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Forbes: Israel and Canada Both Top 10 Countries for Happiness

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments

By Karin Kloosterman

Happiness is a relative thing, but a new Forbes report shows how Gallop has attempted to rank the world, and Israel has come out on top – sharing rank 8 with Canada, Australia and Switzerland.
We can see why countries like Denmark, Finland and Norway come out on top. I was just in Finland [...]

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Tags: Health & Science · Karin Kloosterman

Magna’s “Magna Steyr” Joins Israel, China and Italy to Make New “Chery” Electric Car

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

By Karin Kloosterman

Fans of Canada’s “Canada for Better Place” website can’t wait for the roll out of an all-electric vehicle grid to hit the roads of Canada. Better Place, the Israeli company based in California has designs to electrify not only Canada’s roads, but roads of the world.
Canada’s Israel blog has previously reported Better Place’s [...]

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Tags: Business · Environment · Hi-Tech & Innovation · Karin Kloosterman

A Bridge to the Sighted World

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

By Lauren Kramer
The Canadian Friends of Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind held their first annual Evening of Miracles in Toronto last month and Guy Simchi, a 39-year-old social worker from Ganei Tikva in Israel, was there as a speaker.
Simchi went blind from diabetes seven years ago, and says it was a cheerful [...]

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Tags: Health & Science · Lauren Kramer