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Herald Sun
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
NFNL Northern Football League: South Morang defeats Montmorency
South Morang swept to the NFNL Division 2 premiership last year with a sublime month of football. The Lions showcased that quality again on Saturday to secure a stunning 46-point win over high-flying Montmorency at Mill Park Lakes Reserve. Five goals to nil in the third quarter broke the game open as the hosts marched to their second win of the NFNL Division 1 campaign, 14.13 (97) to 7.9 (51). With relegation rival Bundoora also claiming a critical win, defeating North Heidelberg by eight points, the result keeps South's survival hopes alive and puts Eltham back in the firing line for the run home. After breaking their drought against the Panthers a fortnight ago, Lions coach Gary Hall said it was a matter of enjoying footy again. 'It was the best four-quarter effort and game I've seen them play in a couple of years,' Hall said. 'When you're used to winning and then all of a sudden lose games, it gets in your head a little bit and it's tough. 'We snapped out of it, we went out and enjoyed it and had a crack. 'It was really good through the week and the boys' attitude when they turned up and through the warm-up, you could see they were on. 'When we got headed a little bit, we steadied and stayed composed which was good and were strong through to the end.' South Morang burst out of the blocks, taking a 19-point lead at quarter-time, and could have been even further in front if not for kicking 4.4. Montmorency, last year's grand finalist and second on the ladder, closed to within six points in the second term before Josh Lansfield answered to send the Lions into half-time with a 12-point advantage. Lansfield took control of the game in the third term as the home team piled on a further five unanswered goals. When Noah Cumberland made it seven majors on the trot early in the last, the margin was 50 points and the game was over. Lansfield finished with five goals and Cumberland three, while Bailey Brown was named best-on-ground for his prolific performance in midfield. 'Bailey led by example but there wasn't a bad player out there,' Hall said. 'They all played their role and contributed when it mattered. 'Josh played really well, we played him at centre half-forward because he's such a strong mark and a lovely kick for goal. 'With Noah down there as well, when the ball hits the ground our small forward were fantastic, the pressure they applied, we got a lot of turnovers and a lot of goals.' Along with Brown and Lansfield, James Traianou, Christian Mardini, Ben Power and Kain Hall were among the standouts. For Montmorency, Hudson Holmes was best afield, while Jordan Steele, Brock Binion and Nick Uzelac stood tall. South Morang remains bottom of the Division 1 ladder but is only a game behind Bundoora and Eltham with a superior percentage to the Bulls. The Lions will host Bundoora in Round 14 and travel to Eltham in Round 18. 'We can't rely on or worry about them or anyone else,' Hall said. WRAP: FIRST TON IN SIGHT, BOOMER'S STILL GOT IT LEADER: GET YOUR NORTHERN FOOTY NEWS HERE NFNL: LIONS, BULLS BLOW UP RUN HOME PREDICTIONS 'If we play that type of football we're going to be super competitive in a lot of games. 'We need to control what happens ourselves and we'll get a chance to play them again and see what happens.' Elsewhere in Division 1, Eltham suffered an 11-point loss to Hurstbridge, while Bundoora pipped North Heidelberg by eight. Greensborough was too good for Banyule with a 50-point win and Heidelberg cleaned up West Preston-Lakeside by 88 points.
CTV News
20-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Quebec campsites may be closed due to strike over long weekend
Parc de la Chute-Montmorency near Quebec City may be affected by a strike of SEPAQ unionized workers. (Wiki Commons) Negotiations continue between unionized park workers and Quebec provincial park management to avoid a strike over the Fête Nationale long weekend. On Thursday, the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SEPAQ) asked reservation holders not to cancel their stays, adding it will contact them with any updates. SEPAQ confirmed it has received a fixed-term strike notice from its workers that would go into effect from Friday until Tuesday, should the parties fail to reach an agreement. The strike would affect the following: Quebec national parks Aquarium du Québec Parc de la Chute-Montmorency Gîte du Mont Albert Auberge de montagne des Chic-Chocs Camping des Voltigeurs Centre touristique du Lac-Simon Centre touristique du Lac-Kénogami Wildlife reserves, as well as other SEPAQ parks and the customer relations centre, are not affected by the strike. 'Discussions are ongoing with the union, and SEPAQ is hopeful that a satisfactory agreement for all parties can be reached before a walkout occurs,' the agency said in a news release. 'SEPAQ will continue to make every effort to reach a settlement before this deadline in order to maintain stays and bookings.' The union announced the strike, with disputes mainly centred around wages. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) President Christian Daigle pointed out that many workers earn about $17 per hour, and the vast majority of them are seasonal workers. The union says it wants a 17.4 per cent wage increase over five years, the same as all government employees. 'This has a major impact on the people we represent. When you only work four or five months a year, missing five days of work is a serious financial hit,' he said. 'It's not something they do lightly, but people are tired of being taken advantage of and not being offered a fair financial agreement by their employer and, especially, by the Quebec government.' If a strike occurs, the establishments affected will be closed, and bookings will be cancelled and refunded. However, SEPAQ said it will continue to offer the following activities: Seasonal campsites. Fishing stays at the Devlin cabins and Lac à l'Épaule lodge in Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier. Day fishing at Archambault, À l'Épaule, Lapointe, Nouvel and Ruban lakes, as well as at Rivière Sautauriski in Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier. As for certain activities offered by park partners, SEPAQ recommends checking directly with them to find out whether or not their activities will take place in event of a walkout. Bookings can be modified or cancelled here.
Washington Post
18-06-2025
- General
- Washington Post
Fresh sour cherries are fleeting. Here's how to make the most of them.
Full of flavor, fragile and fleeting, sour cherries are a treasure worth seeking out. According to Tyler Butler, general manager and third-generation farmer at Butler's Orchard in Germantown, 'they're underrated.' However, those in the know 'are just ecstatic over sour cherries.' Also known as tart cherries, the fruit is more acidic than the more commonly available sweet cherries. They're also smaller in size and 'they have a thinner, softer skin and the inside is much softer,' according to Anastasia Zolotarev, author of the recently published 'Sour Cherries and Sunflowers' cookbook. They're also juicier. 'If you were to cook them, they're going to produce like five times more juice than a [sweet] cherry,' Zolotarev said. There are two major classifications of tart cherries: amarelle and morello. The most popular variety is Montmorency, which is under the amarelle umbrella and is the kind Butler grows at his farm. 'It's got a red skin with a yellow flesh,' Butler said. (Morellos have a darker skin with a red flesh and are more commonly found in Europe.) The balance of sweet and tart can vary among varieties and even time of year, according to Zolotarev. 'If it's late summer, they are a bit sweeter,' she said. 'If it's the beginning, they're much more tart.' Part of the verve surrounding fresh sour cherries is their scarcity. 'The problem with sour cherries is either you have a lot of cherries or you have no cherries,' Butler said. That's because the trees need a cold winter and a frost-free spring to keep from killing the blossoms. 'As soon as it gets cold, we have customers emailing us like, 'Did they survive?'' Butler was worried this year about the frost his trees experienced, but thankfully, they went unharmed and Butler's Orchard ended up having a good crop. Here's what you need to know about making the most of these seasonal gems. Since the fruit doesn't ripen once picked, you want to wait until it's at its peak. 'If you wait too long, the insects will come in and the rot will come in, so you have a short window to really harvest,' Butler said. His farm opened to the public for sour cherry picking on June 13, and in the past, people have lined up at the gates in anticipation. (The start of sour cherry season may be later in other parts of the country.) 'When I was a kid, we were selling out of cherries in two days, three days,' he said. But he expects the current harvest to last a week to 10 days. 'What also makes them special is that when it happens, it happens and you've got to make it count.' Zolotarev has fond memories of picking sour cherries from the trees in the backyard of her babushka's house in Belarus. 'Stepping onto the ladder and slowly picking them and then coming home and pitting them and eating some, cooking some,' she recalled. 'Just that simple act is something that I've always loved.' Whether you're picking your own or buying fresh tart cherries from a farmers market, Butler suggests 'looking for cherries that have stems on. That's going to keep them a little fresher, because once you pick and just pull, you have an open wound, so now your clock is ticking.' Once picked, they don't keep long or ship well, which is why it's almost impossible to find the fresh fruit in grocery stores. 'If they sit overnight in a bucket or anything, they'll start to lose their juice, so it's good to either use them as soon as you possibly can or freeze them,' Zolotarev said. (You can also store them in the refrigerator — unwashed until you're ready to eat them — where they can last for up to five days, according to Butler.) Before using fresh sour cherries, as with all cherries, it's important to pit them first lest you risk someone chipping a tooth. Compared to pitting the sweet variety, 'they are easier because they're softer, yet trickier because juice goes everywhere,' Zolotarev said. An easy way to remove the pit is to simply push it out with your finger, but you can use whatever method or tool you like best. (If you're unable to get your hands on fresh sour cherries, you can also find them frozen, jarred, canned, dried and as juice.) While their tartness might be pungent to some, others love eating them unadulterated. 'We freeze them, and I've got a 5- and 8-year-old and they're just popping them in their mouth like it's dessert,' Butler said. More often, you'll find them cooked, to mellow their tartness, or paired with a sweetener of some sort to balance their sour flavor. You can usually find them in desserts, such as the Sour Cherry Crumb Bars pictured above. In the United States, the most common use for sour cherries is baked into a pie, such as our Sour Cherry Lattice Pie, which allows for their singular flavor to truly shine. (They're also referred to as pie cherries.) The dried fruit is a great option too, such as folded into Salted Chocolate Chip and Sour Cherry Cookies. Another option is to turn the fruit into preserves to spread on toast, spoon on ice cream or serve on a spoon with coffee, as they do in some Eastern European cultures. When looking for savory inspiration, sour cherries are very popular in many Eastern European and Persian cuisines, but can be found elsewhere, too. One option is Halushky With Sour Cherries, which pairs the Ukrainian dumplings with a sour cherry sauce to serve as a sweet-tart side alongside meat or other vegetable dishes. There's also albaloo polo, a Persian rice dish with tart cherries that is usually served with some sort of meat. Both sour cherry juice and the dried fruit are used in Meatballs in Sour Cherry Sauce (Kabab Karaz), a Syrian dish. For more inspiration, Zolotarev said the cherries go 'really beautifully with poultry and earthy flavors.' She mentioned a recipe for duck stuffed with buckwheat and served with a spiced sour cherry sauce. The fruit is just as versatile in drink form. Of course, you can simply buy the bottled juice from the grocery store. Another option is to make a kompot, as it's referred to in Eastern Europe, in which you briefly simmer the fruit, lightly sweeten it, and then strain it into jars to store in the fridge. Or try visinata, a traditional Romanian liqueur made by combing the fruit with sugar and alcohol and letting it macerate for anywhere from several weeks to a few months. With sour cherries, you can let your creativity run wild. But Zolotarev offered one piece of advice: 'They are definitely really tart, so just adjust the sugar to your liking.'
CTV News
06-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Five more days of strikes planned at SÉPAQ between June 20 and 24
The Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) has announced five more strike days later this month at several sites operated by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ). The strike will take place from June 20 to 24, the union said Friday. While wildlife reserves were affected during previous strike days in mid-May, this time will be different: most SÉPAQ establishments will be impacted. 'All bargaining units will be affected, except for the wildlife reserves and one lodge. So that means campgrounds, parks, the Montmorency Manor, the Chic-Chocs mountain lodge, and all tourist centres will be impacted,' said SFPQ president Christian Daigle. The dispute centres mainly on wages. Daigle said many workers earn about $17 an hour and noted that the vast majority are seasonal employees. The union is calling for a 17.4 per cent wage increase over five years—the same deal that was granted to all government employees. 'This has a major impact on the people we represent. When you only work four or five months a year, missing five days of work is a serious financial hit. So it's not something they do lightly—but people are tired of being taken advantage of and not being offered a fair financial agreement by their employer and, especially, by the Quebec government,' Daigle said. SÉPAQ responds 'The union has the right to strike and is free to choose its timing,' said Simon Boivin, SÉPAQ's media relations officer. He said SÉPAQ submitted 'a third monetary offer' last Tuesday and remains open to negotiating daily to preserve the long weekend for Quebecers. The strike days coincide with Quebec's Fête nationale holiday. 'We want to improve employees' wages with a competitive offer for the tourism industry—one that takes into account the pension plan and other benefits. We're aiming for a balanced agreement that satisfies employees, respects the organization's ability to pay, and doesn't shift extra costs onto visitors. It's worth remembering that 85 per cent of SÉPAQ's revenue comes from its own activities and customer services,' Boivin added. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 6, 2025.
News.com.au
28-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Montmorency captain banned for big hit
Montmorency co-captain Stef Uzelac is facing a mammoth ban after knocking out a Greensborough opponent.
