CHARBONNEAU – Green is my favourite colour of hydrogen
WHEN I FIRST MADE hydrogen as a kid, I wasn’t aware that hydrogen came in different colours. Back then, I simply attached two copper wires to my model train transformer, [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – The graves of Indigenous children cry out for justice
THE DISCOVERY of children’s graves at the Kamloops residential school was not a surprise to many. What made the findings so graphic was the stunning detail of the remains [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Why am I getting apprehensive as the lockdown lifts?
I SHOULD BE THRILLED at the lifting of the pandemic. Instead, I feel a little uneasy. I’m not the only one. In a recent survey of Canadians by the polling firm Leger, 52 [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Why people knowingly share falsehoods
IT USED TO BE that liars would be embarrassed when caught in their lies. But in our post-truth era, the truth is secondary to beliefs. Lies no longer result in humiliation. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Threat of separation led to a superior immigration system
NO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT likes to give up control but in the case of immigration, it’s worked out for the best. Our immigration system is admired globally. Canada has largely [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Languishing: the malaise of our pandemic times
OUR JOURNEY through this pandemic is unprecedented in modern times. We won’t know what the exact effects of the pandemic will be until it’s over. Meanwhile, [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Get the carbon out of natural gas
TURNING NATURAL GAS INTO HYDROGEN might sound like the alchemist’s dream of turning lead into gold but the technology has been around for decades.It’s long been the dream [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Who would benefit from a universal child care program?
AS ANNOUNCED IN MONDAY’S FEDERAL BUDGET the Liberals will try, once again, to implement universal child care across Canada. They have been promising it for decades but have [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – B.C. denies the mentally ill their constitutional rights
“UNLIKE MOST OF THE COUNTRY, B.C.’s legislation does not provide a lawyer for people with mental illness facing involuntary detention,” says Jay Chalke, B.C.’s [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Non-fungible tokens could help artists make a living
I DIDN’T REALIZE MY ART WAS NON-FUNGIBLE but that was because I didn’t know what the word fungible meant. Until recently, fungible was rarely used outside legal circles. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Agreement with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs was either crafty or naive
OVER A YEAR AGO, governments rid themselves of a political problem and passed it on to the Wet’suwet’en people of B.C.’s northern interior. Governments had to “do [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – One big grid is the solution to secure electricity
PROFESSOR MICHAEL D. MEHTA of Thompson Rivers University makes a number of good points in his recent article regarding a secure electrical system. However, he’s thinking in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Animals organize to take back cities
I’M SITTING ON THE BANKS of the North Thompson River, not far from my house in Westsyde. People walk along the river, not far away, but they seldom notice me high on the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Facebook’s ham-fisted response to paying for the news
WHILE GOOGLE’S RESPONSE to plans by the Australian government to force social media giants to pay for news has been nuanced, Facebook’s response has been provocative. [Continue]
