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.

Bob Price asks prominent journalists to share 2019’s top stories in their respective communities.

Jody Vance: We spend far too much attention on news from afar, and not nearly enough on the stories that actually affect our day-to-day lives. It doesn’t have to be this way.

For many communities, this Christmas comes in hard times. That’s when random acts of kindness go even farther.

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.

Kent Verge looks ahead to the upcoming Conservative leadership race – and hopes the party takes a lesson from France.

Bob Price looks to the year ahead for B.C. real estate.

Jody Vance: If we’re going to solve the housing crisis, we have to reject the false binary between NIMBYism and overdevelopment.

A Conservative leader must be intelligent, confident, experienced, have miles of backbone, and the ability to build and maintain political bridges.

Matthew Lau: UBC’s decision to divest from the natural resource industry almost certainly means diminished financial returns. That either means less money for the university, or more money asked for in subsidies.