Published in The BANAR November 2014 by Karine Nijdam On August 22nd, to the delight of many neighbourhood kids and their parents, a new rocket ship made its home in the playground of École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Marie. Although it just seemed to suddenly appear out
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 November 2014 By Bill Horne On a cool but delightful Sunday, October 19, almost 200 eager Cancer Chasers walked and ran the 5k route though our parks and allotment garden paths. New this year was the inflatable Running Room Start/Finish apparatus.
Published in The BANAR November 2014 by Evelyn Budd. The area in which we now live was once called Green’s Creek after pioneer Robert Green, who chose to build his home and a sawmill near the creek that ran off the Ottawa River. The community
Published in The BANAR November, 2014. On October 4th, Sarah Dawson was awarded the Blackburn Hamlet Community Volunteer of the Year plaque. Since 2008 Sarah has been heavily involved with the Blackburn Funfair and in 2013 started a Fun Run on the Sunday of Funfair
Published in The BANAR September 2014 The FUNFAIR team would like to thank all of you who were involved and a part of the 2014 amazing Funfair. We had set a personal goal of raising $10,000, a few thousand more than our previous year. With