The Orca Podcasts

Unemployment falls sharply, Telus upgrades, and another Vancouver to Kelowna air link. Bob Price has your July 9 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

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 speculate on MP Jody Wilson-Rabauld’s next move after her decision to leave federal politics; then it’s untangling Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s credit stealing tweet and press releases; also — Vancouver Park Board — really?; and finally, wildfires, big announcements and a new Governor General. It’s a packed week.

A B.C. lumber producer has found a way to spend it's riches, B.C.'s credit rating takes a hit, and a much anticipated Vancouver Island tourist attraction is set to open.  Bob Price has your July 8 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

Maclean and Jordan are back to discuss the Premier's "fatalities are a part of life" blunder, government response to the heat and fires, Aaron Gunn's BC Liberal leadership exploratory committee, and the greatness of Mrs. Landingham from the West Wing.

On the latest episode of Ellected, Sarah Elder-Chamanara welcomes Alison Tedford to discuss her latest book, Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain, and all her writing over the course of the pandemic. They discuss the ongoing discovery of finding bodies on the sites of residential school sites across Canada. Alison shares some very invaluable advice for brands and businesses on how to approach and pitch Indigenous writers during times of trauma and using a trauma informed approach to outreach. 

Alison Tedford is an Indigenous author, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant and a mom. From the Kwakiutl First Nation and based in Abbotsford, BC she has over a decade of government experience and seven years of private sector experience creating information products that educate, inform and delight. Alison is also the brilliant mind behind the name of this podcast! 

Alison uses an intersectional approach and supports projects and founders that honour that Black, Trans and Indigenous Lives Matter, who understand that disability access is a right not a privilege and that further the equality of women. 

Alison's latest book Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain, recently topped the BC best seller's list and available now on Chapters Indigo at https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/chronic-profit-building-your-small/9781770403321-item.html. Her next book, Stay Woke,Not Broke will be coming out in April 2022. It delves into how to build an anti-oppressive business based on values. 

Racism concerns in the workplace, why B.C. cherry prices are likely to soar, and how wildfires are putting heat on supply chains.  Bob Price has your July 7 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer.   

A major acquisition for a Vancouver cyber security company, yet more upward pressure on gas prices, and a further sign that air travel is returning to normal.  Bob Price has your July 6 Orca Business Beat, brought to you Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

Why the cost of used vehicles is soaring, TC Energy looks to land a big compensation package from the U.S. government, and the latest report on corporate pay during the pandemic.  Bob Price has your July 5 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

A new question mark over the B.C. Hydro Site C Dam project, a rising office vacancy rate in Victoria, and a minimum global corporate tax has moved another step closer.  Bob Price has your July 2 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

Down payments underscore the high cost of housing in B.C., another blow for the B.C. fishing industry, and the newest evidence of the economic damage caused by COVID.  Bob Price has your June 30 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer.