Provincial Politics

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.

Rob Shaw: Citing ‘privacy concerns’ once moved John Horgan to literally shake with outrage. And yet, his government deploys the same rationale.

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

Katy Merrifield interviews the BC Liberal leadership candidates. This week, Gavin Dew.

Rob Shaw looks at the revelation that heath authorities have been withholding pandemic data, and wonders what they were thinking.

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: People are safest outdoors. They have a need for connection. And yet – they still can’t have a glass of wine at the beach.

Rob Shaw: In just one year, hundreds of millions have been spent on housing and shelter spaces – and it still isn’t enough.

Bleak days in the Lower Mainland, some surprising fundraising figures, and yes, the stupid pandemic.

Rob Shaw: From an off-the-cuff promise of random police roadblocks, to an honour system turnstile – and that’s probably for the best.