פרידריך ואנד מאירהופר ובנם אריק. (צילום: corporate.bclc.com) נפתרה תעלומת החמישים מיליון דולר: פנסיונר המתין עשרים ואחד חודשים כדי לקחת את הזכייה הגדולה בלוטו נפתרה התעלומה הגדולה ביותר בתולדות הגרלות הלוטו בקנדה. לאחר עשרים ואחד חודשים תמימים נזכר אחד מאזרחי בריטיש…
Eyal Daniel (photo from Eyal Daniel) Three Vancouver-area teachers who traveled to Israel last summer for an intensive three-week symposium on teaching about the Holocaust now plan to share their knowledge with other educators throughout the region. The three were…
In August, the Jewish Independent connected with Gary Brownstone about a Winnipeg tech incubator he was working on called Eureka. In the short time since then, the entrepreneur has already moved on to his next adventure. “Most of my career…
The board of Congregation Emanu-El of Victoria has unanimously approved a motion to proceed with sponsorship of a Syrian refugee family. They believe that this is a moment to step forward as Jews and “welcome the stranger.” Many in Victoria’s…
Ian Rabb with his dogs Samson and Ariel. (photo from Ian Rabb) After falling prey to the habit himself, being rescued by his family and brought back home to Winnipeg for recovery, Ian Rabb began giving back – not just…
Try your hand at ski jumping in one of ROX’s five simulators. (photo from ROX) There’s no question the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver changed the region considerably, but some of those changes are as recent as November 2015. That’s…
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner, left, White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin and Simie Schtroks of the Centre for Judaism present the 2015 Young Lamplighters Award to Sarah and Amy Aginsky on Dec. 13. (photo from Lauren Kramer) Sarah and Amy Aginsky,…
Since 2006, Foundation for Jewish Camp has partnered with communities across North America on the One Happy Camper (OHC) program to grow enrolment and increase awareness. Tens of thousands of campers have experienced Jewish overnight camp as a result of…
Dan and Jen Silber met at Camp Moshava. (photo from Silber family via jns.org) Eighteen-year-old Bernie Kozlovsky spent from sundown to sunrise on a boat with 16-year-old Sonia Rosenbaum in the summer of 1972. “We talked until dawn,” Kozlovsky recalls…
אייר קנדה שחגגה בחודש יוני עשרים שנות פעילות בישראל, עומדת להפעיל את מטוס הדרימליינר החדש שלה בטיסות העמוסות של הקו בין טורונטו לתל אביב. (צילום: Raimond Spekking© via Wikimedia) אייר קנדה ממשיכה לגדול: החברה רשמה גידול בהיקף הנוסעים בנובמבר בשיעור…
