COVID-19

Rob Shaw: Public health officials are handling a COVID-19 outbreak in the Okanagan differently than previous regional outbreaks. Here’s why.

Dene Moore: It’s no secret there are lower vaccination rates in northern and interior BC. But the reasons why aren’t as simple as many think.

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.

Jody Vance: Patience with vaccine hesitancy is waning for good reason – but more than ever, we need to convince the holdouts to lend a hand…or arm.

Rob Shaw: Elections BC has released its report into BC’s pandemic vote – one of the most expensive, least engaged, and calculating elections in the province’s history.

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.

Rob Shaw: Reassured for months that mixing vaccines is fine – and that AstraZeneca is a good option – news from the US is brewing confusion in BC.

Jock Finlayson: Last year, some Western analysts speculated the pandemic would slow Asia’s – and particularly China’s – global ascent. That hasn’t happened.

Rob Shaw: The tragedy of unused COVID vaccines ending up in Canadian trashbins, instead of arms around the world.

Where people work from and how the economy revives is keeping Canadian grocers awake at night, as will pandemic-induced shifts in population growth.