Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In this hour, Despite B.C.'s coming heatwave, health officials aren’t escalating their response from a standard heat warning to an “extreme heat alert” even though some of the criteria have been reached. Troy Clifford, president, Ambulance Paramedics of BC - CUPE Local 873, joined Adam to talk about why an “extreme heat alert” hasn’t been issued and what that me...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed a fire at Beacon Hill Park and poorly designed cycling infrastructure on Wharf Street and Dallas Road.

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

Despite B.C.'s coming heatwave, health officials aren’t escalating their response from a standard heat warning to an “extreme heat alert” even though some of the criteria have been reached. Troy Clifford, president, Ambulance Paramedics of BC - CUPE Local 873, joined Adam to talk about why an “extreme heat alert” hasn’t been issued and what that means for parame...

In this hour, Adam took calls from listeners. 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 this hour, weather is poised to present the Perseid meteor shower for viewers in Greater Victoria this week. Randy Enkin, president of the Victoria arm of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, joined Adam to chat about how and when to see the meteor shower. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, nearly every case of COVID-19 reported in British Columbia during the last week of July was the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. Adam spoke with Dr. Brian Conway, medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, about the Delta variant and why the only way to be protected from it is vaccinatio...

Weather is poised to present the Perseid meteor shower for viewers in Greater Victoria this week. Randy Enkin, president of the Victoria arm of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, joined Adam to chat about how and when to see the meteor shower.

A wildfire burning out of control in the Cowichan Valley has prompted the BC Wildfire Service to send more firefighting personnel into the region Monday. Adam spoke with Dorthe Jakobsen, Fire information officer, Coastal Fire Centre, about what they’re doing to fight this fire before the next heatwave begins.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam spoke with Jim Swanson, Managing Partner, Victoria HarbourCats, about this team’s decision to require all players, staff and fans in attendance to be vaccinated. Adam continued the conversation about businesses and employers mandating vaccinations on open lines.

Nearly every case of COVID-19 reported in British Columbia during the last week of July was the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. Adam spoke with Dr. Brian Conway, medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, about the Delta variant and why the only way to be protected from it is vaccination.

Adam spoke with Jim Swanson, Managing Partner, Victoria HarbourCats, about this team’s decision to require all players, staff and fans in attendance to be vaccinated.

In this hour, The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead. The orca, K-21, was seen in the last week of July and photos showed that it seemed to be wasting away likely from cancer. Andrew W Trites, Professor and Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC, joined Adam to talk about t...

In this hour, Adam spoke with John Clague, professor emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, about the UN climate change report and what we can do on a personal level and what our government can do to improve the situation. Later, As families get ready for the new school year, the B.C. Better Business Bureau is warning of a likely rise in online shopping scams. Karla Laird, Senior Manager of Media...

Adam spoke with Ed Hanczel, volunteer with Central Okanagan Search and Rescue, about a situation where they saved a dog that was abandoned in a wildfire and how “Smokey” is doing now.

The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead. The orca, K-21, was seen in the last week of July and photos showed that it seemed to be wasting away likely from cancer. Andrew W Trites, Professor and Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC, joined Adam to talk about the whale.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed comments made by BC Green leader Sonia Furstenau this morning about the UN report on climate change.

Adam spoke with John Clague, professor emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, about the UN climate change report and what we can do on a personal level and what our government can do to improve the situation.

As families get ready for the new school year, the B.C. Better Business Bureau is warning of a likely rise in online shopping scams. Karla Laird, Senior Manager of Media & Communications, Better Business Bureau, Mainland British Columbia, spoke with Adam about what to watch out for.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Kim Speers, political scientist and assistant teaching professor at UVIC, about when we can expect a federal election call to be made and how Canadians are feeling about having an election. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, Adam opened up the phone lines to hear what listeners had to say.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed Victoria’s crime severity index rating and the U.S./Canada border being open to fully vaccinated travelers.

Adam spoke with Kim Speers, political scientist and assistant teaching professor at UVIC, about when we can expect a federal election call to be made and how Canadians are feeling about having an election.

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 continued their discussion about the history of Quebec politics. Later, Andrew Weaver, climate scientist, former BC Green Party leader and a professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Science at the University of Victoria, joined Adam to discuss...

Andrew Weaver, climate scientist, former BC Green Party leader and a professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Science at the University of Victoria, joined Adam to discuss his recent opinion piece in the Times Colonist about Victoria council using climate change as an excuse for bad ideas.