Adam Stirling: The Podcast

The horrific discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was made possible by ground penetrating radar. Mike Cooper, VP of Business Development for ScanPlus Locating, has done work with this technology and joined Adam to explain how it works.

Anastasia French, Campaigns and Operations Organiser for Living Wage for Families Campaign, joined the program to talk about BC’s new minimum wage and why it isn’t enough for many people living in metropolitan areas.

Patrick Lozar, assistant professor of history, U-Vic, joined Adam to discuss the residential school system in interior BC in a historical context and similarities between Indian residential schools in Canada and the United States.

The BC Federation of Labour recently released a “Workers Deserve Better” report outlining the province’s broken compensation system for workers injured at work. Laird Cronk, president of the BC Federation of Labour, joined Adam to talk about what needs to be done to fix the compensation system for injured workers.

In this hour, Patrick Lozar, assistant professor of history, UVic, joined Adam to discuss the residential school system in interior BC in a historical context and similarities between Indian residential schools in Canada and the United States. Later, The horrific discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was made possible by ground penetrating radar. Mike Co...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam continued the conversation about Canada’s history of residential schools and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps proposing a two year ban on camping in Beacon Hill.

John Treleaven - Grumpy Taxpayers Chair, joined Adam to discuss Grumpy Taxpayers’ recent piece looking into “Greater Victoria by the numbers”, which outlines how well taxpayer money is spent throughout Greater Victoria.

A recent poll found that only 20 per cent of Canadian workers want to return to the office full time. Heather Owen - Vice President, Vancouver Office - Leger, joined Adam to talk about the future of working from home as restrictions are lifted.

In this hour, A recent poll found that only 20 per cent of Canadian workers want to return to the office full time. Heather Owen - Vice President, Vancouver Office - Leger, joined Adam to talk about the future of working from home as restrictions are lifted. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, John Treleaven - Grumpy Taxpayers Chair, joined Adam to discuss Grumpy Taxpayers’ recent piece looking into “Greater Victoria by the numbers”, which outlines how well taxpayer money is spent throughout Greater Victoria. Adam also tok calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam continued the conversation about Canada’s history of residential schools with 215 children's graves being found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School last week.

Adam spoke with Frank Brunt - Team Leader with Comox Valley SAR, and member of the Vancouver Island Regional Hoist Team, about how his team is training for making a rescue from a drowning aircraft.

Shazia Mele is a nurse and sister to Samina who lives with developmental disabilities. Samina has been largely separated from her family since September and unclear guidelines have made it very difficult to provide the support she needs. Shazia joined Adam to discuss the situation.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Frank Brunt - Team Leader with Comox Valley SAR, and member of the Vancouver Island Regional Hoist Team, about how his team is training for making a rescue from a drowning aircraft. Later, Shazia Mele is a nurse and sister to Samina who lives with developmental disabilities. Samina has been largely separated from her family since September and unclear guidelines have...

In this hour, Adam took calls and discussed the finding of 215 children's graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed the 215 children's graves found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Lake Cowichan Mayor Bob Day to discuss the Fairy Creek protesters that have flooded his small town. He’s asking people on both sides to be respectful and people that aren’t living on Vancouver Island not to come. Later, Kris Sims -  BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, joined Adam to discuss why the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling f...

Kris Sims -  BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, joined Adam to discuss why the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling for an end to per-vote subsidies for political parties. 

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam was joined by Mike Kozakowski from Citified-dot-CA, for their weekly roundtable conversation. They discussed the city of Victoria vote on reopening roads in Beacon Hill Park and a high ranking city staffer being found guilty of sexual assault.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. Today they discussed Federal Politics polls and how much support the Liberals would have if they went to an election. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

Adam was joined by Lake Cowichan Mayor Bob Day to discuss the Fairy Creek protesters that have flooded his small town. He’s asking people on both sides to be respectful and people that aren’t living on Vancouver Island not to come.

Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. Today they discussed Federal Politics polls and how much support the Liberals would have if they went to an election.

Jay Chalke, BC’s Ombudsperson, joined Adam to discuss concerns around a vaccination certification system for events and venues.

Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on legal stories that are of interest to the CFAX audience. They week they discussed the handling of false sexual assault accusations and a case of an 84-year old man that had a legal battle to keep his home after his brother died.

In this hour, Former BC Liberal cabinet minister Kevin Falcon has thrown his hat into the ring to be the new leader of the party. He joined Adam to discuss why he wants to get back into politics. Later, Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on legal stories that are of interest to the CFAX audience. They week they discussed the...