Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – New Russian movie villains won’t look like the old ones

August 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE NEW RUSSIAN VILLAINS probably won’t be like the old ones in movies. In the 1950s, Russian villains were seen as alien invaders with superior weapons and mind control in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – BC Housing reboot: there’s a lot of catching up to do

August 11, 2022 // 1 Comment

BC HOUSING CORPORATION is suffering growing pains and no wonder. After years of neglect in building affordable housing, there ís a lot of catching up to do. The provincial [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The green-washing of B.C.’s wood pellet industry

August 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

OUR WOOD PELLET industry is clear cutting the province under the pretense that pellets are a green source of fuel. Much of the industry is in B.C.’s inland rainforests and [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – A chapter closes in Canada’s worst mass murder

July 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

THEY PARKED their SUV at seven in the morning of July 14 in front of his family business and waited for him. When Ripudaman Singh Malik arrived a few hours later, he was shot [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – I want an improved health span, not life span

July 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

I PROBABLY WON’T won’t die of “old age.” More likely, I’ll die of some disease associated with growing older. For too many of us, health span is reduced by [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Finally, a challenge to detention of ‘certifiable’ people

July 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

UNLIKE OTHER Canadian jurisdictions, those who are deemed to be mentally ill in British Columbia can be held indefinitely. B.C. does not have an automatic review of ongoing [Continue]