The Orca Podcasts

Why Canada's mining sector isn't impressed with new environmental rules being proposed, those gas prices are about to impact the cost of ride hailing, and a big add for the owner of Shoppers Drug Mart. Bob Price has your March 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 get into it and discuss the great flag debate that … well … that Jody has kind of started with her provocative column in TheOrca.ca; then it's over to Europe where some "intrepid" reporters are asking whether our leaders should be over there — really? And back in Canada, Covid regulations ease, cups still cost us, patios are the poster child for bureaucracy and guess who will be Vancouver's next mayor? Ugh. All that and more this week on UnSpun.

An absolute hiring spree tops Canada's latest economic gauge, best ever results for a Vancouver based miner, and another well known Canadian company stands with Ukraine. Bob Price unmasks your March 11 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.

The biggest name in on-line retailing is turning heads, Squamish has the latest evidence of sharply higher land values, and a banner year for a Richmond based food company. Bob Price serves up your March 10th edition of the Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.

Costly carbs with more upward pressure on food prices, a consumer backlash forces 3 more corporate giants to suspend business in Russia, and Vancouver based Lululemon is set to add a brand new line. Bob Price has your March 9 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.

Maclean and Jordan break down all the news in BC politics, including record-high gas taxes, the Lytton delays, and FOI hearings... plus Jordan dunks on Broncos' fan Maclean over Aaron Rodgers (taped moments before news broke that the Broncos acquired Russell Wilson!).

Gas prices, gold soars, and personal and business debt worries. Bob Price has your must-know rundown in the March 8 edition of the The Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Mundi Hotels.

On this month's edition of A Second Look host Justin P. Goodrich takes a second look at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Joining him is Rachel Segal, a lawyer, political strategist, and public policy university lecturer. Together, they unpack the good, bad, and ugly, and talk about their optimism for what a 2030 Indigenous-led bid could mean for reconciliation.

Get ready to pay even more for gasoline as the price of oil soars, more big names in Canadian business are suspending operations in Russia, and a Nanaimo truss manufacturer is quickly becoming a giant. Bob Price has your March 7 Orca Business Beat, brought to you Mundi Hotels.

A proposed takeover in Canada's telecom sector is facing a new hurdle, a big fall for B.C. building intentions, and if you're looking for a downtown Vancouver condo, have we got a deal for you! Bob Price has your Friday, March 4th Orca Business Beat, brought to you Mundi Hotels.