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UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 43

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 43

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.
Businesses need to work harder to retain driven staff

Businesses need to work harder to retain driven staff

Millennial employees increasingly want to work someplace they think matters – and also lets them have ‘side gigs.’
The QPees: Will the NDP buy the farm on agriculture changes?

The QPees: Will the NDP buy the farm on agriculture changes?

Celebrating the best and the best of the worst in B.C.’s Question Period - for the week of Oct. 28-31, 2019.
How tech trumped tourism in the Okanagan

How tech trumped tourism in the Okanagan

Kelowna will always rely on visitors from afar - but increasingly, another industry is driving the region.
The war on drugs must be fought at addiction’s social roots

The war on drugs must be fought at addiction’s social roots

The answer to addiction will not be found in the industries of incarceration and prescription.
#BCPOLI Hotstove: farm fights, Green leaders and making up with Mike de Jong

#BCPOLI Hotstove: farm fights, Green leaders and making up with Mike de Jong

From farmers to former leaders, to words you definitely can't yell in the legislature, this week's show is brought to you by the letter F.
A Christmas Challenge

A Christmas Challenge

Jody Vance invites you to join her this holiday season in shopping local. No online, no massive megastores, but small, independent mom-and-pop shops. You’ll give better gifts, and feel better doing it.
Plenty of challenges await Liberals

Plenty of challenges await Liberals

The diversity and complexity of Canadian federal politics echoes through the 2019 general election results.
The QPees: Eby takes out court loss on opposition

The QPees: Eby takes out court loss on opposition

Celebrating the best and the best of the worst in B.C.’s Question Period - for the week of Oct. 21-24, 2019.
Course correction

Course correction

After the ‘Seinfeld of elections,’ BC businesses hope long-term economic issues might finally get some needed attention.