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Article content A year ago, as frozen pizza sales were soaring early in the pandemic, I called down to Winkler to talk to the makers of my favourite local frozen pizza to see if their sales were spiking too. Just since then, in only one year, Spenst Brothers has gone from being sold in 170 stores to now being available in 240 locations, including some restaurants. As I told Connie Spenst on my radio show this week, it’s a real Manitoba success story. As she says, “the pizza’s where it’s at” but Connie and I are working on getting some of their meat on my barbeque this...

Article content The latest interesting idea on how to combat homelessness is coming out of California. In Elk Grove near Sacramento, they’re paying the homeless to clean up their camps. Officials there say it’s working well, handing out small gift cards instead of paying thousands of dollars to have city workers do the job. It’s also improving relationships. Al Weibe, a homelessness advocate here who’s part of End Homelessness Winnipeg, says he likes the idea but would rather see cash given. GC’s imply the homeless can’t be trusted with money. Al tells me heâ€�...

Author of the article: Hal Anderson Publishing date: Apr 03, 2021  •  April 3, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Tanner Davies, 28, is a marketing consultant from Winnipeg and one of the final three bakers in The Great Canadian Baking Show. The Season 4 finale of The Great Canadian Baking Show airs on CBC TV on Sunday. Photo by Steve Carty /Great Canadian Baking Show Article content The season finale of The Great Canadian Baking Show airs on CBC TV on Sunday and the show’s first-ever Winnipeg baker is among the top three bakers in Canada. Tanner Davies is up against two bakers fro...

Article content As you read this, I’m enjoying my new 85-inch Samsung television from Visions Electronics. My old friend Ron Antoine hooked me up. I was forced to upgrade after my 10-year-old Sharp died. I tried every trick the Internet had to get it to power up again but no luck. So I started researching what I might want in a new TV but also whether the old one was fixable. Most of my radio show listeners recommended Fields Television so I called them up for some advice. Dez told me there’s no way of knowing until you open it up. Only a $40 investment which goes toward the repair ...

Article content My wife Jackie loves Oreo cookies but she can’t eat gluten. So when I told her recently that gluten-free Oreos were coming, she was excited and started watching for them in grocery stores. She finally saw them this week and grabbed some. Here’s her review. “Gluten-free Oreo cookies are so good! The taste is spot on, just like the original ones. They’ve swapped out the wheat flour for white rice flour and for once, you don’t get that gritty texture. If you’ve tried gluten-free cookies, then you know a lot of them tend to crumble which is super anno...