By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press A cookie in a skillet? We admit this Internet phenom made us skeptical—until we tried it. Unlike making a traditional batch of cookies, this treatment doesn’t require scooping, baking and cooling multiple sheets of treats; the whole thing bakes at once in a […]

By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Highlighting the fresh flavours of Provencal cuisine, soupe au pistou is a classic French soup composed of seasonal vegetables, creamy white beans and fragrant herbs. Celebrating colorful, early-summer produce, this soup needed to be chock-full of vegetables and simple to prepare. Leeks, green […]

By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Microwave popcorn is a great idea—in theory. But most packaged options have a long list of unnatural ingredients and don’t taste very good. This fun recipe turns a plain old brown paper bag—the kind you might use to hold your lunch—into a microwave-safe […]

By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Fallen chocolate cake, or molten chocolate cake, is an undercooked-in-the-centre mound of intense, buttery chocolate cake. We wanted to turn this restaurant-menu standard into a practical recipe for home cooks. Beating the egg whites and yolks separately and then folding them together as […]

By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press With its boozy, coffee-soaked ladyfingers and sweet, creamy filling, it’s no wonder tiramisu is Italian for “pick me up.” Instead of making a custard filling, we simply whipped egg yolks, sugar, salt, rum and mascarpone together and lightened it with whipped cream. We […]

Jamie Mountain photo It may have been cold outside but the competition inside the Ice For Kids Arena was heating up Saturday afternoon. Here, Montana Plasky gracefully performed her routine during the women’s Gold Interpretive event at the Fort Frances FREEZE Super Series competition hosted by the Border Skating Club.

Jamie Mountain photo Tarran Enge turned on the jets as he skated the puck across the Dryden Paper Kings’ blueline during the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians’ 11-5 win in the final of their annual home tournament yesterday afternoon at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Canadians compiled a perfect 5-0 […]

Duane Hicks Members of 116th Independent Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery, led by battery commander Maj. Jon Baker, trekked across the field north of the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday afternoon. Reservists were put to the test in the extreme cold, practising use of the Arctic tent, […]

Staff Bus issues for both teams forced the postponement of the Lakers’ home-and-home series against the Dryden GM Ice Dogs that had been scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights. Make-up dates for each will be announced by the SIJHL once they are finalized. The fifth-place Lakers (12-21-1-1) resume action tomorrow […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Rose Marie von Niebelschutz announces her passing, surrounded by her family, on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at 11 a.m. at St. […]

Staff The town once again will get funds to help run its handi-van and “Dial-A-Ride” programs. In a written report from Community Services manager Jason Kabel, he indicated Fort Frances has benefitted from the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) Dedicated Gas Tax Funds Program by receiving annual funding to subsidize public […]