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CHARBONNEAU – We are ambivalent about fighting climate change

November 16, 2023 // 8 Comments

EVEN AS THE CLIMATE emergency grows, Canadians are becoming ambivalent. The threat is clear. Oceans are hotter than any time in the last 2,000 years. Conditions are ripe for [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer Supply program should be expanded but not to non-prescriptions

November 9, 2023 // 6 Comments

IN A PERFECT WORLD, giving people a safe alternative to deadly drugs would be a no-brainer. If clean water was offered to people who only had dirty water to drink, who would [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Alberta is booming again and renewables will suffer

November 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

AS LONG AS THE FUTURE for green energy looked bright, Alberta was leading Canada in renewable energy growth. The multibillion-dollar investment over the past few years has [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Universities back away from free speech in Israel conflict

October 26, 2023 // 3 Comments

UNIVERSITIES PROMOTE THEMSELVES as bastions of free speech. But that claim is being tested with comments made by student unions in support of Palestine. Politicians and union [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Palestine vs. Israel: Brothers are the worst enemies

October 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, sibling rivalry and family feuds have resulted in epic struggles for power, land and resources. The first murder recorded in the Bible was committed by a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Damage caused by criminalization will take years to repair

October 12, 2023 // 2 Comments

THE DAMAGE DONE by a century of criminalization cannot be undone quickly but B.C. has taken the right approach in decriminalizing small amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, [Continue]