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Jody Vance: The COVID-stricken Vancouver Canucks are making headlines. The province they call home has become a pandemic hotspot. Sharing their stories could help reach tuned-out fans – and save lives.

Why should you care? Despair, messaging repair, and taxing thin air.

Rob Shaw: With the housing market once again superheated, people are starting to look for new ideas and not scapegoats – but it won’t be easy.

Dene Moore: Ireland has unveiled a bold new plan for its rural areas. Rural British Columbians are green-eyed with envy.

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.

Rob Shaw: After a year of mostly getting it right, the province has had a series of pandemic communications mishaps, creating a very real risk of undermining public confidence.

Maclean Kay: John Horgan is savvy enough to know his “don’t blow it” comments backfired. What’s surprising is ordinarily he’d also be savvy enough to apologize and move on.

Jody Vance: Many young service industry workers already work paycheque to paycheque and tip to tip. Rather than blame them, the province should extend a hand.

Rob Shaw: Yes, case numbers are on the rise in younger demographics. But that’s also who has suffered most in the pandemic, and blaming them was astonishing.

Maclean Kay: Public health messaging has needed to change for a while – but yesterday was several steps backwards.