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thespec.com > news > canada > speaker-shares-how-amish-keep-food-cold-year-round-with-pond-ice > article_6e840fe3-49db-5866-ae97-e76bccec4e11.html

Speaker shares how Amish keep food cold year-round with pond ice

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (311+ words) WINGHAM - During the Wingham and Area Historical Society's first meeting of the year, Brent Bowyer described how one Amish family turns a small farm pond into their year-long refrigeration system each winter. Bowyer has spent nearly four decades as a…...

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thespec.com > news > ontario > ontario-to-allow-byob-at-cultural-and-community-outdoor-events > article_2f162683-d763-5015-8fab-2431c80ae8d6.html

Ontario to allow BYOB at cultural and community outdoor events

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (167+ words) Doug Ford leaves the Muskoka Craft Beer Festival in Huntsville, Ont. on Saturday, May 19, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston TORONTO - Ontario is expanding tailgating rules beyond sporting events to allow people to bring their own alcohol to cultural or community…...

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thespec.com > news > canada > sailors-visiting-vancouver-brag-of-catching-hundreds-of-crabs-investigation-underway > article_141cecab-9f82-501c-bd50-68a7f70a9098.html

Sailors visiting Vancouver brag of catching hundreds of crabs, investigation underway

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (713+ words) A pair of sailors are seen holding Dungeness crabs after pulling in loaded crab traps onto a commercial vessel during a stop in Vancouver, seen in this video screen capture from X. The video has been has been circulating widely on…...

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thespec.com > news > canada > record-4-500-burgers-sold-during-burger-week > article_98c178ee-d8d0-5332-9184-214007956fc3.html

Record 4,500 burgers sold during Burger Week

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (673+ words) Burgers from all of the participating restaurants on the table for everyone to try at a local workplace. The Moosomin Chamber of Commerce Burger Week has once again smashed a record, with 4,500 burgers sold at 11 local restaurants from Monday, March…...

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thespec.com > business > hamilton-region > crumbled-cake-shop-closing > article_422efef6-c335-5363-9dcf-ee583f8f4541.html

This Barton Village cake and dessert shop is closing

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (312+ words) Crumbled opened in 2018 and was known for its cake bowls and custom-made baked goods." Crumbled, located at 339 Barton St. E., is closing on March 15." A Barton Village dessert shop will close after roughly eight years in business. Crumbled announced on social…...

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thespec.com > life > smaller-portions-are-a-big-restaurant-trend-as-customers-watch-their-budgets-and-waistlines > article_85f6c1ac-796b-5d90-abd5-53f3a2d4cd25.html

Smaller portions are a big restaurant trend as customers watch their budgets and waistlines

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1012+ words) The biggest new restaurant trend is small. Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from large chains like Olive Garden and The Cheesecake Factory to trendy urban eateries and farm-to-fork dining rooms. Restaurants hope that…...

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thespec.com > business > wine-tonight-statistics-canada-data-shows-liquor-store-sales-down-another-year > article_78751851-970a-5f1e-8a62-35f4c7e6adaf.html

‘Wine tonight?:’ Statistics Canada data shows liquor store sales down another year

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (777+ words) Budweiser Zero, Corona Cero and Michelob ULTRA Zero non-alcoholic beers are shown at Labatt's office in Toronto, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan Pedestrians pass a Beer Store on Gerrard Street in Toronto's east end that is scheduled…...

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thespec.com > entertainment > visual-arts > earls-court-gallery-feeding-the-soul > article_dba8674e-999a-59a9-84d9-1671720c3acc.html

Comfort food: Earls Court Gallery artists offer a delicious calorie-free menu

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (770+ words) Erin Whitten Crysdale, "Stuck in Nostalgia," acrylic on paper, 17.25 by 25.25 inches." Sixteen painters and sculptors take part in group exhibition. Regina Haggo is an art historian, public speaker, curator, YouTube video maker and former professor at the University of Canterbury…...

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thespec.com > entertainment > rachael-ray-is-harder-to-find-but-hardly-slowing-down > article_f95582b4-4585-5e35-8e00-b6c0066ae9ee.html

Rachael Ray is harder to find but hardly slowing down

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (950+ words) Rumors have swirled around the woman who gave us 30-minute meals since she stepped away from her daily show. But that hasn't diminished her thrill at rolling through her mid-50s still cooking on television and still pulling crowds for beachside burger…...

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thespec.com > life > food-and-drink > restaurants > headed-to-a-show-at-td-coliseum-here-are-five-downtown-hamilton-caf-s-to > article_cc2f4971-9c89-50e1-9a98-e45c5045f122.html

Headed to a show at TD Coliseum? Here are five downtown Hamilton cafés to fuel up at ahead of dancing the night away

4+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (684+ words) Local spots include everything from sweet treats to savoury eats to alcoholic offerings. Relay Coffee on King William Street is just one of many caf's in the downtown." Who doesn't love a coffee and a sweet treat? Late nights seeing…...