By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s a chocolate crinkle cookie. No, it’s a spice crinkle cookie. Wait! It’s both! Since more is always better when it comes to holiday cookies, we decided to combine our two favourite crinkle cookies into one. And for good measure, we added rye flour, […]
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By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sugar sprinkles are pretty, but they generally don’t taste like much. So when we created these delicious holiday butter cookies, we decided to experiment with colorful decorations that taste as good as they look. Our solution? Freeze-dried fruit. You’ll find a wide variety in […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Like the idea of baking holiday cookies, but hate the mess and trouble of baking? These are the cookies for you. This recipe lets you focus on the fun parts of making cookies ‚Äî cutting out the shapes and decorating them. Instead of a […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pumpkin bread isn’t a classic Italian dessert, but that didn’t stop us from turning it into delicious biscotti fit for dunking in your holiday lattes and cocoa. The method is simple. You bake up a pretty traditional pumpkin bread, then let it cool before […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brigadeiros are a classic Brazilian truffle-like confection that traditionally blends the flavours of chocolate and caramel. We love these easy no-bake treats, so we decided to update them with the more traditional holiday flavours of gingerbread, mocha and molasses. These brigadeiros also make great […]
By Mae Anderson The Associated Press NEW YORK It’s as red as Santa’s suit, a poinsettia or your neighbour’s ugly Christmas sweater. Yet Starbucks’ stark new holiday coffee cup has set off complaints that the chain is making war on Christmas. The outcry which gained in intensity after Donald Trump […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Conservative senators don’t plan to be an ideological roadblock to the Liberal government’s legislative agenda. Sen. Claude Carignan, the Conservative leader in the upper chamber, says his senators will look for ways to improve legislation coming from the House of Commons and won’t abuse their majority status […]
The Canadian PressTerri Theodore BURNABY, B.C.—A species of invasive, disease-carrying mosquito has been found in B.C.—the first such discovery in Western Canada. A team from Simon Fraser University, along with workers at a mosquito control company, discovered larvae of the aedes japonicus in standing water in Maple Ridge, a suburb […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—The Liberal government will begin the process within the next “couple of weeks” of consulting Canadians on how best to proceed with an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, the country’s new indigenous affairs minister says. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Carolyn Bennett […]
The Associated Press ATLANTA—Andrew Wiggins was hoping he wouldn’t lose his shooting touch as the Atlanta Hawks kept pushing to wipe out a huge deficit. “I was feeling it,” he said. “My shot was falling. “My teammates kept encouraging me, giving me the ball.” Wiggins tied a career high with […]
The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif.—After Ryan Getzlaf inexplicably left the puck sitting at the Arizona blueline in overtime, Mikkel Boedker gratefully accepted the gift and exchanged it for a big road win for his Coyotes. Boedker scored on a breakaway 1:18 into OT after an atrocious turnover by the Ducks’ […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey A 24-year-old Ontario woman who has “never driven a day” in her life is being hailed a hero for taking control of a public transit bus after the driver became unconscious. Jessica Lower said she was on her way to her three-year-old son’s birthday party in […]
