Provincial Politics

Dene Moore: Already creaking with staff shortages, the situation in Interior Health may be about to get worse – but for the right reason.

Rob Shaw: By any measure you choose, housing has grown dramatically less affordable since 2017. New BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon is zeroing in.

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.

Jordan Bateman takes a closer at the numbers, trends, regional data, tidbits and miscellany of Kevin Falcon’s win.

Rob Shaw: A mostly-empty throne speech didn’t divert much attention from other provincial governments taking more active control of the decision to phase out COVID restrictions.

The BC Liberals have a new leader. What can he expect in his first few weeks?

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.