Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – Catching criminals with genetics not invasion of privacy

August 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

TANYA VAN CUYLENBORG’s killer went free for decades until DNA evidence led to his arrest in Washington State. The young Victoria woman’s boyfriend was also killed but [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – ‘No jab, no pay’ vaccination law won’t work in Canada

August 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

AUSTRALIA HAS A BLUNT WAY of getting parents to vaccinate their children called “No Jab, No Pay.” As the name suggests, parents don’t receive welfare payments, tax [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – When am I dead? it’s not as simple as it might seem

July 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

Different cultures have different beliefs about how to define the difference between life and death WHEN I’M DEAD I won’t be writing these columns. But other than [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canada and other NATO countries don’t owe U.S. a cent

July 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S Alternate Truth tour of Europe, he scolded NATO countries: “Many countries are not paying what they should. And, frankly, many countries [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Legacies, some expected, some not, inherited by NDP

July 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE NDP GOVERNMENT has inherited a number of issues from the BC Liberals; some anticipated and some a complete surprise. One expected problem was B.C.’s medical services [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Homophobia contributes to loneliness

July 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

MEN HAVEN’T ALWAYS avoided open displays of affection for each other. Rachel Giese author of Boys:What It Means To Become A Man says: “Our squeamishness about male [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Zealand’s experience with electoral reform

June 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

I SAT DOWN with Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, to talk about her country’s experience with electoral reform. She was in Kamloops on June 21 [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Empty pipelines make good monuments and spill no oil

June 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE KINDER MORGAN pipeline should be built for the same reason as the pyramids – as a national monument. The pyramids employed workers but served no practical purpose other [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – More reasons for reduced guilt while flying

May 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

I FEEL LESS guilty flying on vacation now that I’ve compared flying with driving by car. Both contribute to global warming about the same. Comparisons between the two are [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Homoeopathy debate re-ignited by two recent events

May 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

QUESTIONS ABOUT the practice of homoeopathy have been re-ignited by two recent events. One has to do with a homeopathic rabid-dog-saliva treatment and the other about the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Anonymity is not enough for security on apps

May 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

YOU CAN SET your privacy settings on apps so that personal data is not shared. But even anonymous data can threaten security. Take the case of the fitness tracking app [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New doctors need to give up their sense of entitlement

May 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

ThERE ARE MORE doctors than ever before; yet two million Canadians can’t find one. An estimated 30,000 Kamloopsians don’t have a family doctor, although only about [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Facebook should be treated like other Canadian utilities

May 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

SO MANY CANADIANS use Facebook that it should be regulated like any other Canadian utility. No broadcaster or telephone company would operate in Canada without government [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canadians look beyond America to the outside world

April 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

FOR THE FIRST TIME in decades, Canadians are more likely to hold a negative view of the U.S. than positive. According to a survey by the Environics Institute, it’s the [Continue]