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12/11/2024

The Black Sheep Inn returns after long, 4-year hiatus. Cue the music, Wakefield. Pick up this week’s paper to read the scoop.

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12/11/2024

Black Sheep is baaaaack

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10/13/2024

Have you got your tickets to our Haunted Hills Halloween dance party at Centre Vorlage? They’re starting to go fast. This one sold out in previous years so don’t miss this fun chance to dress up and get down. Tickets here:

Your favourite village DJs are spinning up a spook at Vorlage. Join BeatScience+Disko Dave+Matt Tamblyn for a Wakefield haunted dance party

06/21/2024

Official results from tonight’s Wakefield Community Centre vote. The membership has voted yes to transfer the building to La Pêche. The board will now negotiate a final contract for the transfer.

According to the CWLP Board:

Vote Results: YES 225 - NO 48

The results of the vote FOR or AGAINST entrusting the board of directors to negotiate and finalize the transfer of the CWLP building to the Municipality of La Peche have been counted. A greater than 75% majority of voters have voted for the resolution.

08/09/2023

08/09/2023

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08/04/2023

Boaters, kayakers and stand-up paddleboarders (SUPs) may be seeing the Hills finest out on the water more often lately, but cops say they aren’t out to ruin anyone’s day.

The MRC des Collines – with the support of its six municipalities – has launched a new boating awareness campaign with a focus on “cohabitating” between non-motorized and motorized boat users.

Full story www.lowdownonline.com

07/26/2023

Food banks ‘less and less taboo’

As the cost of living continues to rise in the Gatineau Hills each year, one business in Gracefield is looking to support lower income families from Low to Bouchette through food donations.

The food bank Au goût du jour opened its doors last July at 42 rue St. Joseph, and has since amassed roughly 80 to 100 customers each month, according to vice president Sylvie Lauber. It operates in collaboration with the Centre de Valorisation des Aliments de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (CVAVG), an organization that aims to coordinate and support food, education and accessibility initiatives in the Gatineau Valley region.

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07/26/2023

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07/20/2023

The Low Down’s “Blank Edition” is sparking some great conversation about local journalism. Listen to Nikki Mantell’s interview with CBC’s All in a Day host Alan Neal.

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92/clip/15998409

07/19/2023

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07/10/2023

Quebec’s language cops are going after a non-profit thrift shop in Chelsea, which has helped close to 20 refugee families get on their feet.

Chelsea Nearly New Shop president Dawn Bell-Jack told the Low Down that it was “unsettling” to receive a letter from l’Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) stating someone had complained about “a possible violation of the French Language Charter in your establishment.”

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