Community Hall Survey
The Future What would you like to see for the future of our Blackburn Community Hall?
Here is an opportunity to fill out a survey and let your thoughts be known.
online survey .
Girls Camp
Funfair
Advance ride bracelets for 2011
BMX competition
CIBC Run For the Cure 2011
A thank you and farewell from Lynn and Eric Sewell
for more information
A Warning for Blackburn Residents
Over the last few months, Ottawa Police have been working on several break and enter crimes in Blackburn Hamlet. This is to make residents aware and to call in any suspicious persons observed in the area.
A few incidents have been committed at night, usually on the weekends. Some of the homes which have been targeted back onto pathways or park areas. Residents are not home, and thieves target small items which are easy to carry away. No suspect description is known at this time.
Several homes have been targeted during the daytime. The suspects are one male and one female, both described as having shoulder length brown hair and a slim build. The female has been seen knocking on doors in the areas of the break ins.
I am asking residents who observe suspicious persons or who answer the door to canvassers with no ID, to call police immediately.
In addition, residents are requested to ensure all doors, including the garage, remain locked at all times. Ensure the basement and all other windows are secured. Alarm systems, window bars and deadbolt locks which lock into a reinforced door frame are recommended.
Please pass the word to neighbours.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Ottawa Police Service.
Det R. Reeve
Ottawa Police Service
Break and Enter Investigations - East
613-236-1222 ext 3436
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An organization calling itself "Canadian Council for Safety and Families" is canvassing
the Blackburn area selling CPR courses door to door. Any claims made that the Blackburn Community Association
is sponsoring or otherwise endorsing this organization are false.
This same group circulated through Blackburn in 2008, calling itself "Educational Partners Association".
For more information, please refer to last week's EMC newspaper (July 22nd, page 9) and visit the Better Business
Bureau website where the group is listed under its older name.
http://www.bbb.org/ottawa/business-reviews/training-programs/educational-partners-association-in-ottawa-on-12369 .
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ANOTHER NOTICE
Police are investigating six cases of theft in the Orléans area this week that all have a similar pattern.
Ottawa police said Thursday that in all the cases, a female is targeted after parking her vehicle at a shopping centre or school. When the victim returns to her vehicle she finds that one of the tires is flat.
more information from the Ottawa Citizen
COMMUNITY HALL EXPANSION WORK-GROUP
We are seeking volunteers to join a working group that will plan for the
potential expansion of the Blackburn Community Hall. We have begun meetings
with a small group of volunteers but need additional interested residents in
order to take the next steps to get the project rolling.
If you can spare a couple evenings a month to meet and volunteer a little of
your time you can shape the community and one of it's central facilities and
meeting spaces.
If you interested please send an note with your coordinates (E-mail, phone) to
hall_expansion@blackburnhamlet.ca.
This is an exciting project and we need your help and input. Volunteer now and
let's talk about what IS possible!
Blackburn Hamlet Annual
Funfair
Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre
Calendar of Events
Interprovincial Crossing Study Update
Ottawa Light Rail
In addition to the many public consultations
that will occur between now and service delivery, we always welcome the opportunity
to meet with citizen groups to discuss the project in detail and address individual
concerns. We have also provided the Ottawa Light Rail Website, a Facebook group, and
Twitter as means for ongoing engagement and consultation, all of which can be
accessed through www.ottawalightrail.ca.
We have recently designed a graphic "button" that will link directly to the LRT
project site.
You can see it on the City's website here:
www.ottawa.ca/tunnel.
Community Environmental Projects Grants Program (CEPGP)
The City is seeking proposals from non-profit
organizations wishing to help improve the environment in their neighbourhoods.
for more information
BANAR Delivery
Fundraising Opportunity
The BANAR requires delivering to our community after it is published.
A minimum of 14 people is required to deliver the BANAR in a timely manner. Community groups
have the opportunity to earn $200 by delivering to all of the homes and businesses in the
Blackburn area as well as several drops of larger quantities at Metro, the Blackburn Arena
and the Library. This would include 14 routes in Blackburn - each route taking approximately
one and a half hours. Please email ev@buddgraphics.com
or call 613-824-9707.
Workplace Ottawa
Work Place Ottawa is a non-profit service
funded by the provincial government. We are located in both Ottawa South and
Orléans. We provide employment support through a series of 14 workshops
designed to assist unemployed individuals gain fulltime employment. Our workshops
cover all aspects of searching out, applying for and gaining meaningful employment.
The workshops are offered to any and all who are unemployed and are FREE of
charge. The Ottawa East communities have for too long had to travel great distances
to receive the support they required. Now they can gain this assistance in their
own backyard!
Blackburn
Plus Fifty Group