Health
Skaters join cancer fight
Otway Derby Dolls skaters will help raise money for breast cancer research when they compete in Geelong this weekend.
Toddler’s new life and new brother
COLAC district toddler William Reilly is out of medical isolation after a life-saving transplant in time to welcome a new brother.
New team tackles booze, drugs
COLAC’S health service has teamed up with two south-west Victorian agencies to tackle the region’s drug and alcohol problems.
Shearer’s close shave with cancer
A COLAC district shearer is about to return to full-time work nearly 12 months after recovering from a brain tumour.
Dad’s death spurs crusade
A COLAC woman who lost her dad to suicide this year wants to help people avoid the pain her family is enduring.
Cancer fundraiser smashes target
COLAC and district residents have smashed a $5000 fundraising target to help advance research into a rare form of stomach cancer.
Disability HQ will employ 34
AUSTRALIA’S new disability insurance scheme plans to move into a new $2-million office in Colac, employing 34 staff.
Fighting cancer to hell and back
A RARE form of stomach cancer has taken Colac district woman Karen Finn and her family “to hell and back” in the past two years.