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]
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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]
CHARBONNEAU – As Canada goes nuclear, we’d rather not think about it
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
CHARBONNEAU – Traditional masculinity hinders productivity
THE QUALITIES THAT MEN NEED in the workplace have changed. A study of 16 professional Canadian men found that traditional male behaviour no longer serves them well. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Netflix in Canada, reconsidered
I WAS A LITTLE hard on Netflix in an earlier column. The video-streaming giant had told a panel reviewing Canada’s Broadcast Act that market forces should determine their [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Re-humanizing work a major challenge in high-tech world
MACHINES DO MANY THINGS BETTER THAN HUMANS – except being human. Advances in technology have always generated anxiety. Workers during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – How flower power and the computer age let me down
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN ELECTRONICS all my life, I had high hopes for the digital age. But it turned out to be yet another disappointment. The first was when flower [Continue]
