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The woman behind Madame Premier is launching a must-listen podcast about and for women in politics.

Rob Shaw: If you’re the head of a BC health authority, it takes more than a bad $7 million deal, firing subordinates for ‘disloyalty,’ and trying to can the person auditing you.

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: BC’s bus sector desperately needs help – but may not be able to survive, unless the NDP government can get past its own ideology.

The first few weeks of February are usually chock-a-block with BC politics news - but there's no normal in 2021.

Jody Vance: It shouldn’t have to be this way. But until we get there, women should learn some basic tips and pointers on how to stay safe.

Ada Slivinski: BC’s Launch Online Grant needs some tweaking. Specifically, it needs to be retroactive.

Rob Shaw: A new report details in excruciating detail why the idea of Universal Basic Income is a non-starter for the foreseeable future.

Dene Moore: The steel-skinned approach that propelled Julie Payette to the top of the Canadian Space Agency was ill-suited for a ceremonial role.

Rob Shaw: ‘It’s possible Kahlon could save the program with a series of last-minute emergency manoeuvres – but even if he does, it exposes that the NDP government’s initial aid packages in September were extremely poorly designed.’