We already know that Israel and the Province of Manitoba are collaborating on wetlands research. And last year Canada’s water experts from Manitoba were in Israel to learn about the very dry country’s techniques in water conservation.
Last week my friend from Reuters sent me a note that Israel is to host the second Manitoba-Israel Water [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Raising money ain’t childsplay, but the fruits of those fundraising efforts will be. Manitoba and Tel Aviv are collaborating to build a playground in the Ajami neighbourhood of Jaffa, a collaboration that was launched in Winnipeg recently.
The Manitoba-Israel Shared Values Roundtable (MISVR), led by Manitoba Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick, will [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Last month the province of Manitoba announced it would commit $100,000 a year for three years toward collaborative research with Israel on HIV/AIDS, influenza and swine flu. The research will be conducted by scientists in Manitoba and Jerusalem under the Global Research Exchange Program, a project initiated by Canadian Friends of Hebrew University.
This [...]

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