Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Unemployment rose during December in BC for the first time since June. Dan Baxter, interim CEO, BC Chamber of Commerce, joined the program to discuss unemployment across the province.

John Treleaven, Chair or Grumpy Taxpayer$, joined Adam to discuss the lack of accountability mechanisms in place to discipline municipal politicians who severely disobey public health orders.

Karmen McNamara, local resident and tri-athlete, joined Adam to discuss why she thinks donating part of his salary is an appropriate way for Sharmarke Dubow, who secretly travelled to Somalia during the holidays adverse to public health orders.

In this hour, the province has announced more funding for bee health. Barry Denluck, owner of Barry's Bees, joined Adam to chat about how BC bees are doing and what this funding will be used for. Ada closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Chris Jancowski, Chief of Esquimalt Fire Rescue, to talk about some of the fire risks that are increased at this time of the year including dried up Christmas trees. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses Victoria Councilor Sharmarke Dubow’s secret trip to Somalia over the holidays, and takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, Dr. Ran Goldman, UBC pediatrics professor and investigator and BC Children's Hospital, joined Adam to discuss why some people feel COVID isn’t as deadly as it is, despite statistics showing it is far more deadly than the common flu. Later, Over the holidays there was a 45% decrease in testing for COVID-19. Adam spoke with Daniel Coombs, Professor, Mathematics Department and Ins...

Adam was joined by Chris Jancowski, Chief of Esquimalt Fire Rescue, to talk about some of the fire risks that are increased at this time of the year including dried up Christmas trees.

The province has announced more funding for bee health. Barry Denluck, owner of Barry's Bees, joined Adam to chat about how BC bees are doing and what this funding will be used for.

Dr. Ran Goldman, UBC pediatrics professor and investigator and BC Children's Hospital, joined Adam to discuss why some people feel COVID isn’t as deadly as it is, despite statistics showing it is far more deadly than the common flu.

Over the holidays there was a 45% decrease in testing for COVID-19. Adam spoke with Daniel Coombs, Professor, Mathematics Department and Institute of Applied Mathematics, UBC, about how this impacted BC’s infection curve.

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

In this hour, recent news of several politicians travelling abroad has raised questions about whether or not they broke the rules – resulting in some calling for clearer rules. Adam spoke with Allan Tupper, political science professor, UBC, about how the rules should be further clarified. Adam also takes calls from listeners in this hour.

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 talked about the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections and Canadian federal poll of party preference, accessible voters, and preferred prime minister. Adam also takes calls from listeners in this hour.

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

Recent news of several politicians travelling abroad has raised questions about whether or not they broke the rules – resulting in some calling for clearer rules. Adam spoke with Allan Tupper, political science professor, UBC, about how the rules should be further clarified.

BC announced yesterday that the province will continue public health orders until February 5. Al was joined by Hazel Meredith, Chief Executive Officer at Mental Health Recovery Partners south island, for a conversation about the impact these restrictions have on the mental health of British Columbians.

In this hour, Living on an island the unpredictable nature of the ocean is something you get used to – but Johannes Gemmrich, UVic researcher in physics and astronomy, is researching if there’s a way to make it a little less unpredictable. He spoke with Adam about his research into forecasting rogue waves. Adam closes out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses Victoria councillor Sharmarke Dubow breaking public health regulations by taking a trip to east Africa during the holidays, and takes calls from listeners to get their reaction to the situation.

In this hour, Mike McNaney, President and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada, joined Adam to discuss the new regulations in Canada that require air travellers to produce a negative COVID-19 test at least 72 hours prior to flying. Later, Adam spoke with Ken Christie, Head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding Program at Royal Roads University, about the U.S. Capitol being stormed by a...

In this hour, Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on legal stories that are of interest to the CFAX audience. Adam also takes calls from listeners reacting to Victoria councillor Sharmarke Dubow breaking public health regulations by taking a trip to east Africa during the holidays.

Adam spoke with Ken Christie, Head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding Program at Royal Roads University, about the U.S. Capitol being stormed by an angry pro-Trump mob, and what is happening today.

Living on an island the unpredictable nature of the ocean is something you get used to – but Johannes Gemmrich, UVic researcher in physics and astronomy, is researching if there’s a way to make it a little less unpredictable. He spoke with Adam about his research into forecasting rogue waves.

Mike McNaney, President and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada, joined Adam to discuss the new regulations in Canada that require air travelers to produce a negative COVID-19 test at least 72 hours prior to flying.

Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on legal stories that are of interest to the CFAX audience.