CHARBONNEAU – The psychology of B.C. voters
AT FIRST GLANCE, it looked like the split between Interior and Lower Mainland voters was along the usual lines of social values. Cities tend to support liberal social values [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – TPP rises from the ashes
RUMOURS OF the death of the TPP are greatly exaggerated. After President Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, I congratulated him: “Thank [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Myths trace human migration
EVER SINCE we came out of Africa, humans have carried myths to every corner of the globe. Cultural anthropologist Julien d’Huy traces their journey. One myth, which [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Fiction is not cultural appropriation
THE FIRES of cultural appropriation were fanned recently when the editor of a small magazine published by The Writers’ Union of Canada wrote, “I don’t believe in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The problem is doctor distribution, not shortage
THE NUMBER of doctors in Canada is increasing faster than population growth says Dr. Michael Rachlis on CBC Radio’s The Current: “We’ve been increasing the number of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Canada’s internet remains flat, despite challenges
CANADA REMAINS a world-leader in keeping our internet equal for all. Challenges to tilt the internet in favour of special interests come from at home and abroad. Last month, [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Online dating and racism
WHEN MY wife died, I considered online dating as way of meeting people. Hadiya Roderique’s shares her experience with online dating in Walrus magazine (March, 2017). “I [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – It’s too late to decriminalize marijuana
DECRIMINALIZATION of marijuana should have happened decades ago. Now it would only add to the confusion. Marijuana users are caught in a legal limbo. The government intends [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Please stop treating B.C.’s Interior like it’s a colony
PREMIER CLARK’s plan for job growth in B.C.’s interior is a failure. Her plan to extract Liquefied Natural Gas from the interior evaporated. She is sending more raw [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Opioid use rises despite crisis; feels like 1908 again
AM I THE ONLY ONE not surprised that the opioid crisis has worsened? Despite the widespread distribution of naloxone kits to save lives from fentanyl overdose. Despite [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Tax loopholes: the good, the bad and the ugly
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE between a tax break and a tax loophole? Tax breaks are legitimate deductions that I make and loopholes are shady tax dodges that others use. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Curiosity about announcement of stem cell centre coming to Kamloops
Practice, it seems, has not yet matched the promise of stem cell research MY CURIOSITY was sparked when I read that a stem cell centre was opening in Kamloops (Kamloops This [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – By the time the trekkers got to Kamloops
IN APRIL of 1935 they left their miserable camps and made their way to Vancouver. The camps had been set up in the middle of nowhere. Young men worked in the military-run [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Books are vehicles of insight
IF IT SEEMS ODD that I would defend print media by using this digital media that you read on a screen, let me explain. We might be reading less print media but we are bot [Continue]
