By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press The best deviled eggs start with the best hard-cooked eggs. Conventional wisdom insists that older eggs peel more easily than fresh eggs but we wanted to be able to start with eggs of any age and still end up with flawlessly smooth peeled […]
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By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press We wanted a simple, economical cut of meat for a casual backyard barbecue. After considering various cuts, we landed on flank steak. Like other cuts from the chest and side of the cow, such as skirt steak and hanger steak, flank steak boasts […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press It’s time to revisit grilled vegetables! I was recently tagged in a post where the author said that she was taught to grill vegetables dry and then season them when they come off the grill. I don’t know what she was grilling and she […]
The Associated Press BERLIN–A couple in eastern Germany have gotten married in a swing dangling from a motorcycle atop a tightrope, 14 metres above the ground. The German news agency dpa reported a pastor standing in a cage atop a fire service ladder presided over the wedding of Nicole Backhaus […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.–Brooks Koepka has the game to win a U.S. Open on any course. One year after overpowering the wide fairways of Erin Hills in a U.S. Open remembered for low scoring, Koepka navigated his way through the brutal conditions of Shinnecock Hills and closed with […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–You wouldn’t think a field-goal kicker would have the greatest focus at 1 a.m. but Sean Whyte did. The Edmonton Eskimos’ 10-year veteran booted a 44-yard field goal with eight seconds to go to lift his team to a 33-30 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers […]
The Canadian PressJohn Chidley-Hill TORONTO–If Teoscar Hernandez was hurting after being hit by a pitch, he wasn’t going to let it show on the field. Hernandez took a ball off his unprotected right elbow in the fourth inning, reeling back from the plate in pain and taking his base after […]
Stephanie Hagenaars About 50 people gathered at the Sorting Gap Marina for the annual “Walk for Alzheimer’s” on Saturday, hosted by the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District. The walk began at 11 a.m. following a quick warm-up, with participants having the option of walking one km to the hospital […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Rainy Lake Square was packed Thursday evening for the concert by renowned children’s entertainer Fred Penner. Kids of all ages, as well as adults, gathered in the square and got as close as they could to see the family favourite sing old popular tunes and new singles. Fort […]
Sam Odrowski Angela Gibson of the Fort Frances Nursery School awarded Annie Bruneau with a Certificate of Participation during the school’s annual wind-up Thursday afternoon at Legion Park. Attendees enjoyed minor races, jumping sack races, playing jumbo checkers, and playing with an obstacle course, as well as a barbecue lunch.
Stephanie Hagenaars Emily, left, and Kendall Medicine had their arms full after getting their hands on some sizeable servings of strawberry shortcake at the “Strawberry Social” held Thursday afternoon on the La Verendrye Hospital grounds. The two had made a stop at the book booth–which had various fiction and non-fiction […]
The Canadian Press BARRHEAD, Alta.–A squirrel named “Bucky” is back to chomping on seeds and nuts after a woman on a ranch northwest of Edmonton was able to cut back his overgrown teeth. Jannet Talbott, of the Double J Freedom Ranch near Barrhead, noticed the squirrel was quite thin and […]
