Adam Stirling: The Podcast

 Lee Newman, Curator of Fishes, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre - Just in time for Shark Week (July 28-Aug. 4), we have the real facts in answer to myths and misconceptions about the ocean’s most feared predators. Saluting the biggest week on TV, Vancouver Aquarium is inviting visitors to get up close with these fierce, yet fascinating, animals all week long. Learn all about th...

Brian Starzomski, co-lead, BC Parks iNaturalist project - Together with BC Parks, Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria are currently helping to mobilize citizen scientists across the province to use their phones and personal cameras to crowdsource species observations that will help enhance and protect parks.

Chief Del Manak of the Victoria Police joined Adam Stirling in-studio + SPCA are warning pet owners to keep cannabis away from pets. 

Local marine company makes a big donation supporting for wild salmon habitat + cybercrime has increased in the country, with most cases unsolved. 

Previewing police resources in the city & controlling the deer in Oak Bay, Esquimalt & Victoria + open lines to follow. 

The donation will help support wild salmon habitat restoration as part of a multi-year, $1 million commitment to orca conservation. Adam Stirling found out more with Dr. Brian Riddell of the Pacific Salmon Foundation.  

People are using the internet to commit crimes more than ever before, ranging from uttering threats to extortion and identity fraud. We learn more with “The White Hatter” Darren Laur of Personal Protection Systems. 

This comes after a husky puppy nearly died from a drug overdose in Vancouver. What can cannabis do to a pet? We find out with Dr. Emilia Gordon of the BC SPCA. 

Chief Del Manak of the Victoria Police joined Adam Stirling in-studio to discus and review the transformation report.

Capital One target of massive data breach; 6 million Canadians impacted & Visitors can now use their phones to become citizen scientists in B.C.’s parks

Kater will participate in traditional ride-hailing, following the provincial government’s announcement earlier this month & B.C. Transit aims to be all electric by 2040; electric buses joining fleet in 2021

Decriminalizing drugs will be the next big step in fighting the opioid crisis + new speed cameras are set and ready to roll across B.C. 

Dozens of abandoned boats to be removed from the water + testing for Hepatitis C doubles; we hear from Dr. Naveed Janjua and get his reaction. 

An update on clean water for First Nations, Greens & SNC Lavalin, open lines on whatever is on your mind. 

As of today, five new cameras have been activated including one in Nanaimo on the Island Highway at Aulds Road. We hear from a Vancouver Island researcher for SENSE BC, Derek Lewers. 

Some believe that a legal supply of drugs is needed in order to reduce the death toll of those suffering from addiction. Adam Stirling was joined by the chief medical health officer of Vancouver Coastal Health, Dr. Patricia Daly. 

The federal government announced funding to remove 34 abandoned boats from B.C. waters, including 16 from Greater Victoria. We hear from the president of the Veins of Life Watershed Society, John Roe for his reaction. 

In an effort to eliminate Hepatitis C, almost 270,000 British Columbians were tested for the disease in 2018, more than 2011. We hear form Dr. Naveed Janjua from the BC Centre for Disease Control to find out more. 

Aaron Wudrick, federal director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science - The dream of a separate Quebec state detached from Canada began in the 1920s and 30s. The revival of this concept began again in the early 1960s. Mr Rene Levesque left the Liberal Party to lead the PQ because he felt that the fulfillment of Francophone goals could only be achieved by Quebec independence.

Is the plastic bag ban in Victoria done? Or will the momentum carry throughout the province and the country?

Research on Southern Resident Killer Whales aims to prevent ship collisions + a new report on rainwater and pollutants in the CRD.