Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Stewart Logan, Logan's Pub & Logan's Liquor Store, joined Adam to talk about his business being broken-into and having his property damaged and stolen this weekend.

In this hour, Adam takes the full hour to take calls from listeners.

In this hour, Becky Palmer, Chief Nursing Officer, First Nations Health Authority, joined the program to discuss the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rollout in remote First Nations communities throughout B.C. 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.

In the first hour of today’s show, in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID and to clamp down on New Years parties – sale of alcohol in bars, restaurants and retail outlets must stop tonight at 8 p.m. Ian Tostenson, president and CEO, BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, joined Adam to talk about how this order will impact the Restaurant and Food industry. 

In this hour, Adam spoke with John Paul Fraser, executive director, BC Salmon Farmers Association, about BC phasing out the Discovery Islands farms and how it puts the industry at risk. Later, the federal government is considering requiring air passengers to have a negative COVID test before they’re allowed to fly to Canada. Gábor Lukács, founder and coordinator of advocacy gro...

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

In an attempt to stop the spread of COVID and to clamp down on New Years parties – sale of alcohol in bars, restaurants and retail outlets must stop tonight at 8 p.m. Ian Tostenson, president and CEO, BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, joined Adam to talk about how this order will impact the Restaurant and Food industry.

Becky Palmer, Chief Nursing Officer, First Nations Health Authority, joined the program to discuss the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rollout in remote First Nations communities throughout B.C.

The federal government is considering requiring air passengers to have a negative COVID test before they’re allowed to fly to Canada. Gábor Lukács, founder and coordinator of advocacy group Air Passenger Rights, joined Adam to talk about what impact this will have on the travel industry in Canada.

Adam spoke with John Paul Fraser, executive director, BC Salmon Farmers Association, about BC phasing out the Discovery Islands farms and how it puts the industry at risk.

In this hour, a Health Canada survey found 22 per cent of cannabis users admitted to driving within two hours of using cannabis – four per cent decrease from last year. Kyla Lee - Lawyer at Acumen Law Corporation, joined Adam for a conversation about the decrease in high driving. Adam closes out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the Central Park campers moving to the Royal Athletic parking lot and the possibility of opening up Save-on-Foods Memorial Arena as a place to shelter.

In this hour, there were 2,206 cases of COVID confirmed over the past five days, which is a significant decrease than what we’d been seeing previously. Dr. Bonnie Henry said testing was at 50% of its regular capacity. Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health at Simon Fraser University, joined Adam to discuss BC’s COVID-19 stat...

In this hour, a study on life satisfaction in Canadians has revealed it has hit the lowest level since 2003. John Helliwell, Professor Emeritus, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia and author of Statistics Canada report "Life Satisfaction in Canada Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic", joined Adam to discuss how satisfied Canadians are with their lives. Later, Dave Ma...

There were 2,206 cases of COVID confirmed over the past five days, which is a significant decrease than what we’d been seeing previously. Dr. Bonnie Henry said testing was at 50% of its regular capacity. Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health at Simon Fraser University, joined Adam to discuss BC’s COVID-19 statistics.

Dave MacDonald - President and Lead Survival Instructor of International Canadian School of Survival, joined the program to talk about more Canadians becoming interested in survivalism during COVID-19, and what he teaches at the School of Survival.

A study on life satisfaction in Canadians has revealed it has hit the lowest level since 2003. John Helliwell, Professor Emeritus, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia and author of Statistics Canada report "Life Satisfaction in Canada Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic", joined Adam to discuss how satisfied Canadians are with their lives.

A Health Canada survey found 22 per cent of cannabis users admitted to driving within two hours of using cannabis – four per cent decrease from last year. Kyla Lee - Lawyer at Acumen Law Corporation, joined Adam for a conversation about the decrease in high driving.

In this hour, normally seniors in Canada go south to escape harsh winters, but this year with the border closed many are coming to Vancouver Island. Anthony Everett, president and CEO, Tourism Vancouver Island, joined Adam to talk about what impact this is having on the local tourism industry. Adam closes out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, Dr. Valorie Crooks, Canada Research Chair in Health Service Geographies, and geography professor, SFU, joined Adam to discuss the maps that she and her team created that show the different levels of vulnerability to COVID per community in BC. Later, this time of year can be difficult for those experiencing mental health struggles. Dr. Shimi Kang, a mental health expert and clinical a...

In this hour, Adam was joined by Mario Possamai, former senior advisor to the Ontario SARS Commission, and author of "A Time of Fear" - a report about the provinces transparency with COVID data, to talk about a report he wrote about the pandemic response in Canada – and noted that BC’s data transparency was not ideal. Later, the Victoria Literacy Connection has partnered with Story Stu...

Adam was joined by Mario Possamai, former senior advisor to the Ontario SARS Commission, and author of "A Time of Fear" - a report about the provinces transparency with COVID data, to talk about a report he wrote about the pandemic response in Canada – and noted that BC’s data transparency was not ideal.

Normally seniors in Canada go south to escape harsh winters, but this year with the border closed many are coming to Vancouver Island. Anthony Everett, president and CEO, Tourism Vancouver Island, joined Adam to talk about what impact this is having on the local tourism industry.

The Victoria Literacy Connection has partnered with Story Studio to create a senior-youth pen pal program in Victoria. Christine Bossi, executive director, Victoria Literacy Connection, spoke with Adam about how this will work.

This time of year can be difficult for those experiencing mental health struggles. Dr. Shimi Kang, a mental health expert and clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia, spoke with Adam about how people can cope with the mental health strains of the pandemic.