Tag Archives: covid-19

By Rebecca Peppiatt THERE were long queues inside Midland’s Centrepoint this week, but they weren’t lining up for a not-to-be-missed shopping deal. WA’s newest COVID vaccine clinic opened for business on Monday next to the Woolworths store and the shopping ...

By Rebecca Peppiatt LOCALS will soon be able to pop into Midland for their groceries and a COVID-19 vaccination at the same time when a new pop-up clinic opens in Midland in September. The State Government is opening a clinic ...

By Melissa Sheil MAKING a difference in a vulnerable child’s life is what 68-year-old Alan Cressie will be thinking of as he cycles the length of Australia later this year. The Forrestfield resident is one of 31 cyclists gearing up ...

By Claire Ottaviano LIFTING of rental restrictions on granny flats has not turned out to be the lifeline many hoped would help ease the rental crisis in the Perth Hills and eastern region. Historically, granny flats, known as ancillary dwellings, ...

By Claire Ottaviano COVID-19 has struck another blow to the Hills region with the cancellation of the popular Spit in the Hills event for the second year in a row. Only two weeks ago, Chidlow Tavern owner and event organiser ...

By Sally McGlew A SET of World War II triplets born in the UK in 1941, may have their 80th Birthday celebrations interrupted by the COVID-19 lock down in WA this week. Plans for the 80th birthday celebrations for Francis, ...

By Claire Ottaviano ONE year after border closures all but shut the doors on the Swan Valley, some small business owners are now fighting the next battle as the end of JobKeeper strikes another blow to tourism in the region. ...

By Melissa Sheil THE world’s most highly anticipated vaccine has finally come to the Hills, the first batch having rolled out in Kalamunda over the last two weeks. Stirk Medical Group on Canning Road were the first in the City ...

Claire Ottaviano IT may be hard to believe, but it has been one whole year since the first COVID-19 clinic opened in Midland. Yesterday, March 25, St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals celebrated the first anniversary of ...

By Melissa Sheil ST Brigid’s College Year 12 students found themselves in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis this week after attending their school ball at one of the sites visited by Perth’s infected hotel quarantine security guard. No new ...