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2 days ago

Summer’s silver lining

I kid you not, I actually heard the words, “Dad, I’m looking in the dirt for worms,” come out of my youngest’s mouth a week ago. I looked...

Nikki Mantell

Jul 22

Back to school is better

These words may never pass my lips again as a parent: “I’m so glad I live in Quebec.” But watching Ontario as it waffles between remote l...

Nikki Mantell

Jul 8

Watering holes at boiling point

It’s not just Wakefield and Chelsea’s Church Road neighbours that are feeling overwhelmed by the influx of rule-flaunting visitors ‘from ...

Matt Harrison

Jun 24

Make masks mandatory

Venturing out this past week, I forgot that a pandemic was still raging.

Nikki Mantell

Jun 10

Will COVID-19 improve local democracy?

A couple of Fridays ago, we started getting calls — tourists were treating Wakefield’s riverfront parks like toilets

Nikki Mantell

May 27

Biweekly until fall

The Low Down will be publishing biweekly until the fall, and our goal is to be back to our regular weekly schedule come October at the latet

Nikki Mantell

May 13

We’re back

We are back. It’s been three weeks since The Low Down put our print edition on pause, and in that time we’ve been conserving our resources,

Nikki Mantell

Apr 15

Low Down on pause for three weeks

We are shutting down for a three-week period, and look forward to returning mid-May.

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