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CHARBONNEAU – One time, sure, but it should be Standard Time, not DST

November 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

B.C. PREMIER JOHN HORGAN has a good idea in getting rid of the semi-annual upset of our biological rhythms by switching clocks back and forth. Horgan has a bad idea in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – This isn’t your father’s minority government

November 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU’s minority government is not like his father’s. When Pierre Trudeau won minority government in 1972, he didn’t have the support of [Continue]

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]