Adam Stirling: The Podcast

A life-size Orca display is being built at Royal BC Museum to give the look of seeing these whales up close without having them in captivity. Gavin Hanke, curator for vertebrate zoology at the Royal B.C. Museum and one of the chief scientists behind the exhibit, spoke with Adam about the exhibit.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Byron Cruz - Spokesman for Sanctuary Health in Vancouver, about undocumented workers in Canada being afraid to get a vaccine because they fear that someone will report that they lack proper identification. Later, a life-size Orca display is being built at Royal BC Museum to give the look of seeing these whales up close without having them in captivity. Gavin Hanke, curator for vertebrate zoology at the Royal B.C. Museum and one of the chief scientists behind the exhibit, spoke with Adam about the exhibit.

In this hour, Muriel Protzer - Senior Policy Analyst for British Columbia and the North, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), joined Adam to discuss the new restrictions imposed on the hospitality industry and what the government needs to do to protect those workers and businesses. Adam also took calls from listeners.

Adam spoke with Byron Cruz - Spokesman for Sanctuary Health in Vancouver, about undocumented workers in Canada being afraid to get a vaccine because they fear that someone will report that they lack proper identification.

Muriel Protzer - Senior Policy Analyst for British Columbia and the North, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), joined Adam to discuss the new restrictions imposed on the hospitality industry and what the government needs to do to protect those workers and businesses.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discussed the new restrictions imposed yesterday in B.C.

Stewart Muir - Executive Director of Resource Works, spoke with Adam about B.C. setting sectoral greenhouse gas (GHG) targets to guide emission reductions, and support industry and clean tech with investments in new projects.

Statscan recently found that Indigenous people are five times more likely to die in a fire, and those living on reserves are ten times more likely. Adam spoke with View Royal fire chief Paul Hurst, about why this is and what is being done in his municipality to prevent fires.

In this hour, the Township of Esquimalt is looking to hear from residents with ideas to improve active transportation in the municipality. The focus of the public outreach is human-powered transportation, meaning walking, cycling, skateboarding and wheelchair accessibility. Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins spoke with Adam about the future of active transportation in Esquimalt. Adam closed out the show by taking calls from listeners.

The Township of Esquimalt is looking to hear from residents with ideas to improve active transportation in the municipality. The focus of the public outreach is human-powered transportation, meaning walking, cycling, skateboarding and wheelchair accessibility. Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins spoke with Adam about the future of active transportation in Esquimalt.