By Lauren Kramer
If you’ve ever been pregnant, you’ve heard the word pre-eclampsia, a potentially fatal condition that effects women and fetuses during pregnancy. The Canada Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF) has given a grant to Miraculins Inc. in Canada and Diagnostic Technologies Ltd. in Israel to create products to assess the risk of [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

Feed Me Seymour, All Night Long is the famous Little Shop of Horrors line sung by Audrey II, the man-eating –– and singing plant. Now we all know that plants can’t talk. They can’t tell us when they’re not getting enough sunlight, minerals or water.
But not so fast –– I had the pleasure [...]

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 By Karin Kloosterman
In his quest for world domination, Israeli electric car guru Shai Agassi has honed in on the Province of Ontario –- the next “victim” on Agassi’s list to mull adopting his electric car plug-in scheme.
We’ve blogged about Agassi earlier on Canada’s Israel here. And the announcement that Better Place plans to set up [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Ahhh the life of a moo-juice lover in a modern western country: milk shakes in a carton, fancy cheese counters from centre ice to the goal line, and what seems like a gazillion flavours of yogurts and puddings. Israel is a paradise for milk products.
And whom do we blame for the success of [...]

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By Staff

If you are looking for a hot spot to visit in 2009, then Tel Aviv is IT!  The trendy website Concierge.com has added Tel Aviv to a list of “IT” destinations for 2009.
This modern coastal city will be celebrating its 100th birthday next year, with an event kicking off in April in Rabin Square with the [...]

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