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A new tax on sweetened, fizzy beverages and high-income earners will attract most of the attention – but the province is borrowing more and more to build.

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.

Daniel Marshall: The great untold story about competing railway routes, Vancouver Island, and the national dream.

There's only one topic this week: Tuesday's protest - and blockade - at the BC Legislature.

Bob Price on the spring legislative session – as seen from the Interior.

Maclean Kay: Throne Speech day was completely overshadowed by the most aggressive protest at the legislature since the ‘War in the Woods’ fracas in the ‘90s.

Jody Vance: Testing for strep throat has become both simpler and more complicated.

The buzz at this year’s Natural Resource Forum has been dominated by one speech – made on the fly, by someone terrified of public speaking.

Ada Slivinski: Brands asking ‘influencers’ to work for free devalues their worth.

Daniel Marshall: The great untold story about competing railway routes, Vancouver Island, and the national dream.