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CHARBONNEAU – Dread of drought and the psychology of water shortage

April 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

I WORRY about the drought. I never used to think much about snowpacks. The reported snowpack levels were about as interesting as the price of pork bellies. Now I nervously [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer supply drug diversion is greatly exaggerated

March 29, 2024 // 5 Comments

IT’S TRUE THAT some drugs given to addicts treated under B.C.’s safer supply program end up being sold on the street. But the scale of the problem is being inflated [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Why everyone wants to be Indigenous these days

March 21, 2024 // 1 Comment

NON-INDIGENOUS CANADIANS want to claim Indigenous status for a number of reasons. One of them is to provide a defence in court they wouldn’t otherwise have, and another is [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Short naps have long benefits

March 14, 2024 // 0 Comments

I CONFESS that I have a daily nap. I admit that reluctantly because sleeping midday has a bad reputation. In our culture, it indicates sloth and indolence. Siestas are common [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Will Trudeau the younger go for a walk in the snow?

March 7, 2024 // 1 Comment

FORTY YEARS AGO, Justin’s father took a walk in the snow. He returned home and sat in his sauna for an hour and a half pondering his future. He went to his office the next [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Cannabis is not harmless. We never said it was

February 29, 2024 // 2 Comments

WHEN WE FORMED the Calgary chapter of the Alberta Legalization of Cannabis Committee (ALCC) in 1977, we made sure that we didn’t claim it was harmless. It would be foolish [Continue]