The Orca Podcasts

A call to allow more temporary foreign workers in Canada, three  B.C. cities among Canada's four most expensive rental rates, and a real estate giant doubts that higher borrowing costs will slow home prices.  Bob Price has your January 14 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels. 

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.

This week, Jody and George go from Covid, to climate change and then back to Covid. But don’t worry — they find a theme to it all and its leadership. Where is it? Who has it? And who is abusing it? From the seawall in Vancouver to a tennis match in Australia - it’s a whole wide world of spin out there and they have it covered.

A bleak outlook for the B.C. forest sector, copper miners threaten to go on strike, and booming sales for a Vancouver clothing retailer.  Bob Price has your January 13 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.  

Why sky high gas prices are likely headed even higher, it doesn't sound like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be finished on time, and more worry for Lululemon investors. Bob Price has your January 12 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.  

A rare headline for Vancouver based Lululemon, an unwanted headline for B.C.'s tourism sector, and higher costs for do it yourself investors.  Bob Price has your January 11 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.  

It could be a world first in Prince George, a B.C. cannabis producer reports an impressive profit, and why food prices will likely keep pushing higher.  Bob Price sets the table with your January 10 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.  

Canada's job market tops analyst expectations again, another Canadian airline announces several flight cancellations, and another legal victory for a Kelowna hotel over a gate.  Bob Price has your January 7th Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.  

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. This week, Jody and George celebrate a new year and a new season. Season 4 of UnSpun to be exact. Then it’s straight into covid variants and political variance on how the pandemic is being dealt with in other regions and countries. Then “Snowmegeddon” 2021-22 has them all abuzz on the right political moves and the wrong ones. And finally — barge on the beach. It’s time move it or Jody might lose it.

A proposed new tax to make housing more affordable, a new warning that things could actually get worse for home buyers, and a new low cost airline moves a step closer.  Bob Price has your January 6 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.  

Maclean and Jordan co-host a jaw-dropping episode of the Hotstove, talking the differences between Ontario and BC COVID-19 responses, municipal politics, and the persuasion era of the BC Liberal leadership race.