Published in The BANAR April 2015 by Don Budd. Leo Mainville, a bachelor, was a blacksmith when I was a child growing up in Blackburn. His gray wooden shop with two big doors that swung wide open was located in Blackburn Corners (where the daycare
Published in The BANAR February 2015 and Gloucester Leader October 1983 by Evelyn Budd. Perhaps you have noticed that we have a street and a park named “Diceman …” and wondered why. Harold and Yvonne Diceman moved into the Blackburn area in the 1950s. Their
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