CHARBONNEAU – Blueberries march north to B.C., then south again
BLUEBERRIES HAVE ARRIVED arrived from Peru in my local store. Next they’ll be coming from Chile, then Mexico. As spring moves north, they will arrive from Florida. Then [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Big Food versus Canada’s Food Guide
THE INTERESTS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY don’t always coincide with healthy eating. What’s at stake is Canada’s new food guide. It’s a big deal. Canada’s Food Guide is [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – When nature gives you tar sands, make carbon fibres
OIL SANDS crude prices have hit rock bottom. The future could be in the tar -the bitumen. The original name for the deposits, tar sands, should be restored because that’s [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – StatsCan and the politicization of information gathering
STATSCAN NEEDS to update its operating system and reboot. They now operate on a paper system in which only 40 per cent of surveys on spending habits are returned. Those that [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Ten years after the Great Recession, nothing’s changed
A DECADE LATER, the crisis that threatened to take down the global financial order seems like a bad dream. Now it’s business as usual. In 2008, banking institutions creaked [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Canada’s Roma have a rich history, including in Kamloops
THE ROMANI PEOPLE of Canada have been met with both fascination and suspicion. For more than a century, Canadians have been fascinated by the colourful bands of “Gypsies” [Continue]
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