Canadian Hydroponic Farm has a Drive-Through for Fresh Vegetables | A converted school in Saskatchewan is being used to grow fresh produce all year long. Vegetables have a short growing season in Saskatchewan, unless the farm is indoors in a controlled climate. A very unique farm in Hudson Bay is growing fresh, pesticide-free, produce all-year-long in a hydroponic farm (the plants are grown in water and not soil) and housed in a converted school building. But that’s not the only thing that makes Let-Us Grow Hydroponics one-of-a-kind. The first year of growing vegetables was a learning curve.

Pete DeBoer said he’s already had time to process the emotions of returning to Las Vegas to face his former team. Even so, it’s impossible to treat the Western Conference finals series between the Stars and Golden Knights like any other. “I wanted to hear his philosophy, his style,” Nill said about the interview process with DeBoer last spring. We have never looked back since.”Nill said a few aspects of DeBoer’s philosophy stood out during their interview process. Nill was enticed by the experience DeBoer had working with both veteran and young players.

Ontario’s chief coroner has announced an inquest into the 2016 death of Soleiman Faqiri, a mentally ill man in crisis who died after he was beaten, restrained and pepper-sprayed by correctional officers inside an Ontario jail. “It’s a long time coming,” Yusuf Faqiri, Soleiman’s older brother, told the Star on Thursday night. I want his story to be heard.”Since Soleiman died while in custody at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, an inquest is mandatory. In the nearly seven years since Soleiman’s death, the three police investigations — one by the Kawartha Lakes Police Service and two by the Ontario Provincial Police — found no grounds to lay charges. According to the Kawartha Lakes report, Soleiman was later left alone handcuffed in his cell.

The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience is officially closing this fall. It’s a wild roleplay adventure, one where guests take the role of a character in the Star Wars universe and play out a fantasy in a galaxy far, far away. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details. As featured on

Canadian Elite Basketball League tips off fifth season May 24With five days left to the start of its fifth season, the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced the broadcast team Friday that will deliver all the excitement of Canada’s professional basketball league to viewers across the country on the league’s OTT streaming platform, CEBL+ Powered By BetVictor and TSN+. Nine players have moved from the CEBL into the NBA following a CEBL season, and 28 CEBL players attended NBA G League training camps last October. In addition, he calls Canada West university football, and has broadcast hockey at the University of Alberta and at four FISU World University Games. 3-in-the Key is now live every Sunday at noon talking about the CEBL, NBA, NCAA and U SPORTS. Cummings served as the colour commentator for the SAIT Trojans basketball team from 2016 to 2023 and for the Okotoks Dawgs baseball team in 2022.

Desirée Dawson, Shred Kelly in Folk’s final 2023 lineup revealDesirée Dawson and Shred Kelly have joined Broken Social Scene and Serena Ryder among acts confirmed for Folk on the Rocks 2023. Folk-rock band Shred Kelly returns to the festival after an initial appearance in 2015. Northern acts confirmed on Friday include Flora and the Fireweeds, Sunaïra, Quantum Haze, Bush League DJs, Jenna Blanchard, Peekaboo Kazoo, Taiga Yoga, Aurora Fiddle Society and the Northern Mosaic Network. “Folk On The Rocks 2023 will be bigger and better than ever,” organizers declared. Cabin Radio will again broadcast full, live coverage of Folk on the Rocks 2023 with 30 hours of live music from three stages across the weekend.

It was a preseason game between Minnesota and the Dallas Stars in September 2018, which means it was possible that Dallas would have some unfamiliar players on the ice. Boudreau learned quickly that the blur who just scored on him was Dallas prospect Roope Hintz. Even in 2018, back when Boudreau first learned of him, Hintz was sent down from the Stars to the Texas Stars three times. He’s got speed, he’s got size, great hockey IQ, very competitive, unbelievable shot, too. Despite the success of Hintz this postseason, the Stars believe he’s still not garnering the attention he should.

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Asian shares were mostly higher Friday as hopes grow that the U.S. Congress will reach a deal to avoid defaulting on the nation’s debt. Chinese shares fell on renewed worries set off by signs an extended lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic was hurting sales. Wall Street shares rose after more companies reported better profits than expected, while yields climbed after a Federal Reserve official cautioned the end to its interest-rate hikes may not arrive as soon as Wall Street hoped. But Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan cooled some of those hopes in a prepared speech for the Texas Bankers Association. The two-year yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, rose to 4.25% from 4.16%.

Turf researcher Sara Stricker says leaving your lawn to the dandelions might not be the best course of action for helping native pollinators. But not everyone thinks it's the best way to help pollinators. Stricker said the number one weed in Canadian lawns is dandelions, but they are not designed to feed native pollinators. He said dandelions are not that nutritious for pollinators and they prefer native plants and shrubs as a food source. "And at least trying to help pollinators on a section of your lawn is a good idea."

Fatuma Adar is thrilled to be offering a Black Out night for “She’s Not Special,” her upcoming show with music opening next week for a five-night run at the Tarragon Mainspace Theatre. In fact, she’s so excited about the special May 26 performance aimed at Black audiences that she’s recording that night for comedy album posterity. “First of all, these people (who criticized Black Out nights) don’t go to the theatre,” said Adar. And I think Black Out nights help with that. Adar, who jokes that as a Black Muslim woman she’s a “triple threat,” is encouraged by the kind of diversity she’s seeing onstage these days.

From left to right, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Caledon Mayor Annette Groves shared their concerns and optimism about the province's decision to break up Peel Region during a news conference Thursday. Clark announced the bill at a news conference alongside Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown. WATCH | Caledon Mayor Annette Groves is optimistic about the process:Annette Groves, mayor of Caledon, also said she believes everything will be worked out. Regional by-laws and the disentanglement of regional services. Peel Region was created in 1974 by the government of former premier Bill Davis.

WestJet and its pilots' union reached a last-minute deal late Thursday, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend, but hundreds of the carrier's Friday flights were cancelled. WestJet subsidiary Swoop had cancelled 31 flights, or 67 per cent of those scheduled for Friday. The airline had already cancelled about one-third of its flight load Thursday as negotiations with its pilots' union went down to the wire. WestJet pilots also wanted better scheduling. © Nav Rahi/CBC WestJet pilots picket outside Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

Mortgage costs that have risen drastically are contributing to sticky inflation creating a “vicious feedback loop” that will be difficult to break, experts say. In April, as more Canadians renewed their mortgages at higher interest rates, mortgage interest costs shot up 28.5 per cent from a year ago. Without mortgage costs, headline inflation would be 3.6 per cent — much closer to the Bank of Canada’s target of around 2 per cent. “But I wouldn’t confuse this with thinking that higher interest therefore causes inflation … in this specific category, they do for a while. By raising prime rates the Bank has contributed to higher mortgage costs, which in turn, keeps inflation sticky, said mortgage broker Ron Butler.

The director of a short film about the 1950s relocation of Inuit from Hebron, an Atlantic Canadian community, hopes to raise awareness about this event among Canadians, and facilitate conversations about its aftermath. Andersen is a photographer based in Makkovik, one of the Labrador communities where many of the Hebron relocatees were sent. Inuit not consultedThe government in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador closed the northern Labrador communities of Hebron and Nutak in the late 1950s. Hebron Relocation – Still healing from the traumaThe provincial government issued a formal apology in 2005 and unveiled a memorial in Hebron in 2009 dedicated to the relocated residents. “Some families that have gone though [the relocation] don’t talk about it, so maybe the film can be a kind of conversation starter,” she said.

Canada agrees to multi-year daycare deal with Ontario provinceThe federal government takeover of Canada’s child care sector continues to go poorly. The deleterious effects of the government’s child care program have been widely reported in, among other places, the government-funded media. The total cost, including the portion of people’s tax bill that finances child care, is far higher. And if the quantity of child care available at $10 is effectively zero, then the advertised price tag is a lie. Those include health care, agriculture and the media — notwithstanding some illuminating reports in the government-funded media on the failures of government child care.