Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In this hour, Adam spoke with Michael Brauer, professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health, about why COVID-19 transmissibility increases in the winter and how local weather conditions impact it.

U.S. FBI investigators are now on a task force investigating the murder of Victoria real estate agent Lindsay Buziak that occurred 13-years ago. Rob Gordon, professor of criminology, Simon Fraser University, spoke with Adam about the investigation and the FBI’s involvement.

Kris Sims, BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, joined Adam to talk about the customer rebates that ICBC announced will be distributed in March, and why it took so long for ICBC to do so when other provinces have had rebates issued months ago.

Adam spoke with Michael Brauer, professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health, about why COVID-19 transmissibility increases in the winter and how local weather conditions impact it.

In this hour, Adam opens up the phone lines to take calls from listeners.

In this hour, Douglas King, Executive Director, Together Against Poverty Society, joined Adam to talk about the rental property standards of maintenance, which came into effect on January 31 in the City of Victoria. Later, on Monday Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained senior politicians. Adam spoke with Ken Christie, professor and head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding progra...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the new COVID-19 variant strains and what actions we need to continue to take to keep our communities safe.

In this hour, the possibility of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 becoming infected with a variant strain has caused some recent concern. Daniel Coombs, Professor and Head, Mathematics Department Institute of Applied Mathematics, UBC, joined Adam to discuss the possibility of re-infection and the vaccine in BC. Later, Adam spoke with Victoria Police Chief Del Manak about Victoria PD and Sa...

The possibility of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 becoming infected with a variant strain has caused some recent concern. Daniel Coombs, Professor and Head, Mathematics Department Institute of Applied Mathematics, UBC, joined Adam to discuss the possibility of re-infection and the vaccine in BC.

Adam spoke with Victoria Police Chief Del Manak about Victoria PD and Saanich PD combining resources to create the Integrated Canine Service. The service will operate out of Victoria’s Esquimalt Division headquarters and will create more efficiency for both departments.

On Monday Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained senior politicians. Adam spoke with Ken Christie, professor and head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding program at Royal Roads University, about what is happening in Myanmar.

Douglas King, Executive Director, Together Against Poverty Society, joined Adam to talk about the rental property standards of maintenance, which came into effect on January 31 in the City of Victoria.

In this hour, Vaccine delivery delays have been in focus in the last few weeks, but how is it decided who will receive one of the available vaccines? Adam spoke with Horacio Bach - Professor - Division of Infectious Disease, UBC, about the vaccine rollout in BC. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, Mario Canseco - President, Research CO, joined Adam to talk about a recent survey that found over 60 per cent of the province’s residents believe it is time to eliminate heckling during Question Period, and a number of other changes to the legislature. Later, a study has that 31 per cent of sex workers would not call 911 if they were in danger because they fear that they would...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses Victoria Councillor Ben Isitt working at the Beacon Hill Park community care tent during last Thursday's council meeting and the councillor’s statements following Thursday.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Lori Vermeeren - Practice Manager Hillside Veterinary Clinic, about the veterinarian shortage on Vancouver Island and the issues it has created for pet owners. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

Mario Canseco - President, Research CO, joined Adam to talk about a recent survey that found over 60 per cent of the province’s residents believe it is time to eliminate heckling during Question Period, and a number of other changes to the legislature.

A study has that 31 per cent of sex workers would not call 911 if they were in danger because they fear that they would criminalized in that situation. Dr. Anna-Louise Crago is one of the authors of the study, and she joined Adam to discuss the study.

Adam spoke with Lori Vermeeren - Practice Manager Hillside Veterinary Clinic, about the veterinarian shortage on Vancouver Island and the issues it has created for pet owners.

Vaccine delivery delays have been in focus in the last few weeks, but how is it decided who will receive one of the available vaccines? Adam spoke with Horacio Bach - Professor - Division of Infectious Disease, UBC, about the vaccine rollout in BC.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam was joined by Mike Kozakowski from Citified.ca for their weekly roundtable discussion.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed a cross-country provincial political survey. Later, George Nicholas, SFU Archaeology professor & co-author of a report with recommendations on advancing the decolonization of legislation affecting Indigenous cultural heritage in B....

In this hour, Victoria councilor Stephen Andrew joined the program to talk about if councilors joining meetings remotely should be required to have their camera on to prove they’re engaged solely on the meeting and not attending to other matters. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

George Nicholas, SFU Archaeology professor & co-author of a report with recommendations on advancing the decolonization of legislation affecting Indigenous cultural heritage in B.C., joined the program for a conversation about advancing the decolonization of legislation affecting Indigenous cultural heritage in B.C. 

In this hour, Adam opens up the phone lines to take calls from listeners.