Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In the final hour of today's show, it's the second annual Heart Failure awareness week. Heart failure is a chronic disease that puts patients at the highest risk of COVID-19 and even in places where the infection rate is low, the impact on service delivery can be widespread. Dr. Elizabeth Swiggum, Medical Director Heart Function Clinic and Cardiac Rehabilitation​ joined the program to speak about...

Bruce Passmore, Executive Director of The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s BC Chapter spoke with Adam about BC's parks re-opening and the need for more funding for BC parks.

In this hour, Christine Sorensen, president, BC Nurses' Union joined Adam to talk about how the province is addressing the backlog of delayed due to COVID-19. Later, BC Premier John Horgan says restaurants can begin to re-open in late May -- but how many will be able to do so? Mark von Schellwitz, vice president of the western division of Restaurants Canada joined Adam to discuss how BC restaurant...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. Mike Kazakowski from Citified.ca joined Adam for their weekly roundtable discussion this hour.

It's the second annual Heart Failure awareness week. Heart failure is a chronic disease that puts patients at the highest risk of COVID-19 and even in places where the infection rate is low, the impact on service delivery can be widespread. Dr. Elizabeth Swiggum, Medical Director Heart Function Clinic and Cardiac Rehabilitation​ joined the program to speak about this week and the importance of car...

With the border being closed many street drugs are being mixed with toxic chemicals resulting in an increased amount of overdoses and deaths. Dr. Anne Nguyen, Victoria-area family doctor and founder of Victoria Inner City COVID Response spoke with Adam about the increasingly worsening issue of toxic drugs in Victoria. 

BC Premier John Horgan says restaurants can begin to re-open in late May -- but how many will be able to do so? Mark von Schellwitz, vice president of the western division of Restaurants Canada joined Adam to discuss how BC restaurants will re-open their doors.

Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, joined Adam for their weekly political discussion. This week they dissect part three of how the Liberals passed the Conservatives as the most popular national political party.

Christine Sorensen, president, BC Nurses' Union joined Adam to talk about how the province is addressing the backlog of delayed due to COVID-19.

In the final hour of today's show, Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute joined Adam to chat about how much Canadians miss sports and what people think about playing with no fans in attendance. Adam closes out the program with open lines.

The President of Royal Roads University, Philip Steenkamp, joined the program for a discussion about what university enrollment and recruiting is like in these times and the re-opening plan for post-secondary institutions. Later, parents of young children who are deaf or have hearing loss are sounding the alarm over cuts to the supports for speech therapy and sign language. Melanie Woods is a Vict...

In the first hour of today's show, The Victoria Police Department’s Strike Force has been focused on property crime for the past few weeks. Sgt. Jeff Lawson, Staff Sgt. Lance Philip and Victoria PD spokesperson Bowen Osoko joined the program to talk about what strike force has been doing in the past few weeks to keep the community safe from property crime.

Following the release of yesterday's provincial plan to restart the economy Val Litwin, president and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce joined the program to discuss what the next steps are for businesses in BC. Later, Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly discussion pertaining to legal matters of stories that CFAX is following. This we...

Following the release of yesterday's provincial plan to restart the economy Val Litwin, president and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce joined the program to discuss what the next steps are for businesses in BC.

Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute joined Adam to chat about how much Canadians miss sports and what people think about playing with no fans in attendance.

Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly discussion pertaining to legal matters of stories that CFAX is following. This week they discuss if a city is liable for burns when someone throws motor oil on a fire and the new codes of conduct for video chat court sessions.

The Victoria Police Department’s Strike Force has been focused on property crime for the past few weeks. Sgt. Jeff Lawson, Staff Sgt. Lance Philip and Victoria PD spokesperson Bowen Osoko joined the program to talk about what strike force has been doing in the past few weeks to keep the community safe from property crime.

In the final hour of today's show, Mario Canseco, president, Research Co joined the program to speak about a new study by his organization that found Canadians have a wide range of opinions on when and how to restart the economy and re-open businesses. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

Sooke opened up it's Seaparc leisure complex to provide a place for homeless residents to shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor of Sooke Maja Tait joined the program to go over what has worked for them at Seaparc and what they have learned from this experience.

Glen Lucas, General Manager, BC Fruit Growers' Association joined Adam to talk about what supports have been made available for those in the agriculture industry, and what they need to help make it through this next season.

Mario Canseco, president, Research Co joined the program to speak about a new study by his organization that found Canadians have a wide range of opinions on when and how to restart the economy and re-open businesses.

In this hour, Sooke opened up it's Seaparc leisure complex to provide a place for homeless residents to shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor of Sooke Maja Tait joined the program to go over what has worked for them at Seaparc and what they have learned from this experience. Later, Glen Lucas, General Manager, BC Fruit Growers' Association joined Adam to talk about what supports have been ma...

In this hour, there are fewer people on the roads these days -- and police are cracking down on drivers taking advantage of the open roads as an invitation to speed. Chris Foord, member of the CRD Traffic Safety Commission spoke with Adam about the recent activity on Victoria roads. Later, the Snaw-naw-as First Nation is calling for re-purposing of the E&N Rail line. Brent Edwards, councillor,...

The Snaw-naw-as First Nation is calling for re-purposing of the E&N Rail line. Brent Edwards, councillor, Snaw-naw-as First Nation joined Adam to discuss how his nation would like to move forward with the E&N rail line.

Adam opens the program today by sharing his thoughts on the latest news from the COVID-19 pandemic and a family that had their car shot with an arrow driving near the Pandora tent encampment. Adam also takes calls from listeners.