CHARBONNEAU – Emily Murphy was a racist but her statue is safe, for now
EMILY MURPHY and John A. Macdonald were racists but Murphy’s statues won’t come down any time soon. Here’s why. Macdonald may have been one of Canada’s greatest [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Super, natural takes on new meaning in the face of adversity
SUPER, NATURAL British Columbia has been our trademark for decades. B.C.’s natural beauty – our mountains, oceans, rivers — attract tourists from around the world. Our [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Anti-vaxxers grow desperate as their world collapses
KAMLO0PS LAWYER Jay Michi took his kids to Riverside Park Last Thursday for what he expected to be a Remembrance Day ceremony. What he didn’t know was that it was about to [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – All I want is a good death. Is that too much to ask?
LIKE MOST CANADIANS, I’d like to die in my home surrounded by friends and family. Canadians consistently indicate that is their preference, about 85 per cent of the [Continue]
CHARBONEAU – Vaccine objectors pay a price for their stand
WHAT PRINCIPLES do the unvaccinated hold so dearly that they are ready to sacrifice their jobs and face ridicule and scorn? Nurses in Kamloops are giving up the careers that [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Kamloops should follow Calgary and bring back fluoride
ONE OF THE THINGS that appealed to me about Kamloops when I moved here in 1981 was its water. Kamloops water had been fluoridated since 1961. At the time, Calgary’s water [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Journalists still the best way to get unbiased information
FACEBOOK HAS NOW increased protection for journalists against harassment, bullying, and death threats according to its global safety chief (Oct. 14, 2021, Globe and Mail). [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The possibilities for exemption from vaccine mandates range from nil to zero
AS VACCINE MANDATES become normal across Canada, detractors are looking for ways to avoid the vaccination. Excuses range from medical exemption to what they hope are [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The ‘Disinformation Dozen’ and its anti-vaccine campaign
I’VE ALWAYS WONDERED why the pro-disease folks have nothing original to say. These antivaxxers parrot banality. It turns out that a small number of people generate a lot of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Too much carbon dioxide here, too little there
IN A WORD AWASH in too much carbon dioxide, it’s remarkable that some places have too little of the stuff. Britain recently warned food producers to prepare for a [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Will you now condemn Quebec’s Bill 21, Mr. Trudeau?
NOW THAT THE ELECTION is over, will you admit that the question put to Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet was completely appropriate? During the Sept. 9 debate [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Turn on, tune in, heal yourself – the return of psychedelics
WHEN I FIRST TRIED psychedelics in the 1970s, I wasn’t trying to heal myself. I was curious to find out how psychedelics, including LSD and “magic” mushrooms, could [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Doctors’ cozy club limits our health care system
CANADA DOESN’T HAVE a shortage of doctors; we have a closed shop that prevents foreign-trained doctors from practicing. The medical establishment prevents them from [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The new threat to health care is not privatization, it’s viral
The COVID pandemic has gone viral. I don’t mean the Delta variant. I mean the mania created by antivaxxers who have whipped up opposition to panic levels. Antivaxxers are [Continue]
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