The Orca Podcasts

B.C. lumber producers still fuming over higher U.S. tariffs, another trade dispute is expected to cause furniture prices to jump, and a Canadian steel giant is about to go public. Bob Price has your May 25 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

A higher hurdle for home buyers, much needed good news B.C.'s tourism and restaurant sectors, and B.C. retail sales take a time out. Bob Price has these stories and more in the May 21 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 first focus on Vancouver and ask whether a motion being present is 12 stories too far; then George get’s all excited about spatial planning, what’s that you ask? He’ll tell all; and camper vans are the new tent in Vancouver and Council is officially trapped in their passive precedence; and finally — step right up kids, time for your vaccine. Come one. Come all.

In the first Amplify episode on Ellected, a series that amplifies up and coming women in and around politics, host Sarah Elder-Chamanara welcomes Amarit Brar, Organization Chair of the National Women's Liberal Commission. They discuss getting involved in her first campaign, making the leap to federal politics, what winning and losing feels like, why it's important for women of all political backgrounds to run for internal party positions, and Amarit's thoughts on the BC Liberal leadership race.

Well known manufacturing companies have become the latest targets for cyber attacks, B.C. continues to lead the country in electric vehicle sales, and the latest update on new home prices.  Bob Price has your May 20 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

Why a correction won't mean a crash for lumber prices, another question mark over L.N.G., and the latest working at home survey might surprise you. Bob Price has your May 19 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

Maclean and Jordan break down the Kevin Falcon campaign launch, the state of the BC Liberal leadership race, the NDP's US cruise ship misreads, and (of course) COVID-19.

Housing analysts are trying to figure out what the latest real estate data means, another big setback for a B.C. L-N-G project, and a couple of big name retailers are reporting strong results.  Bob Price has your May 18 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer.  

A potential jackpot for B.C. Hydro, the hits just keep on coming for B.C. tourism, and U.S. tariffs on Canadian Lumber are back in the spotlight.  Bob Price has your May 17 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer.  

In Ellected's second episode, host Sarah Elder-Chamanara speaks with Mercedes Stephenson, host of Global TV's political news show West Block.

Mercedes and Sarah discuss being an intern at the Pentagon in a post-9/11 world, the role of women in Canada's military, being embedded in Niger and reporting from Afghanistan, women in journalism and the need for increased diversity in the ranks of those asking the questions, how COVID-19 has made it harder to interact with politicians and sexual assault in Canada's military.