The Canadian government’s policies toward local research and innovation are being streamlined with industry, making it so researchers are no longer free to look outside the box. This is one of the reasons Dr. Robert Brownstone gives for his decision…
The photo tweeted Aug. 16 by Walrus editor Jonathan Kay of Mark Adler’s original campaign office sign. (photo from @jonkay) Conservative MP Mark Adler has removed a reference in his online biography in which he described himself as the first…
Ala Buzreba, the 21-year-old Liberal candidate in Calgary Nose Hill, has withdrawn from the federal election campaign after vicious tweets attacking readers were revealed. Buzreba apologized on Aug. 18 for the tweets, saying they were “made a long time ago,…
Winnipeg’s Jewish Child and Family Services executive director Al Benarroch. (photo from Al Benarroch) Although the problem of alcohol and substance abuse in the Jewish community is not new, it is often kept hidden and even ignored. A recent study…
An artist’s impression of the interior of the new Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. (all photos from Ashernet) The Museum of the Bible, which will open in Washington, D.C., in November 2017, will display a large collection on loan…
The Shia Ismaili community, St. Augustine’s Catholic School and Vancouver Talmud Torah students assembled gifts of hope and compassion, and distributed them – along with 2,000 servings of food items courtesy of Tim Horton’s – to residents on the Downtown…
במאי נמצא תנין משוטט ברחבי העיר קיסריה, לאחר שברח מחוות תנינים שבישוב בית חנניה שסמוך אליה.(צילום: YouTube screenshot) תינוקת בוכיה נמצאה נעולה בכספת: איש האחזקה של בית מלון שיחרר אותה ללא פגע בשבוע שעבר חדרנית של בית המלון הווארד ג’ונסון…
Irwin Cotler, left, with Bob Rae. Cotler is one of four speakers who will participate in FEDtalks, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver’s annual campaign launch on Sept. 17. (photo from irwincotler.liberal.ca) Irwin Cotler, one of the foremost figures in…
Former British Columbian Gill Rosenberg spent nine months fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. (photo from Gill Rosenberg) Gill Rosenberg returned to Israel a month ago, after spending nine months fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria…
Three federal NDP candidates are under intense scrutiny – and one has resigned – for controversial comments each made about Israel. Hans Marotte, the NDP candidate in Quebec’s Saint-Jean riding; Morgan Wheeldon, who was, until stepping aside Aug. 9, running…
