Masham, Quebec rapper Willy D drops his hot new single Ain’t Good Enough. The video is part of the Low Down’s latest installments of Video Fridays on LDTV.
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Town names like Wakefield, Alcove, Farrellton, Rupert and others are on the chopping block with regards to civic addresses.
Wanda Gibson is afraid of losing her identity. Not because of thieves or online crooks, but because of municipality name change.
Gibson is proud to say that her relatives come from a little place called Farrellton, Quebec a quaint village north of Wakefield nestled along the Gatineau River, with its unmistakable green bridge and picturesque church.
She’s worried that history may be erased if the municipality drops all the town names and standardizes the area as La Peche. She calls the move “La Pechification.” [click to continue…]
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Nala, the boxer-mix new mother, cuddles a newborn puppy at Valley Boxer Rescue in Masham. Photo courtesy France Turcotte
SPCA workers in Gatineau came across a gruesome sight Jan. 15, when they retrieved four puppies that had frozen to death after being born in the back of a pickup truck the night before. Five other puppies survived the ordeal and are now recovering at Valley Boxer Rescue Shelter in Masham.
“They could have just called; I would have picked them all up, no questions asked,” said France Turcotte, co-owner of the Masham shelter. “We don’t judge here at all. We just try to help.” Click to continue
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Imagine listening to a room full of your cleverest storytelling grandparents, great aunts and uncles. They recount vivid memories of Wakefield past, they concoct hilarious fiction and intertwine bits of wisdom in short anecdotes. [click to continue…]
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The police patrolling the Gatineau Hills have turned to robots to perform some of their sleuthing.Click to continue
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Cascades Club members won an overwhelming first-time victory Jan. 25.
No, not in a dragon boat race – its paddlers have topped many podiums – but in a funding competition that secured $90,000 for the little Chelsea, Quebec facility.
The non-profit social and athletic organization competed in the Aviva Community Fund, a contest that awards community-oriented projects with financial boosts.
Cascades was among the 12 winners across Canada.
“Nobody could be more shocked than us,” said Monica Dashwood, who helped organize the club’s campaign push for the competition.
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Rick Mercer takes to the slopes at Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec to train with the ski patrol.
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Chelsea, Quebec residents went to sleep at year’s end 2011 and woke up with a start to face a 5.5 per cent tax hike for 2012. [click to continue…]
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SPCA employee discovered four dead puppies that froze to death Jan. 15, after someone abandoned a pregnant Boxer dog in a van in Gatineau. Four puppies died, but five survived and are being cared for at Valley Boxer Rescue in Masham. Video by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
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