Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Dr. Sandra Allison, Island Health, Medical Health Officer for Nanaimo, Oceanside, Alberni-Clayoquot joins the program to talk about a new campaign conducted by Island Health to support men who struggle with drug substances. Dr. Allison stresses that the message behind this campaign is that men should avoid using substances at home and alone and to encourage men who are facing challenges to feel mo...

The show starts with Adam providing a brief recap of the incidents leading up to notably ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers departing from Vancouver Island in recent days. Open Lines start up as listeners are able to voice their thoughts and concerns with Adam on topics such as pedestrian safety and the ‘Freedom Convoy’. Adam plays a segment from CTV’s broadcast that provide...

Ian Tostenson, President, BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association chats with Adam about the removal of the vaccine passports this week. Tostenson acknowledges that the passports were very useful during earlier parts of pandemic but aren’t as useful currently as other protocols are just as effective moving forward

John Nepomuceno, ICBC Road Safety Program Manager joins the program to provide details about an interactive application that functions as simulator for people learning to drive. Nepomuceno notes making mistakes is important to improving learner’s understanding and this program serves as a means of preventing the dangers of making mistakes on the road

Dr. Sandra Allison, Island Health, Medical Health Officer for Nanaimo, Oceanside, Alberni-Clayoquot joins the program to talk about a new campaign conducted by Island Health to support men who struggle with drug substances. Dr. Allison stresses that the message behind this campaign is that men should avoid using substances at home and alone and to encourage men who are facing challenges to feel mo...

The show starts with Adam providing an update to a story that initially occurred during the Ottawa “Freedom Convoy” protests as a Police Horse had fallen and allegedly injured an individual. Adam shares evidence that disproves this claim as the Police Horse did not injure the individual. Focus shifts as the topic of Victoria City Council and the local homeless crisis as more incidents...

Open Lines continue as listeners are able to voice their thoughts and concerns with Adam about various topics covered throughout the show including COVID-19 healthy and safety protestors, Canadian healthcare, public figures getting COVID-19 after international travel, and pedestrian safety. Andrea Mrozek, Senior Fellow with Cardus joins the program to chat with Adam about alternative options for g...

Daniel Coombs, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics joins the program to provide insight into how we are able to predict and understand trends of COVID-19 infections. Professor Coombs acknowledges that vaccines and boosters are vital in ensuring that the virus is not as difficult and contribute to the resistance to infection. Open lines continue as listeners ar...

Daniel Coombs, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics joins the program to provide insight into how we are able to predict and understand trends of COVID-19 infections. Professor Coombs acknowledges that vaccines and boosters are vital in ensuring that the virus is not as difficult and contribute to the resistance to infection. 

Andrea Mrozek, Senior Fellow with Cardus joins the program to chat with Adam about alternative options for government in aiding childcare providers. Mrozek provides details to an initiative that would like to see the government providing finical aid directly to immediate child caretakers then they are able to use funds to support children in which way they need at the moment.  

Monika Wieland-Shields, Director, Orca Behavior Institute joins the program to share details of the record breaking count of Orca Whales around the southern part of Vancouver Island. Wieland-Shields shares that over 70 whales were counted in one day last week including whales from approximately 17 different family groups and the iconic whale named Chainsaw. 

Nathan Worku, The Disinformation Project, SFU chats with Adam about the ever changing nature of artificially-intelligence-learning search engines and how they may be contributing to misinformation. Worku notes that the subtitles and tags used for categorizing searched information may be misleading such as non-accruate titles for individuals. Monika Wieland-Shields, Director, Orca Behavior Institut...

Adam shares some of the text messages from listeners as they make comments on Ukraine/Russia conflict, ‘Freedom Convoy’ and Old Growth protests, COVID-19 vaccines and health and safety mandates. Open Lines also continue as listeners voice their thoughts and concerns on topics such as local road maintenance and recent local music concerts. Marg Gardiner, James Neighbourhood association...

The show starts with Adam providing updates on an incident that occurred in Victoria as Save Old Growth supports made a demonstration by creating a road blockade until law enforcement got involved. Adam also plays various audio clips from ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers as they outline their agenda going forward. Open Lines are available for listeners to chat with Adam about topics covered...

Marg Gardiner, James Neighbourhood association joins the program to speak to Adam about the challenges that James Bay residents are facing including homeless issues, cruise ships, and the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests. Gardiner acknowledges that the Victoria Police Department was vital in ensuring protecting the community and deterring the convoy from returning.

Nathan Worku, The Disinformation Project, SFU chats with Adam about the ever changing nature of artificially-intelligence-learning search engines and how they may be contributing to misinformation. Worku notes that the subtitles and tags used for categorizing searched information may be misleading such as non-accruate titles for individuals.

Open Lines are available for listeners to chat with Adam about various topics covered throughout the show including the ‘Freedom Convoy’, pop culture, product production, inflation, and Victoria City Council’s reconciliation property tax initiative. We also listen to an interview from Mornings With Al Ferraby with Janelle Staite, regional deputy director with the Ministry of Tran...

Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science returns of the weekly Political Analyses segment with Adam as they discuss current Canadian politics. Professor Cheffins starts the segment by providing details about the changes to the Albertan politics including the vote to whether they will have a new leadership contest for the party. Next Professor Cheffins spend time on the Al...

Adam starts the show by acknowledging that Victoria City Council did not have meetings this week, in lieu, Adam shares an audio clip from one of City Council’s meeting that was conducted very quickly. Afterwards, Adam covers a story that started in September when a Victoria Police Officer was struck by a vehicle. Additional details were released today pertaining to this incident that note th...

Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science returns of the weekly Political Analyses segment with Adam as they discuss current Canadian politics. Professor Cheffins starts the segment by providing details about the changes to the Albertan politics including the vote to whether they will have a new leadership contest for the party. Next Professor Cheffins spend time on the Al...

Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute joins the program to chat with Adam about a new study that examines the disconnect among communities due to COVID-19 and other contributors. Korzinski acknowledges that community members around the age of 20-30 are more likely to lack interest in connecting with their immediate communities and that there is just more hesitancy among the publi...

Adam starts the show by providing a brief recap of aspects of the “Freedom Convoy” as the convoy has been facing challenges in the recent days pertaining to their camp and leadership among the organization. Adam speculates that this weekend may be the first weekend in several weeks that the “Freedom Convoy” may not be aiming towards Victoria as they seem to have planned a r...

Open Lines continue as listeners chat with Adam about various topics including Victoria City Council, privacy, Beacon Hill Park legal proceedings, ICBC rebate, and misinformation. Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers joins the program for the weekly Legally Speaking segment as Mulligan provides insight and background information on notably legally proceedings. Firs...

Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers joins the program for the weekly Legally Speaking segment as Mulligan provides insight and background information on notably legally proceedings. First, Mulligan shares a very recent story that involves a Canadian male stealing approximately $19 million in Maple Syrup then selling that syrup for roughly $10 million. Secondly, Mu...

Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute joins the program to chat with Adam about a new study that examines the disconnect among communities due to COVID-19 and other contributors. Korzinski acknowledges that community members around the age of 20-30 are more likely to lack interest in connecting with their immediate communities and that there is just more hesitancy among the publi...