Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – The shortage is of family practitioners, not doctors

June 19, 2025 // 2 Comments

CANADA HAS MORE doctors than ever before but fewer of us (including me) have a family doctor. How can that be? What are they doing if not treating the 6.5 million Canadians [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Few long-term jobs from AI data centers in Kamloops

June 12, 2025 // 1 Comment

THERE ARE OBVIOUS advantages for the builders of AI data centres to locate in Kamloops. But they don’t create that many long-term jobs. Job creation is a routine part of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Proposed Tk’emlúps biomass fuel refinery gets Trump bump

June 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

PRESIDENT TRUMP has, perhaps advertently, given a break to North American biomass fuel producers. In his war on sanity, Trump is not known to help former friends. Trump’s [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Robots aren’t persons under the law yet

May 29, 2025 // 1 Comment

THE OUTCOME of a U.S. federal court case could have legal and philosophical implications. A suit filed by a Florida mother alleges that an artificial intelligence company is [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Kamloops ranked first at wildfire risk again?

May 22, 2025 // 2 Comments

MyCHOICE, A SMALL “insurance tech” company in Toronto, has come out with wildfire risks for Canadian cities again. And again, Kamloops tops the list. For a small company, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Where’s the flap over smart meters now?

May 15, 2025 // 0 Comments

I RECEIVED A NOTICE in the mail from Fortis gas letting me know that they will be installing smart meters in my area of Kamloops. Fine by me. Like my BC Hydro smart meter, [Continue]