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• ‘I’m playing the sidelines’: Unhappy N. B. Tories sit out this election

  23-09-2024 10:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Jason Sully would normally spend the first weekend of a provincial election period immersed in campaign logistics — knocking on doors, organizing volunteers and all the other behind-the-scenes work involved […]
  
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• ‘A reminder to remember’: Ceremony marks air force centennial

  11-11-2024 18:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Winnipeggers marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force at the Winnipeg Convention Centre Monday morning. Hundreds of residents, along with current […]
  
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• The missing midlife crisis: why 81% of millennials say they can’t afford one

  11-11-2024 18:40 via theguardian.com
  This traditional period of inner turmoil is often accompanied by weight gain, cosmetic treatments, ill-advised purchases and new hobbies. But is it becoming a thing of the past?Name: The midlife crisis.Age: So it generally happens between the ages of 40 and 60. Continue reading...
  
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• Did you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru

  11-11-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The answer to today’s Inca-nundrumEarlier today I set you a puzzle about a ‘khipu’, the Incan method of recording numbers with knots on string that features in Paddington in Peru. Here it is again with the answer.Incans used khipus to record dates, taxes and measurements, among other things. Knowledge of how khipus represented numbers was lost after the Spanish conquest, until a high school maths teacher in Brooklyn worked it out in 1912. Today’s puzzle asked you you to r
  
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• First-time cat owner? The essentials you need, from quality food to pet insurance

  11-11-2024 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Our cat expert guides you through everything you need to keep your feline friends purrfectly happy – and the kit that’s not worth your moneyCats’ stock may have fallen some way since being worshipped in ancient Egypt, but the domesticated kind still live pretty rarefied lives. Cat kit is big business, despite reassuringly few cats being trusted with credit cards of their own.But what do you actually need to keep your pet feline safe and happy? I live with three of the furry lit
  
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• Tell us about a great place to stay near a city station – you could win a holiday voucher

  11-11-2024 16:12 via theguardian.com
  Share details of accommodation near a main railway station in Europe including the UK – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakWhen you’re exploring Europe (including the UK) by train, finding a lovely place to stay near the station in the cities on route can really enhance your trip. We’d love to know about a characterful hostel, hotel or B&B you discovered that was in easy reach of a main railway station. Tell us where you stayed and what made it so special
  
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• Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for chipotle mushroom tacos with celeriac slaw and peanut sauce | Quick and easy

  11-11-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Deliciously earthy and savoury mushroom tacos with celeriac slaw and peanut sauceA mixture of chestnut and oyster mushrooms works so well in this easy, weeknight taco feast. I love the spicy mushrooms piled on to warm tortillas with the peanutty celeriac slaw and soured cream (although my husband declines the latter because it detracts from the heat). Don’t hate me for suggesting that you grate celeriac on a weeknight – if you have a food processor with a coarse grater attachment, it
  
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• The pet I’ll never forget: Caesar the goldfish, who meant as much to me as any dog

  11-11-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Caesar and I both cheated death. Maybe that was why I became so attached to himTo anyone else, Caesar would have seemed an ordinary goldfish, swimming in his orange, bug-eyed way around his tank. To me, though, he was immortal, thanks to one of those family stories that mean so much when you’re a child.Dad, a Methodist minister in Bradford, was about to leave for a church meeting when he realised that Caesar had propelled himself out of his water and on to the carpet, his orange colouring
  
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• Amy Poon’s recipe for golden pan-seared fish with ginger and spring onions

  11-11-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A cracking weeknight supper packed with flavour and ‘mouth-fragrance’ I might be exaggerating, but to nine-year-old me it felt like 5,000 fishes. In 1982, there was a BBC1 TV show called Pebble Mill at One, which featured Glynn Christian as its pioneering TV chef, who I think paved the way for the likes of Keith Floyd and all the celebrity chefs who followed. Glynn used to cook privately for my parents’ business partners, and through this connection my brother Al got his 15 min
  
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• I was knocked over at a Taylor Swift show and ended up with concussion

  11-11-2024 09:31 via theguardian.com
  
  While I was queueing at Wembley, I was struck by a falling barrier and hit my head on some concreteI was queueing to get into the Taylor Swift concert at Wembley Stadium in August when a gust of wind blew a metal barrier into me, knocking me over. I hit my head on concrete. Police and stewards asked me if I wanted a paramedic but, in my shock, I declined and went to the toilets to recover. I started to feel faint and in pain and was checked by first aiders and an onsite doctor who diagnosed conc
  
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• Is it true that … starting Botox in your 20s will stop you getting wrinkles?

  11-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A professor in plastic surgery cuts to the truth about one of the world’s most popular anti-ageing treatmentsYes, says Dr Afshin Mosahebi, a professor in plastic surgery at University College London: injecting botulinum toxin (commonly known as Botox) into areas of the face before fine lines start forming can slow their development – but that doesn’t mean you should.“Facial wrinkles happen for two reasons,” he says. One is that when our muscles move, the s
  
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• The Basque Country nature reserve at risk from Guggenheim expansion plans

  11-11-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Urdaibai Bird Center, near Bilbao, is a haven for migrating ospreys and herons, but the city’s famous museum is ruffling its feathersThe Urdaibai Bird Center has been cutely styled like an international airport terminal, with multilingual boards marked Arrivals and Departures, and a raised observation platform resembling an air traffic control tower. Through a roof-mounted telescope I watch various avian species landing or taking off from little floating archipelagos on the adjoin
  
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• A new start after 60: one bite of chocolate led me to reinvent myself at 62

  11-11-2024 07:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Jane Swayne was devastated when her children’s charity lost its funding. But she found another path and passion – and became a professional chocolatierAt 62, Jane Swayne ate a chocolate that would change her life. On a visit to see her daughter, who was working in The Hague in 2013, the Somerset-based charity worker decided to buy a box of chocolates to bring home as a present for her husband. “I found a chocolatier who made these amazing sea salt and tarragon chocolates,&rdquo
  
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• Sudoku 6,686 easy

  11-11-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 17,010

  11-11-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 29,537

  11-11-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
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• Trevor Sorbie obituary

  10-11-2024 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Celebrity hairdresser known for his pioneering 1970s styles the Wedge and the ScrunchAfter Vidal Sassoon changed the look of women’s hair with his radical geometric cuts in the early 1960s, variants of his original shapes prevailed. Short cuts kept close to a head’s profile, longer bobs swung in movement but dropped straight as a curtain at rest.Then in 1974, Sassoon’s young artistic director, Trevor Sorbie, saw how a model’s locks fell full and chunky as he pulled a brus
  
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• Recognizing his legacy: public memorial for Murray Sinclair begins this afternoon

  10-11-2024 16:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A public memorial service in honour of the life and work of Murray Sinclair is set to take place at Canada Life Centre this afternoon. Thousands paid respects at a […]
  
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• Tide’s out, dinner’s up: why Wales is at the forefront of a seaweed revolution

  10-11-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Food, fertiliser, fuel … seaweed has been a life force for centuries. On a coastal foraging trip in Pembrokeshire, we discover it’s now behind a new green initiative, tooI am lying in a hot bath filled with seaweed. After a week learning about the stuff, collecting it, drying it, eating it, feeling it slippery beneath my feet, this is the first time I’ve bathed in seaweed and, yes, in the steam and candlelight, I get it – I get what the fish are crazy for. The fish, the
  
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• The creatine conundrum: can it really help your muscles and your brain?

  10-11-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Long favoured by bodybuilders and other athletes, this supplement is breaking out into the mainstream, as study after study suggests a host of benefits for our minds as well as our bodies. Are there any caveats?Until relatively recently, if you were mixing a scoop of powdered creatine into a glass of water each day, it probably meant you were a bodybuilder or training for an athletic event. Although creatine is a compound that occurs naturally in the body, its role in producing quick bursts of e
  
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• Nigel Slater’s recipes for a teatime fruit cake and an orange and almond layer cake

  10-11-2024 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s time to celebrate whatever you fancy with a lovely slice of cakeAn urgent need for cake. An old-fashioned one, studded with dried fruit, or perhaps a slice of something more frivolous, with a citrus filling and iced top and sides. A birthday-style cake looking for a birthday.Rarely does an afternoon go by without a piece of something sweet on a plate eaten with a cup of tea. This week, a wedge of simple fruit cake. Not as extravagant as the recipe for Christmas cake, this one is more
  
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• I find it hard to make friends – now my daughter does, too

  10-11-2024 10:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Many of us are convinced our insecurities arescreaming out because we compare what we feel like on the inside to what other people look like on the outsideThe question I grew up in a household that was supportive and well-meaning, but lacking in any affection or warmth. I know my parents love me in their own way and that they are funny and kind under the coldness.I can demonstrate love and affection towards my own daughter, but I know I have inherited their traits in other ways. I have only a ha
  
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• ‘The best advice I’ve ever been given’: celebrities share their wisdom

  10-11-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Words of encouragement, words of courage, wise words… Some of our most influential figures share the advice that’s helped them mostGood advice respects the recipient’s autonomy, offering insights without taking away their sense of agency. It is rooted in empathy, aiming to uplift and empower, rather than control. It aims to provide clarity and direction while encouraging self-reflection, allowing the person to find their own answers. Most importantly, good advice is given at t
  
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• Low-key eyeshadow for a modern look

  10-11-2024 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  If you don’t want to look like a backing singer in an 80s music video, treat your eyeshadow with a light touchBack in the day I never understood eyeshadows. That was when people would use a million shades and textures and resemble extras on a dodgy 80s music video. These days, neutrals offer a really modern approach to eye (and lip) makeup. The low-key shades of taupes, browns and plums are perfect for anyone who shies away from complex eyeshadow looks and wants ease – I tend to use
  
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• Joseph’s Brasserie, London: ‘Let’s celebrate’ – restaurant review

  10-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With its smoky flavours and heady scents, this new west London restaurant showcases the best of Lebanese foodJoseph’s Brasserie, 221 Kensington High Street, London W8 6SG (020 3337 9356; josephsbrasserie.co.uk). Wraps from £9; mezze £8.50 – £16; main courses £16.25 – £26.50; desserts £8.50. Wines from £26 a bottleIn one corner of the lengthy menu at Joseph’s Brasserie, a lovely new Lebanese restaurant in London’s Kensington,
  
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• Editors’ picks: how to incorporate leopard print into your wardrobe – in pictures

  10-11-2024 00:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Versatile and glamorous, treat this timeless classic as a wardrobe neutral Continue reading...
  
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• Slow-burning memory play a study of regeneration

  09-11-2024 20:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A rugged evergreen that smells like butterscotch or vanilla when scratched and sniffed, the ponderosa pine is wrapped in orange bark, allowing the tree to withstand the bite of life […]
  
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• Finding hope for future in legacy of local leader

  09-11-2024 17:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  “He’s going to win, you know.” In the weeks leading up to the U.S. presidential election, I heard and saw this comment a lot, both in person and online. It […]
  
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• Buffalo Bills @ Indianapolis Colts Prediction, Odds & Picks: NFL Betting Preview Week 10

  09-11-2024 15:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Get expert betting picks and game analysis about the upcoming Buffalo Bills vs Indianapolis Colts game on Sunday November 10, 2024.
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for mac and cheese with garlic and parsley oil | The new vegan

  09-11-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A vegan version of the teatime classic, and no less tasty for itLike most parents of young children, I fell into a pattern of making mac and cheese regularly for my children, and then, unexpectedly, I fell in love with it myself. I made so many versions of it – Nigella’s, Felicity Cloake’s and Kenji López-Alt’s – and decided that the one I loved best (again, unexpectedly) was a glossy, out-of-a-box artificially cheesy-tasting type dressed with a garlic oil re
  
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