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Informed consent

Informed consent

Jody Vance: In the drive for herd immunity, we need to get everyone – absolutely everyone – vaccinated. Even teens whose parents may be hesitant.
Summertime blues

Summertime blues

Rob Shaw: BC is a bit behind other jurisdictions with a Restart 2.0 plan – and there’s zero chance life goes back to normal next week.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 123

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 123

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: Sick leave, data leakage, QP shenanigans

#BCPOLI​ Hotstove: Sick leave, data leakage, QP shenanigans

The podcast that isn't quite as dominant as Vladimir Putin on the ice, but...okay, not even close. Also you won't be imprisoned for not watching.
In a crisis, honesty is the best prescription

In a crisis, honesty is the best prescription

Maclean Kay: Public health officials insisting a leak wasn’t a leak is disappointing for many reasons - not least that it didn’t have to go down that way.
Pressing flesh

Pressing flesh

Long a pillar of business and social interactions alike, the noble handshake has been shelved for the pandemic. Ada Slivinski hopes it comes back.
Political Capital 12 - BC hides COVID-19 data, Ottawa confuses vaccines, and whither public funding?

Political Capital 12 - BC hides COVID-19 data, Ottawa confuses vaccines, and whither public funding?

In which the panel wonders if bureaucrats really can walk and chew gum at the same time.
Need to know

Need to know

Rob Shaw looks at the revelation that heath authorities have been withholding pandemic data, and wonders what they were thinking.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 122

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 122

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.
Now is the summer of our discontent

Now is the summer of our discontent

Maclean Kay looks ahead to what might be a challenging few weeks and months. (With help from William Shakespeare’s Richard III, because why not.)