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Canadian fiddling fun at Narracan

The Narracan hall was filled with the sounds of traditional French Canadian folk music when two special guests from Quebec came to perform in Australia for the first time.

Morwell reflects on sacrifice of the fallen

The sun was shining down on the Morwell Remembrance Day service at the Tarwin Street cenotaph on Sunday morning.

New plaque to honour fallen at Gippsland Memorial Park

Gippsland Memorial Park was filled with the sound of music on Sunday when a special Remembrance Day service was held at the newly-upgraded cemetery grounds.

Boost LRH prostate nurse hours: Northe

Member for Morwell Russell Northe is calling for additional funding to allow the prostate cancer specialist nurse who works out of Latrobe Regional Hospital to provide services for an extra day each week.

Power policy concern

The owner of Victoria's oldest coal-fired power station, Yallourn, says Labor's pledge to increase the state's renewable energy target to 50 per cent by 2030 will be "unsettling" for its workers.

Single reveals personal tale

The musician who hitchhiked from Morwell to Adelaide in 1979 and joined pioneering punk reggae band No Fixed Address is coming to terms with life without the band back home.

Solar promise for renters

Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Thursday a rooftop solar rebate for renters in the warehouse of the Traralgon East solar supplier bracing to hire more skilled workers amid industry changes.

Small towns mark a century since armistice

Erica was Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL's third stop on Saturday, after sub-branch president Ray James led the first Remembrance Day service for the weekend high in the Great Dividing Range.

Ted recalls four years of service

Ninety-four-year-old Erica resident Ted Ellen started his four-year service in the Royal Australian Navy in 1942 in a minelayer.

Kossie upgrade if ALP wins

Traralgon's Kosciuszko Street Primary School will receive $2.89 million to re-build a section of the school if Labor is re-elected on November 24.

Bill’s memory looms for Doolans

Box Hill South resident Wendy Doolan shares the name given to a street in Morwell, but has no memory of the man Doolan Street was named after.

Stand-alone promise

Latrobe Special Developmental School will receive a new, purpose-built facility if the Coalition is elected on November 24.

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