Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In the first hour of today’s show, Colin Plant, board chair, Capital Regional District, joined Adam ahead of the CRD board meeting. They discussed the transportation priorities for the region, the final solid waste management plan and mountain biking guidelines in CRD parks. Adam also took calls from listeners.

Golden, B.C. resident Jessica Grey has been harassed for using an Alberta license plate and she joined Adam to talk about what it’s been like having an Alberta license plantain B.C. during the pandemic.

In this hour, more Canadians have ended up in the hospital after using substances like opioids, alcohol and stimulants during the pandemic than they have in years past. Adam spoke with Tracy Johnson - Director, Health System Analysis and Emerging Issues - Canadian Institute for Health Information, about the different causes of the increased substance use hospitalizations. Adam also opened up the phone lines to take calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed the newly released Victoria crime stats and how some politicians and activists contort the stats to fit their narrative.

In this hour, COVID-19 restrictions make it difficult to comfort those in their last days of life. Dr. Amy Tan - Victoria Hospice medical director, joined Adam to discuss the challenges of pandemic restrictions and how care providers are trying to work around them. Later, Adam spoke with Sylvain Charlebois, professor & senior director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, about the rise in popularity of non-meat proteins and how a broader range of protein choices benefits consumers.

More Canadians have ended up in the hospital after using substances like opioids, alcohol and stimulants during the pandemic than they have in years past. Adam spoke with Tracy Johnson - Director, Health System Analysis and Emerging Issues - Canadian Institute for Health Information, about the different causes of the increased substance use hospitalizations.

Adam spoke with Sylvain Charlebois, professor & senior director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, about the rise in popularity of non-meat proteins and how a broader range of protein choices benefits consumers.

Adam spoke with Kathy Whitcher, executive director, Urban Development Institute - Capital Region (UDI), about how many new homes need to be built in Greater Victoria to keep up with the growing population. By municipality, Saanich says it will need to approve 600 homes annually, Victoria requires 580, Langford needs 555, Sooke requires 164 and Esquimalt needs 89 homes each year for the next five years to accommodate housing needs, according to the UDI.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Kathy Whitcher, executive director, Urban Development Institute - Capital Region (UDI), about how many new homes need to be built in Greater Victoria to keep up with the growing population. By municipality, Saanich says it will need to approve 600 homes annually, Victoria requires 580, Langford needs 555, Sooke requires 164 and Esquimalt needs 89 homes each year for the next five years to accommodate housing needs, according to the UDI. Later, Guy Felicella, peer clinical adviser at the B.C. Centre on Substance Use and a public speaker on substance use, joined Adam to discuss the tragic story of a 12-year old girl in Victoria that died recently of a drug overdose and how this could have been prevented.

Guy Felicella, peer clinical adviser at the B.C. Centre on Substance Use and a public speaker on substance use, joined Adam to discuss the tragic story of a 12-year old girl in Victoria that died recently of a drug overdose and how this could have been prevented.