By Lauren Kramer

Next month Canada Post and the Israel Philatelic Service are issuing an international rate commemorative stamp to celebrate the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries, whose friendship began 60 years ago.

This is the first joint issue between the Israeli and Canadian postal administrations, and it will depict the maple leaf and [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Noveko International Inc., a Montreal-based biotech company founded in 2002, has made an agreement with Zer Hitech in Israel for exclusive distribution of its antimicrobial masks and respirators, biodegradable air filters, purification systems and hand sanitizers.
Zer Hitech is contracted by Sarel, the Israeli health-care products company, to supply Noveko masks to health-case establishments [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

As a kid who grew up in Canada with natural gas heating, cooking and a natural gas clothes dryer, it’s great news to see that a Canadian company, the Bontan Oil and Gas Company, based in Toronto, has found what could be up to $6 billion dollars worth of natural gas off the [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
If you’re in Vancouver and in the mood for a glass of good vino, you won’t have to look too hard to find it. Thanks to the hard work of International Cellars Inc., which represents Galil Mountain, Dalton Wines and Golan Heights Winery (the latter better known under their Yarden label), Israeli wines [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Israeli companies are starting to look to Toronto’s stock exchange as an alternative to the NASDAQ. Lately, there seems to be a surge in growing business ties between Canada and Israel, reports the Jewish Tribune.
A new money management firm called BSP Funds Canada Inc is the first Israel-based company of its kind in [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
While Canada’s Israel blog is not at all about politics, we sometimes report on politicians from these two countries who are laying the foundations for peace and economic collaboration.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel just sent Canada’s Israel this update that Canada’s Deputy Foreign Minister Leonard Edwards and his entourage are meeting [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
The world’s largest door manufacturer, Masonite International from Canada has just bought the Israeli company Seventech Ltd. for a breezy $5.3 million USD, reports the Israel business newspaper Globes.
I won’t link to the story, because Globes (annoyingly) requires payment for articles after one week, but here is the gist:
Masonite will rename their new [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Seven Israeli ‘cleantech’ companies came to Toronto last month looking for potential angels to invest in their low-emissions power technology. They hailed from Eilat and the surrounding Eilot region, an area that’s offering Israeli companies various incentives to develop solar, wind and biomass technologies.
The Toronto event was organized by the Renewable Energy [...]

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 By Staff
 The Honourable Stockewell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, was the keynote speaker at the second Canada-China-Israel Roundtable on Agri-Innovation on July 27.  The International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada, the Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada hosted this annual event in Ottawa.
Minister Day [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
As stock markets around the world have taken a fall with the economic recession, one market that remains strong is Israeli real estate. The Park Hyatt Hotel was host to Israeli real estate firms including Azorim, Gindi Holdings, Dimri Building & Development, Pollock Real Estate and Ashdar Building Company a few weeks ago [...]

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