Commentary

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.

From online grocery shopping to home delivery to cooking with fresh ingredients to higher prices to fewer choices in stores.

Blair King: Normally, the finer points of oil chemistry aren’t at issue. But when they’re misrepresented to further a narrative, we have a problem.

Supported by all these bullish factors, Brent crude spot prices rose. Yet oil markets also face bearish pressures.

Not for the first time, the federal government has floated the idea of taxing primary home sales. Kris Sims says this trial balloon should be popped, and here's why.

The NHL is playing in August. Jody Vance was skeptical, but now she’s all in. Here’s why.

The federal finance minister's resignation is always gonna be the top story, but there are no dull weeks in BC politics.

Roslyn Kunin: Yes, there's less security in contract work. But the pandemic makes long-term commitment a challenge for employers.

Ryan Berlin: Market tailwinds drive a flurry of buying activity in July.

As the legislature disperses, and an election sometime in the next 14 months, there’s a chance we’ve seen the last of BC’s oldest-ever MLA. That’s a shame.