Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Victoria has penned a new bylaw requiring construction projects to deconstruct old structures instead of demolishing them to increase the salvage of reusable building materials. Rory Kulmala, CEO of the Vancouver Island Construction Association, spoke with Adam about this new bylaw.

In this hour, Victoria has penned a new bylaw requiring construction projects to deconstruct old structures instead of demolishing them to increase the salvage of reusable building materials. Rory Kulmala, CEO of the Vancouver Island Construction Association, spoke with Adam about this new bylaw. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners. 

Adam was joined by BC Liberal Tourism Critic Teresa Wat to discuss the gaps in the BC government’s support for the tourism sector, as well as their inaction to protect the BC cruise industry.

In this hour, Adam was joined by BC Liberal Tourism Critic Teresa Wat to discuss the gaps in the BC government’s support for the tourism sector, as well as their inaction to protect the BC cruise industry. Adam took calls from listeners for the rest of the hour.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed what took place at last week’s City of Victoria council meeting, and an arson in Vic West suspected to be started by one of the new shelter residents.

Victoria has penned a new bylaw which will require buildings to be deconstructed, not demolished, in an effort to reduce construction waste in the municipality. Beginning next year, old properties will need to be deconstructed, and not demolished, in order to divert waste away from landfills. Casey Edge & Dusty Delain, Victoria Residential Builders Association, joined Adam to discuss the issues with the new bylaw.

Mayor David Wilks - Mayor of Sparwood, B.C. - joined Adam to talk about how his border town is dealing with the border given the COVID-19 high transmission rates in Alberta.

Kevin Kriese, Chair of the Forest Practices board, joined Adam to discuss an investigation that found the B.C. agency that auctions timber sale licenses didn’t do enough to protect old growth forest in an area of Vancouver Island.

In this hour, Kevin Kriese, Chair of the Forest Practices board, joined Adam to discuss an investigation that found the B.C. agency that auctions timber sale licenses didn’t do enough to protect old growth forest in an area of Vancouver Island. Later, Victoria has penned a new bylaw which will require buildings to be deconstructed, not demolished, in an effort to reduce construction waste in the municipality. Beginning next year, old properties will need to be deconstructed, and not demolished, in order to divert waste away from landfills. Casey Edge & Dusty Delain, Victoria Residential Builders Association, joined Adam to discuss the issues with the new bylaw.

Data recently released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control shows that many of B.C. COVID-19 hotspots have some of the lowest vaccination rates. Adam spoke with  Dr. Madhu Jawanda - Family Doctor in a hotspot community, about why these neighbourhoods have low vaccination rates and what is being done to increase vaccinations.