CHARBONNEAU – The coronavirus pandemic is a fact, but it’s also news
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS A FACT. It is also news. The difference between facts and “the news” is that facts don’t always become news, not because those facts [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus tests Canada’s character
CANADIANS ARE SEEN AS “NICE” PEOPLE, sensible, proud of Canada but not jingoistic, modest, not fanatically religious. The way we respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus gives the virus family a bad name
MOST VIRUSES ARE BENIGN and some are even lifesaving. Only a few cause panic and fear. We are literally immersed in viruses. A UBC professor has discovered that billions of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The language of the infiltrators in pipeline dispute
INFILTRATORS OF THE PIPELINE PROTEST intend to shut down dialogue and perpetuate the divisions between us. What was once the sole grievance of hereditary chiefs is now a [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Cheer up, climate change could be a lot worse
THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL was remarkable for three reasons: It was a model for international cooperation; it succeeded in reducing atmospheric pollution; and now studies show it [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Kamloops rental shortage is no accident
THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS in Kamloops is the result of deliberate government policy starting with the Mulroney Conservatives in the 1990s. Not just Kamloops but [Continue]
