Provincial Politics

So, you’ve won the leadership of a major political party. Here’s what’s next.

Taped Friday, predictions made for an event that already happened when this made air. IT HAPPENS, OKAY?

Jordan Bateman and Maclean Kay react in real time to Falcon swooping into his new perch as BC Liberal leader

Rob Shaw: Over the course of the longest leadership race in recent memory, new BC Liberal head Kevin Falcon started in front, and stayed there.

With just hours left in a marathon of a leadership race, two BC Liberal contenders made surprising moves.

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.

Whoever emerges as BC Liberal leader, the smart move isn’t settling grudges, but turning former competitors into loyal allies. It’s been done before, says Katy Merrifield.

Rob Shaw: Over several stages, public health officials prepare to transition from mandates to roll with events as they come.

From court cases to leaders waxing and waning, a busy week around the stove.

Rob Shaw: A titan of Vancouver’s real estate scene proposes a new fix for the Lower Mainland’s out of control housing sector.