Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed the 109 containers that fell off a ship near Vancouver Island, some of which are now washing up on beaches on the Island.

Sergeant Steve Addison, Media Relations Officer, Vancouver Police Department, joined Adam to talk about the disturbing increase of random and violent attacks in downtown Vancouver, a similar trend to what has been happening in Victoria’s downtown.

In this hour, Alex Hemingway, senior economist and public finance policy analyst, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, joined Adam to talk about the BC Federation of Labour calling for the provincial government to mandate ten paid sick days for all workers. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

Heather Owen, Vice-President, Vancouver Leger, joined Adam to chat about how safe people feel about participating in Halloween this year. 93 per cent of people said they would be still taking part in some Halloween festivities this year.

Alex Hemingway, senior economist and public finance policy analyst, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, joined Adam to talk about the BC Federation of Labour calling for the provincial government to mandate ten paid sick days for all workers.

Burning by wood stoves during the winter and wildfire smoke during the summer in the Cowichan Valley could be linked to a higher rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the area. Dr. Shannon Waters, medical health officer for the Cowichan region of Island Health, spoke with Adam about the air quality in the Cowichan Valley.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam  spoke with Shirley Bond, Interim leader, BC Liberals, MLA for Prince George-Valemount, about new documents that showed that E-comm sufficiently warned the BC government they weren’t prepared to deal with the deadly heat dome that claimed the lives of over 600 British Columbians, yet those warnings were ignored. Adam also discussed the Victoria Police budget.

In this hour, Heather Owen, Vice-President, Vancouver Leger, joined Adam to chat about how safe people feel about participating in Halloween this year. 93 per cent of people said they would be still taking part in some Halloween festivities this year. Later, burning by wood stoves during the winter and wildfire smoke during the summer in the Cowichan Valley could be linked to a higher rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the area. Dr. Shannon Waters, medical health officer for the Cowichan region of Island Health, spoke with Adam about the air quality in the Cowichan Valley.

Adam spoke with Shirley Bond, Interim leader, BC Liberals, MLA for Prince George-Valemount, about new documents that reveal E-comm warned the BC government that the system wasn't prepared to deal with the massive call volume associated with the deadly heat wave that claimed the lives of over 600 British Columbians.

In this hour, Ian Tostenson, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association, joined Adam to talk about how restaurant operators have reacted to capacity limits being lifted in B.C. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.