The Orca Podcasts

In this episode of A Second Look, Justin P. Goodrich welcomes Vancouver City Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung to discuss the short-lived but tumultuous "I Heart J.K. Rowling" billboard on Hastings Street in Vancouver. Up for a single day, it nevertheless dominated headlines - and discussion - long afterward. 

Two more banks are reporting higher than predicted profits, new evidence that COVID has taken a toll on B.C. construction, and an old made new again in Victoria.  Bob Price has these stories and much more in the February 24 Orca Business Beat, brought to by Simply Computing. 

Maclean and Jordan talk about the BC Government's COVID-19 mental health "self-care" bingo card; Ellis Ross, Mike Morris and the BC Liberal leadership race; and does the BC Liberal Party need a new name.

Better than expected earnings in Canada's banking sector, a Southern Vancouver Island logging dispute is heading to court, and more evidence of Vancouver's sky high housing market.  Bob Price has these stories and more in the February 23 Orca Business Beat, sponsored by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

COVID uncovers another glaring gender gap, the cost of renting soars in B.C.'s Okanagan, and a big week ahead for Canada's banks.  Bob Price has these stories and more in the February 22 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

New evidence that COVID played Scrooge last Christmas, why the Coastal GasLink pipeline is behind schedule and over budget, and an iconic Victoria hotel is getting a new boss.  Bob Price has your February 19 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 on UnSpun, Jody and George get into the tangled mess and planning hell at City Hall in Vancouver; then they wonder how it could have been possible that a tow truck company could simple drop off a derelict trailer in a city park; and finally, it’s a pandemic, people. Just follow the rules for now. It’s not that hard.

A B.C. cannabis producer is turning heads, copper pays off for Vancouver based Teck Resources, and Canadian Tire tops expectations.  Bob Price has these stories and much more in the February 18 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer.  

A big takeover in Canada's airline sector in a holding pattern, better news for B.C.'s lumber business, and Canada's Shopify is turning heads.  Bob Price has these stories and much more in the February 17 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing, Your Local Apple Dealer. 

Maclean Kay and Jordan Bateman react to the growing chasm between the reporting of Sam Cooper and Ian Mulgrew on the Cullen Commission into money laundering. Plus Site C, BC Budget, federal election rumours, Jordan's backyard rink, and a preview of CHEK TV's Political Capital with Maclean, Rob Shaw, Jillian Oliver and Katy Merrifield.