The system concept for CuePath’s sensor-monitored blister packaging for dispensing medications. (photo from CuePath) When blister pack medication dispensing came onto the market years ago, it was hoped that it would solve the issue of people not taking their medication…
Mimi Grad at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s pro-shop. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) As an independent sales ambassador for Regal Home and Gifts Inc., Mimi Grad told the Independent, “I don’t sell anything. I educate people on what…
The Bayit joined forces with Chabad of Richmond in an emoji-themed Purim celebration held at Richmond’s City Centre Community Centre March 12. Pictured here, left to right, are Chabad of Richmond’s Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman, Bayit president Mike Sachs, Yoav Rokach-Penn…
Howard Jampolsky tells the story of how community members came together to support a family after the death of their husband, father. (photo from Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Board) Taking care of the deceased is known as a chesed shel emet,…
CTeen members with Rabbi Chalom Loeub. (photo from Chabad of Richmond) Did you know that Richmond Jewish teens have a group of their own? It’s CTeen, which stands for Chabad Teen Network. CTeen Richmond, a program sponsored and hosted by…
During an installation of a solar water pumping system at Nyanza Village, Uganda, Innovation: Africa’s engineer and project manager celebrate as clean water flows. (photo from Innovation: Africa via Israel21c.org) Using ingenuity to overcome its serious water challenges, Israel has…
Joel Seligstein is one of four Israeli skeleton athletes aiming for the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. (photo by Erin Murphy) What began as a dream 15 years ago – when David Greaves helped establish an Israeli presence…
Estee Ackerman wins gold at the 2016 Junior Olympics in Houston. (photo from Estee Ackerman) A Jewish Orthodox New Yorker is quickly becoming a legend – and she is not even 15 years old yet. Her name is Estee Ackerman…
(image from wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il) Say someone claims to have developed a system to “capture” any odour in the form of a digital code – one that could be transmitted online or uploaded to the internet and faithfully reproduced at the receiving…
השבועון האנגלי לחדשות ואקטואליה ‘האקונומיסט’ פירסם את המדד השנתי שלו על הערים היקרות ביותר בעולם. קנדה מיוצגת בדוח על ידי שלוש ערים בלבד: ונקובר במקום ה-39, מונטריאול הרחק במקום ה-62, ואילו טורונטו במקום ה-86. (צילום: Cynthia Ramsay) השבועון האנגלי לחדשות…
