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Low, Quebec rectory restoration having problems getting off the ground

admin — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000

From left: Louise Schnubb and Carolyn Kidder want to restore the 120-year-old St. Martin's rectory in Low, Quebec Two women who have plans to restore a long-abandoned rectory in Low, Quebec say their efforts have been stonewalled. Carolyn Kidder and Louise Schnubb want to spruce up the 120-year-old building rectory on Martindale Road and turn it into [...]

Low Down hauls in boatload of annual newspaper awards

admin — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:20:05 +0000

Trevor Greenway (playin' it cool) gets some love from Low Down reporter Lucy Scholey (left) and publisher Nikki Mantell at the QCNA awards May 18 in Montreal. Lucy Scholey couldn’t stop smiling all night. The Low Down reporter was grinning from ear to ear after she won two first-place writing awards at the Quebec Community Newspapers Association [...]

Trashy beer can totem gets swim season off to rocky start in Wakefield, Quebec

admin — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:45 +0000

A beer and pop can totem pole was what partiers left at the Wakefield swimming rocks after the May long weekend A beer can totem pole marked what weekend celebrants left for villagers to clean up at the Wakefield swimming rocks site this past weekend. The three-day Victoria Day holiday, under sunshine and soaring temperatures, also attracted [...]

T-shirts uncover artist’s top billing as Farrellton screen star

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:21:51 +0000

Terry Brazeau, left, and Joshua Wayner show off some of their T-shirts in their tiny Farrellton studio. To call Terry Brazeau’s career “colourful” would be an understatement – and not just for the punchy inks he presses onto his T-shirts. Some generate shock. White supremacists, legalized pot and Bluesfest. Even a stick man performing fellatio on a [...]

Man arrested in connection with Kazabazua, Quebec wood plant fire

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:23:18 +0000

Quebec provincial police have arrested a 23-year-old Gracefield man nearly a year after a Kazabazua wood-manufacturing plant burned to the ground. Click to continue

Cyclists ride to the rescue as economy goes downhill

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:12:00 +0000

The Editor, Re “Warm sun brings dawning of the spandex army” (Low Down, May 16 edition):As part of the bicycle ridin’ Spandex Army you (Edwin Weber) so warmly don’t welcome, I will take this opportunity to educate you. We come from everywhere and many of us have raced, ridden and toured all over the world on [...]

Warring cyclists, motorists need to leave space for safety

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:09:53 +0000

The Editor,Edwin Weber’s letter on cyclists, “Warm sun brings dawning of the spandex army” (Low Down, May 16 edition) is sufficiently vulgar that its only useful point is lost in its insensitivity. Cyclists wear bright spandex shirts to keep sweat off their body and to be seen. The trousers are lined with a chamois for comfort and are [...]

Booming western provinces cast lengthening shadow over NDP

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:07:01 +0000

The Editor, Our elected member of Parliament, Mathieu Ravignat (Pontiac) has more to worry about than his Communist Party of Canada past or the Conservative Party attack ads that the Low Down pointed out to readers in the May 16 edition. His New Democratic Party leader, Thomas Mulcair, has had a short honeymoon period – some say [...]

Community shareholder in top writing award

Trevor Greenway — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:04:50 +0000

It’s a good thing I had some photography skills when I showed up to work at the Low Down nearly four years ago – because my writing certainly wasn’t going to land me a job. I did have the basics down – the five Ws – how to write a lead and how to structure stories, [...]

One chuckle makes word games worth playing

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:03:21 +0000

By Martti Lahtinen Great headline writers have a certain off-the-wall character that can’t be taught and isn’t easy to explain. They also have talent. It surfaces at the Low Down, although the paper doesn’t have a monopoly on puns, tongue-in-cheek groaners and the community-standard scatological. A classic example: When Colonel Sanders, he of the sodium-smacked barrels of [...]