A YOUNG Portland family are facing a major challenge after their two-year-old was sent for cancer treatment in Melbourne, forcing them to leave their one-year-old twins at home. Shauni Morrissey and Tom Pender were told their daughter Annie had the blood cancer acute lymphoblastic leukaemia last Thursday, just four days after the cancer possibility was […]
THE spectre of the coronavirus has returned to Portland after fragments were found in the city’s wastewater. Local authorities were advised of the finding yesterday morning and have moved to ramp up testing of both symptomatic and asymptomatic residents. Meanwhile the border to South Australia has been shut on the Victorian side for the first […]
THE forestry industry is braced for a long, drawn-out battle to get logs back in to China as Glenelg Shire braces to limit the collateral damage. Following China’s ban on logs last Wednesday, the industry has been trying to get clarification as to what is going on. Industry representatives had a teleconference with federal Assistant […]
MOVEMBER participants can exploit the element of surprise this year, hiding their new moustache grows under masks when out in public. It’s something four Port of Portland Movember sign-ups may well be taking advantage of when their moustaches become more thick and lush in the next couple of weeks – or if the “mos” aren’t […]
