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Today’s horoscope

MOON ALERT: Caution! Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and major decisions all day until 7:30 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Virgo into Libra.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Be careful, because most of this day is a moon alert, which can promote creative, outside-of-the-box thinking. However, it can also promote unrealistic, crazy decisions. Write down your imaginative ideas. Don’t act until the moon alert is over. (See above.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Food-waste program hits pay dirt in first year

“When was the last day you threw nothing away?”

It’s a question Karrie Blackburn likes to ask people to encourage thought and awareness about how we view waste.

As Winnipeg celebrates one year of success with community food waste drop-off sites, Blackburn — sales and customer service lead with Compost Winnipeg — remains passionate about all things related to composting and saving landfills from more methane-producing waste.

“We are incredibly proud of our community for embracing the food waste drop-off program,” she said. “This program diverts waste, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and fosters a culture of sustainability in our city. The results speak for themselves.”

Missed opportunity could come back to bite Bombers

Three yards.

That’s all the Winnipeg Blue Bombers needed to leave Sunday’s Labour Day Classic in Regina with a victory.

But instead of attempting a two-point conversion for the win, head coach Mike O’Shea played it safe. He trotted out kicker Sergio Castillo for an extra point to force overtime after rookie receiver Dorian Singer caught a five-yard touchdown with zero seconds left on the clock.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders (8-4) dusted themselves off and hit pay dirt in extra time to escape with a 32-26 win in front of a record crowd of 34,352 — the most since the new Mosaic Stadium opened in 2017.

Opening of Bruce Oake Treatment Centre is 'not the finish line, it's the start

The COVID-19 pandemic has been responsible for postponing or cancelling all kinds of projects, but it didn’t affect construction of the Bruce Oake Treatment Centre, which will be finished months before the planned fall opening.

Chef friends bring London's culinary culture home to Winnipeg

The chefs are back in town and they’ve started their own London-inspired catering company.

Michael Robins, co-founder of Sous Sol, and Keegan Misanchuk, former chef de cuisine at Segovia, recently returned home to Winnipeg after several years of cooking in high-profile English kitchens. Their new private catering and pop-up venture, called Two Hands, brings together everything they learned during their culinary exchange and is emblematic of their focus on handmade food done well.

“I was just thinking about cooking,” Robins, 36, says of the inspiration behind the name. “And whether it’s fine dining or anything else, it all starts with your hands… and that’s the thing I love about cooking the most.”

So far, the pair have hosted a handful — pardon the pun — of pop-up events at local breweries and restaurants featuring everything from East London-style bagel sandwiches to Thai barbecue. They’ve also been channelling the British savoury-pie tradition with a recurring event called Proper Pies.