Provincial Politics

In search of stability - or because someone amended a bill - or because the pull of the polls was like a supermassive black hole - we're really doing a pandemic election.

BC's tourism and travel sectors are bearing the full brunt of pandemic economic fallout. Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock look at the numbers - and some ideas to alleviate the pain.

Dene Moore: The Lower Mainland and Victoria get the most attention – and resources – but per capita, the overdose crisis is more lethal in rural BC.

John Horgan may want to call an early election, but can’t say the real reason why. His problem is the whole province knows what it is.

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.

Mark Milke: The population of the Lower Mainland has grown. It’s not unreasonable to expect infrastructure to grow with it.

Early election rumblings, rumour, reality, rants, ravings, and rancid rationales for the risk.

Never dull, BC politics delivered a rollercoaster on Monday.

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.

Influenza, COVID-19, public accounts, and oh yes, a much-discussed early election.