Quebec Community Newspapers Association THE1019REPORT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 99 Feb. 26 - Mar. 3, 2020 The Low Down to Hull & Back News Page 11 At home in the CHUTES COULONGE présentent: PROmenez-vOUS Hills en famille dans le Vieux Aylmer et identifiez les entreprises locales en répondant aux questions de la chasse au trésor. Vous pouvez gagnez des chèques-cadeaux REAL ESTATE & MORE Marche nocturne des annonceurs participants (tirage au sort) Sculpting sounds out of steel TAKE THE Wakefield welder one harsh, rough trade and the con- in 2009, creating mostly orna- illuminée! ditions are dirty. Other than mental railings that mimic the in three in Canada the money, everything else is nuances of nature. Tous les samedis et dimanches en décembre. making handpans sh**ty,” says Bertrand. Just shy of 50, Bertrand is no FAMILY THE1019 is in Red Alert Claiming that “in North longer all about the hard labour for a stroll through America, nobody makes any- and heavy lifting, transitioning By Hollie Davies TAKE CARE, TAKE ACTION AND TAKE OUT thing anymore, not really,” he his business products from Old Aylmer and identify local businesses had a desire to sustain hands-on ornate railings to handcrafted In a crisis, neighbours help each other: THE1019REPORT is supplying free promotional space, The sound is alluring. At with scavenger hunt questions. creation, and he started his own handpans. He’s happy to be sit- the restaurants are ready to feed your family, all you need to do is pick up the phone. once cheerful and melancholic, blacksmithing business in Nova ting at a desk in order to create it’s as if the music was always You could win gift certificates from Scotia in 2006. Desiring more and perfect these instruments Light up the night! hidden within but required just artistic work and further clien- that carry the people’s music. participating businesses (random draw) the right amount of delicate tele, Bertrand made the move For more information go to coaxing to allow itself to be to the Ottawa-Gatineau region https://www.domepans.com heard in the physical world. Every Saturday and Sunday in December. Former blacksmith turned handpan artisan Jean-François Bertrand relocated from Gati- No Big Macs? CONCOURS neau to a secluded farm in Wake- field in December and he sleeps By Hunter Cresswell and construction doesn’t go as Sentiers illuminés- ~ Illuminated trails GREAT FOOD, GREAT PEOPLE, AND A VARIETY above his workspace away from smoothly when the ground is OF BEER FROM MAINSTREAM TO LOCAL MICROBREWERIES the distractions of the city, cre- Readers craving Big Macs, frozen. Or it could be that the Feu de Joie ~ Bon Fire ating the versatile instrument McNuggets, and McMuf- project is no longer moving with an ancient blueprint. fins may have been wonder- forward. Multiple requests for Maison Publique Hudson takes its name from the term «Public House.» Dating back to the 1700s, the ing what’s going on with the comment over the past month Chocolat chaud ~ Hot Chocolat Starting back as far as the 17th century, people would open the front room handpan originated as a means McDonald’s project in Farm of their homes and invite friends and neighbours in to enjoy a beer and have gone unreturned by of communication among Point. Is it still happening? Is it a chat. These public houses became the hub of their towns, a place where Bourque. Visite du Père Noel ~ Visit from Santa Marchez par ici! people could go to congregate, celebrate and have a good time together. enslaved Africans brought to stalled? Famille Charles IGA owner Trinidad by the French. Rich in Well, The Low Down has Pierre Charles, who recently (entre 19h et 20 h) (from 7 to 8 pm) history and awash in cultural been wondering the same thing opened up an expanded IGA 84 rue Cameron, Hudson significance, Bertrand insists and in short, it’s not clear. and gas station next door to 450.458.4464 that the melodic instrument is The project to replace the Bourque’s planned develop- CONTEST most certainly en route to cap- old barn and farmhouse over- ment, said Bourque reached ture worldwide attention and Wakefield’s Jean-François Bertrand is one of only three people in all of looking Hwy 5 at 17 Ch. Cross out to him around September has become a trendy addition Canada who create traditional handpan musical instruments. Loop was last before the Chelsea to see if he wanted to buy the 17 to the mainstream music scene, Hollie Davies photo municipal council in August, Ch. Cross Loop property. Hav- with artists like Nick Jonas learning curve and a lengthy innovative ways for people to when the council unanimously ing just completed a large pro- incorporating the sound into process (think 40 to 60 hours enjoy the handpan, perhaps granted developer Philippe ject, Charles said he declined their music. per piece), he persisted and has through a rental program in Bourque’s request for a minor the offer. “Although they are a trad- since made over fifty unique the future because people want exemption that would allow “The timing’s not good, itional instrument, they pro- pieces. Only one of three makers to play them, but simply can’t the roof over the gas pumps to maybe later, but you never Walk this way! duce a kind of electronic sound, in Canada, and a hundred world- afford the hefty price tag. be made of fibre cement coat- know,” Charles said in a phone Taste the best like you would hear from a key- wide, the hand hammering, Before becoming interested ing to imitate wood with stone interview this week. board,” explains Bertrand. pressing, shaping and tuning in trade work, the Montreal covered columns, and allow When asked via email if the smoked meat Bertrand, originally from is all done through Bertrand’s native was in web development aluminum panels on part of fast food restaurant and gas Montreal, started to sculpt skilled hands. at UBISoft, but a shift in the the McDonald’s facade and the station project was still moving sandwich convenience store signs. sounds out of steel three years With prices starting at economy after September 11, forward, Chelsea Mayor Caryl de rabais ago, and he admits that at first $1,200 (or $400 for the smaller 2001 pushed him into going back Since then, nothing has hap- Green said, “Staff are wait- 40% Save 40% in Montreal he had no idea what he was ones), Bertrand says that he to school for welding. pened. 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Public questions The meeting began with Mayor Joanne Labadie taking questions In an exclusive interview with The Sub- from the public. Those residents who had submitted questions via urban on condition of anonymity, someone email were given access to the meeting so that they could listen to the mayor’s answers live.