Thursday, January 14, 2016

10 things to do this weekend in Toowoomba and other top stories.

  • 10 things to do this weekend in Toowoomba

    10 things to do this weekend in  Toowoomba
    1. Holidays at Grand CentralSNOOPY along with his friends, Charlie Brown and Lucy, will be making a special appearance at Grand Central. Join the gang for live stage shows on Sunday at 11am and 1pm.Plus meet the Peanuts Gang daily at 12pm in Centre Court.2. Ice skatingPUT your skates on and go ice skating this weekend.Escape the heat of summer and hit the ice at the Toowoomba Showgrounds.Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for ages 7 to 15, and children under 7 are $10.A family pass is available for..
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  • Toowoomba vets on mission to help overweight pets

    Toowoomba  vets on mission to help overweight pets
    WITH the new year, it's time to make a resolution to help your overweight pets slim down.More than 40 per cent of Australian pets are overweight and Greencross Vets is campaigning to tackle animal obesity.Clifford Park Greencross Vets vet Miriam Mitchell said overweight animals were at high risk of developing other conditions associated with weight the same as humans, such as arthritis, diabetes and heart disease."Unfortunately the majority of animals are overweight and the reason is we just lov..
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  • Scan saves grandmother from 'ticking time bomb' tumour

    Scan saves grandmother from 'ticking time bomb' tumour
    A TOOWOOMBA grandmother walked around with a ticking time bomb inside her and had no idea.Cama Rolls' cancerous tumour in her bowel went undetected for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of years.It wasn't until she started getting unbearable stabbing pains under her rib cage that she went to the hospital.A CT scan picked up the tumour and doctors told her if it hadn't been detected it could have exploded.Mrs Rolls said she was shocked because she was quite well up until the pain hit."I..
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  • Regional Queensland to get a multi-million dollar facelift

    Regional Queensland to get a multi-million dollar facelift
    Toowoomba Enterprise Hub at Charlton will undergo a major infrastructure upgrade thanks to a $6.78 million partnership between public and private bodies.
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  • Seniors get vital funding to prevent elder abuse

    Seniors get vital funding to prevent elder abuse
    THE Advocacy and Support Centre (TASC) will receive more than $1.1 million over three years from the State Government to prevent Toowoomba seniors from becoming victims of elder abuse.Seniors Minister Coralee O'Rourke said the Toowoomba Seniors Legal Support Service, delivered by TASC, provided essential support for local seniors."Older Queenslanders can be vulnerable to financial and other elder abuse, and sadly this can often be at the hands of a loved one," Mrs O'Rourke said."Our priority is ..
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  • Cops hunting for red-shirted West St fuel thief

    Cops hunting for red-shirted West St fuel thief
    Police are looking to speak to a man (pictured) who allegedly stole E10 fuel from the United service station in Toowoomba.Photo ContributedTOOWOOMBA police are looking for a man who drove off without paying for fuel at the United Petroleum service station on West St on Wednesday morning.Police said the man filled up with 37 litres of E10 petrol about 12.30am.He is described as having a fair complexion and wearing a red Puma hoodie.He drove a red Mitsubishi Lancer.Police said offenders filling up..
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  • Border U18s hard at training

    Border U18s hard at training
    RUGBY LEAGUE: The under-18 Border Rugby League team is up and running with players signed up and training under way.Players from across Stanthorpe and Tenterfield make up the bulk of the players.Coach Peter Brannigan is happy with how the team is shaping up for its first season in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition."We've got a squad of about 18 or 19 players and we're looking for maybe five or six more to come along," he said."We've been around to all the clubs and spoken to all the preside..
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  • Dedicated volunteer dies in horror Warrego Hwy crash

    Dedicated volunteer dies in horror Warrego Hwy crash
    UPDATE:Family and the Taroom community have rallied behind Neil "Blue" Walsh after his wife Pamela was killed in a tragic car crash near Chinchilla on Thursday.She has been remembered as always having a roast in the oven, proud of her garden, and as a woman who left the door open to anyone that needed it.On hearing the devastating news, daughter-in-law Sandy Walsh drove straight to Taroom from Toowoomba on Wednesday afternoon with her husband, Pamela's youngest son Adrian, known as Ringer."She h..
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Toowoomba Enterprise Hub gets millions for 'vital' road .Toowoomba firefighter deploys to back up WA .
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