m-blowout
AN investigation into a $2-million Bluewater Fitness Centre budget blowout shows a quantity surveyor underestimated the cost, but ratepayers will foot the bill.