Articles tagged: Health
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.
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.
Colac launches Jamie Oliver bid
COLAC will formally launch its bid today to put the city on the nation’s foodie map and host celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Pop-up Kitchen.
Survivor’s next big adventure
FORMER Colac woman Karen Hitchings has embarked on the adventure of a lifetime after completing her biggest challenge yet – defeating breast cancer.
Homestead owner joins Oliver push
CRESSY homestead owner Rosie Vaccari says the district and her kitchen are the perfect places for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to cook up a storm.
Putting spotlight on rare diseases
A COLAC woman with a rare disease has praised blood donors in the lead-up to Rare Diseases Day on Friday.
Spud farmer backs Jamie Oliver bid
WARNCOORT farmer Ali Cirillo wants celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to open a Ministry of Food Pop-up Kitchen in Colac with district-grown potatoes on the menu.
Chlamydia cases on the rise
COLAC and district had 72 cases of the sexual infection chlamydia last year amid rising infection rates across the state.
Relay for Life amazes organisers
COLAC Otway Relay for Life organisers are amazed at raising more than $50,000 for cancer research.
Regional food extravaganza
MARCH is set to be a foodie-extravaganza month for the Colac region.
Leukaemia survivor, 7, fighting fit for relay
A SEVEN-year-old cancer survivor will walk the first lap of tomorrow’s Colac Otway Relay for Life, just months after finishing treatment for leukaemia.
Support bubbling up for pop-up kitchen
COLAC'S campaign to entice celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to “pop up” a kitchen in the city is surging ahead.
Shire chief plans Jamie Oliver tour
CIVIC leader Rob Small wants to take celebrity chef Jamie Oliver on a tour of Colac’s edible landscape project.
Twins overcome bumpy start to life
COLAC'S Nicole Drayton endured a three-day wait to hold her twin girls after they were born eight weeks premature, unresponsive and needing resuscitation.
Young chef wants Jamie Oliver Colac visit
COLAC district teenager Troy Manning plans to open his own restaurant one day and says a Jamie Oliver pop-up kitchen would benefit Colac.
Colac wants TV chef Jamie Oliver
COLAC community leaders are inviting celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to set up a pop-up kitchen in Colac to help fight obesity and diabetes.
Immunisations among state’s worst
ONE in eight Colac and district children start school without full immunisation, giving the shire one of the worst immunisation rates in Victoria.
Machines save Colac baby
COLAC mum Sharna Warrender was unable to hold her baby son Harley Summers for 16 days after his birth as a series of machines worked to keep him alive.
Fun run will help children’s health
A COLAC fun run’s proceeds will continue to support children’s services at Colac Area Health.
Mum and baby’s close call
ELLIMINYT first-time mum Chloe Bamford and her daughter Lily Malouf are lucky to be alive.
Counselling service cash cut
COLAC'S mayor has called for the State Government to reverse funding cuts which will halve the district’s financial counselling services.
Thieves steal wheelchair
CALLOUS thieves have stolen a wheelchair from Apollo Bay’s community swimming pool.
Palestinians find peace in Colac
WAR pushed Colac’s Alkurd family out of Palestine but Akram Alkurd says his family found a more peaceful home in Colac.
New disability HQ finished in June
WORK on a new National Disability Insurance Scheme office in central Colac is due to finish in June.
