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Brakes applied to worldwide oil, gas exploration

Brakes applied to worldwide oil, gas exploration

With long gestation periods, new oil and gas projects may not get online when needed.
How COVID could save Rural BC

How COVID could save Rural BC

Dene Moore: The pandemic is expected to cause a massive shift towards working from home. For affordable, beautiful rural communities with more space than people, this could be a game-changer.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 77

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 77

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.
Picket fences?

Picket fences?

Ada Slivinski: For many, the pandemic has spurred a rethink of their individual housing situation.
Business destruction and COVID-19

Business destruction and COVID-19

Jock Finlayson: BC has done a good job flattening the curve of COVID-19 - but don't lose sight of the fact that the province’s economy has been devastated by the pandemic, and measures taken to contain it.
The night at the end of the tunnel

The night at the end of the tunnel

Jordan Bateman: There's a lot wrong with the way the NDP are shrugging off a crucial deadline for BC businesses, not least of which is going back to seeing business as the boogeyman.
Zero tolerance

Zero tolerance

Jody Vance's conversation with former NHL star Georges Laraque about racism, and how to create change.
#BCPOLI Hotstove: The pols are back in town (Return of the Ledge)

#BCPOLI Hotstove: The pols are back in town (Return of the Ledge)

Questions about Question Period, reporting on reports, electing when to hold elections, and TikToking in Tulsa.
US increases pressure on Saudi Arabia to cut oil production

US increases pressure on Saudi Arabia to cut oil production

Current oil production cuts can’t continue for long or the Saudis, and others, won’t balance their budgets.
Ledge in the time of COVID

Ledge in the time of COVID

Observations from the first day back in the BC legislature.