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If you’re underwhelmed by yesterday’s throne speech, Rob Shaw says it worked as intended.

Ada Slivinski: Never knowing how much product to stock and where they can sell it makes a difficult year even more frustrating.

Maclean Kay: The NDP’s latest Throne Speech had observers wondering, ‘What’s the point?’ Exactly as a Throne Speech should…

Rob Shaw: Monday’s Throne Speech won’t be the “mission accomplished” the NDP planned on – and must instead strike a delicate balance.

Sometimes it really is too late to apologize, the Greens stake out a position on pandemic response, and will the BC Liberals Just Dew It?

Carbon pricing can be an effective incentive to eco-friendlier options – but those options actually have to be available. As Dene Moore knows only too well, in Rural BC, that often isn’t the case.

Rob Shaw: For BC’s reeling restaurants, the bad news is provincial aid won’t be enough to cover expenses – but at least it’s also late.

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.

Maclean Kay: The BC Centre for Disease Control leaking data to the media is unusual in the extreme. The reason why could be anything from poor judgment to a reason(s) to be very concerned.

Rob Shaw: In getting the former premier and several ministers to take the stand at the Cullen Commission, the NDP may already have what it wants – regardless of what’s actually said.