Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – Artists struggle to make a living wage in Internet era

October 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

September 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

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

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

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

August 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

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]

CHARBONNEAU – As Canada goes nuclear, we’d rather not think about it

July 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

CANADA IS THIRD IN THE WORLD in replacing fossil fuels with nuclear. France and Sweden have replaced almost all of their fossil-fuelled generated electricity with nuclear [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Closure of the Vavenby mill was so predictable

June 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED the collapse of the B.C. forestry industry 15 years ago? Bob Simpson, that’s who. Back then the NDP MLA for Cariboo North was derided by the BC [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Unlock the potential of boredom

June 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

BOREDOM DOESN’T have to be a drag. Although everyone experiences boredom from time to time, defining it is hard. To complicate things, there are different kinds says [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – U.S. challenge of Northwest Passage is short-sighted

May 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

PRESIDENT TRUMP plans to send ships into our Northwest Passage without Canada’s permission. Why he would want to provoke Canada -America’s closest ally and trading [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Sometimes it’s not easy being a pro-vaxxer

May 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

DESPITE THE FACT THAT VACCINES have saved uncountable lives and virtually wiped out smallpox, polio, tetanus and rabies, vaccine risks exist. When those risks result in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Alberta’s faulty pipeline gambit

May 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT SAYS that if only B.C. would allow a second pipeline to be built, our gasoline prices would go down. If only it were true. The new pipeline will not [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Persuade, don’t malign anti-vaxxers

May 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF WE REALLY WANT TO convince parents to vaccinate their children, name-calling and vilification is not the way to go. Yet, that seems to be a common tactic. You don’t have [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Recycling seemed like a good idea at the time but it’s broken

May 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT SEEMED like a good idea at the time — throw away stuff guilt-free because others can use it. Now it looks more like wishful thinking. Manufacturers encouraged the scheme [Continue]