Published in The BANAR, June 2015 by Barb Sweazey We had a beautiful day! Held on Saturday, April 18th more than 130 volunteers from the community participated in the yearly litter and graffiti removal effort. With this many volunteers we were able to have excellent
Published in The BANAR November 2014 by Justine Payne More than 50 volunteers came out to show their support and plant more than 30 trees and shrubs at Diceman Park on Saturday October 4th despite the inclement weather! This past tree planting was the second
Published in The BANAR June 2014 By Barb Sweazey Our 14th annual Blackburn Spring Clean-up was a huge success this year. Held on the rain date, Sunday April 27, we had 160 Blackburn residents come and pitch in for the community event, along with about
Published in The BANAR June 2013 by Barb Sweazey The Blackburn Spring Clean-up was another great success this year. Held on Saturday, April 27th, more than 100 volunteers from the community showed up despite the cool and overcast day. Considering this was our rain date,
Published in The BANAR June 2012 by Councillor Rainer Bloess What is the Ash Borer and why is the City of Ottawa asking residents not to move firewood or other wood materials out of the immediate area (i.e. to cottages or campsites) and to buy
Published in The BANAR June 2012 By Barb Sweazey The 12th annual Blackburn Hamlet Spring Clean-up was held on April 28th, with approximately 135 participants. It was a spectacular day, with many Blackburn residents coming out to pitch in. We gathered about 50 bags of