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Something in the water

Something in the water

Jordan Bateman: Time for Canadian energy backers to quit being so bloody polite.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 61

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 61

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.
#BCPOLI Hotstove: A(nother) long night at the ledge

#BCPOLI Hotstove: A(nother) long night at the ledge

Protesters were invited into the legislature to meet with Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister Scott Fraser - and then just didn't leave.
Shifting gears

Shifting gears

Bob Price: The road ahead for B.C. Truckers as technology changes and reducing emissions becomes a priority.
Turning data into health-care efficiencies

Turning data into health-care efficiencies

Vancouver’s Dr. John Street is demonstrating how data can be crunched to improve patient outcomes and treatment times.
No room at the school

No room at the school

Jody Vance: Tax dollars are poured into government at all levels to ensure our kids have access to solid public education where they live.
What are you protesting, exactly?

What are you protesting, exactly?

Dallas Smith: The protests and blockades obscure what should be an internal Wet’suwet’en dispute about governance, sadly co-opted by groups with their own agendas.
Taxed past the brink

Taxed past the brink

Ada Slivinski: Interim property tax relief program is too little too late for too many struggling small business.
The Carbon Catch-22

The Carbon Catch-22

Terry Etam: Crazy if you support hydrocarbons, crazy if you don’t – welcome to the new Catch-22
Bending pipe

Bending pipe

Part 2 of Mike Robinson's experience with the ill-fated Mackenzie Valley pipeline project.