CHARBONNEAU – Look to the sea for the internet, not the clouds
OUR CONNECTION to the internet seems so ethereal – it’s as though data materializes out of thin air. This illusion is a result of the final hop of our connection to the [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Greta Thunberg gets it wrong on panicking over climate
I SYMPATHIZE WITH Swedish teen Greta Thunberg for her outrage at the mess that my generation has left the world in. We just wanted to create a culture with every convenience [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Who is responsible for the CO2 produced by streaming?
THIS COLUMN MARKS 20 years of writing Eye View. Thanks to former editors of the Kamloops Daily News Susan Duncan and Mel Rothenburger for encouraging me to write, to CFJC [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The supervolcano that is quietly cooking next door to us
THE HORRIFIC DEATHS of 16 tourists on White Island, New Zealand, are a reminder of the lethal force of volcanoes. Lillani Hopkins, a 22-year-old student, witnessed the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Jason Kenney should be careful what he wishes for
ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY wants Canada’s equalization formula adjusted to be fairer to Albertans. When it comes to equalization payments to provinces, Albertans think [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Five nations, one Arctic and some hot rhetoric
CANADA, THE U.S., RUSSIA, DENMARK AND NORWAY lay claim to parts of the Arctic. It’s not a trivial matter; 30 per cent of the world’s gas reserves, 13 per cent of oil [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – One time, sure, but it should be Standard Time, not DST
B.C. PREMIER JOHN HORGAN has a good idea in getting rid of the semi-annual upset of our biological rhythms by switching clocks back and forth. Horgan has a bad idea in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – This isn’t your father’s minority government
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU’s minority government is not like his father’s. When Pierre Trudeau won minority government in 1972, he didn’t have the support of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Artists struggle to make a living wage in Internet era
GONE ARE THE DAYS when the path to success was fairly direct for musicians. Graham Henderson, president of Music Canada recalls the way it used to be: “In 1999, if you’ve [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The odds of making it through the Northwest Passage
Columnist David Charbonneau is on board the Ocean Endeavour in the Northwest Passage. IF I WERE A BETTING MAN, I would bet that we’d make it through the fabled Northwest [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The migration of Canada’s Inuit to Greenland
I’M ABOARD THE OCEAN ENDEAVOUR, east of Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, approaching Lancaster Sound. We left Kangerlussuag, Greenland, ten days ago and we’re headed [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Climate change lessons from the Little Ice Age
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CHALLENGE our ability to survive and our world view. Business as usual will not be an option. Our survival skills are already being tested in Europe. In [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Bomb is back, big time
AS I WATCHED THE BOMB (Netflix), I couldn’t help but think of a line from Leonard Cohen: “I’m guided by the beauty of our weapons/First we take Manhattan, then we take [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Satellites make good neighbours, and Canada is one
A LOT OF fuss is being made of the Apollo 11 landing of a man on the moon one-half century ago but not so much about Canada’s launch of the Alouette 1 at the same time. [Continue]
