Business

Not as bad as many feared – but BC’s jobs numbers are still grim.

The oil price crash of recent weeks has triggered a wave of huge exploration and production capital expenditure cuts.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.

The economics of pay increases in the retail sector are always weak, especially in food retailing, which has low margins.

Will producers be tempted by a rise in crude oil prices to disregard quotas and voluntary production cuts?

Dene Moore isn’t sure the provincial government’s well-intentioned agricultural job board will address the underlying problems. Here’s why.

For civic leaders there is a route through this crisis, but it requires innovative thinking and a reversal of tired policies.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.

Ken Baerg: Canada's economy is underpinned by a healthy resource sector - and as necessary stimulus and relief spending adds up, we'll need it more than ever.

The food sector has never been recession-proof. But COVID-19 may show that it’s immune to deflationary pressures.