Health
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.
Children locked in hot car
A CONCERNED witness has reported seeing children locked in a car during Colac’s heatwave, sparking a warning from police.
Heat takes toll on bowlers
HEAT caused one woman to collapse and two others to pull out of a Corangamite bowls pairs competition this week.
Dairy farming is dangerous business
A COLAC district dairy farmer says the job’s physical nature could explain why a quarter of farming injures are in the dairy sector.
Call for mental health help
COLAC hospital chief Geoff Iles says he fears Colac could miss out on youth mental health funding without support from politicians.
Illness won’t stop young aid worker
A COLAC teenager who suffered life-threatening illneses while volunteering in Africa says she’s planning more overseas aid work.
Hope for heart treatment
COLAC district’s Rhonda Armstrong says she hopes an experimental procedure which saved her life will become the standard cure for people with weakened hearts.