Commentary

From lab-grown meat to grocery store staff bonuses to the food-service crisis to gardening and cooking at home to panic buying.

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.

Jody Vance: Across Canada, Fairs are hurting – but only the PNE has been left in the cold. The reason why is more frustrating than the milk ring toss.

A big shift in Victoria, an out-of-character clawback, and COVID Christmas blues.

First in line must be those with the greatest risk, which we can assess based on pandemic morbidity and mortality statistics.

Ada Slivinski: Instead of being shrouded in mystery, buying two run-down hotels should have been an opportunity to talk about why people felt safer on the street.

Even though Canadians have access to one of the cheapest food baskets in the world, the pace of inflation is unmanageable for many.

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.

Chris Gardner: For more than 60 years, the Taylor Bridge has been the quiet glue that has kept the North and South Peace regions connected. It's reaching the end of its life, with no concrete plans to replace it.

"We expect police to remain unaffected by what they encounter, to be gentle and compassionate on the one hand and tough and fearless on the other, to always be at their very best, and flawless."