Israeli app to guide tourists through Rio for the Olympics
Moovit will guide tourists and local residents to the fastest and safest routes to and between competition venues at the Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games this summer
Thornhill residents decry plan for tower on plaza site
Thornhill residents who rely on the Jewish community stores in the kosher Sobeys plaza at Clark and Hilda avenues are fighting an uphill battle against a developer that wants to build a 20-storey residential building on the east side of the site
How Coca-Cola set the stage for kosher for Passover products
An interview with Roger Horowitz, author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food
Bombardier holds talks in Iran
Negotiations concerned setting up an airline to serve Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf. Iran reportedly wants better air connection to the island to promote tourism there.
BGU, Concordia discuss joint cyber research plan
Concordia University has taken the first tentative steps toward collaborating with an Israeli university in the growing field of computer security
Google grants $700K to Israeli disabilities technology initiative
The grant is part of the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities campaign
Meet the Jewish operator of the little-known Markham Airport
Under Allan Rubin’s watch over three decades, the small, private sector airport on 300 acres of land has accumulated a collection of vintage aircraft and memorabilia, as well as military photographic equipment
Chinese investment group acquires Ahava for $77 million
The Fosun Group on Sunday night signed an agreement to purchase the Dead Sea skin care products company
A dramatic innovation in the Canada-Israel relationship
From electricity grids in Ontario to Alberta’s oil sands, Canadian and Israeli companies are working together in new and creative ways
Canada should hitch its wagon to Israeli high-tech, envoy urges
“If you want to make it in global tech, in global innovation, you must be in Israel,” said Vivian Bercovici
