Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In this hour, Several primary school children of the French École Beausoleil will deliver letters to the Mayor and to the Minister of Education, and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. The students will arrive by horse-drawn carriage to symbolize the antiquated provincial and municipal policies with respect to rights to French education. Erinne Branter, president of the Ecole Beausoleil Parents’ Association, joined Alan Perry to discuss the situation. Later, Another huge leap forward for science: after a seven-month journey and a descent described as “seven minutes of terror”, the Perseverance rover sent to Mars by NASA and JPL has landed on the red planet and is already sending back not just pictures, but also audio, as it begins its mission to search for signs of life. Karun Thanjavur, astronomer, UVic's department of physics and astronomy, joined Alan Perry to talk about the mission.

Steve Wallace, owner of Wallace Driving Schools, joined the program to help answer some questions about winter driving and roundabouts.

In the first hour of today’s show, Alan Perry was joined by Mike Kozakowski from Citified.ca for their weekly roundtable discussion.

Another huge leap forward for science: after a seven-month journey and a descent described as “seven minutes of terror”, the Perseverance rover sent to Mars by NASA and JPL has landed on the red planet and is already sending back not just pictures, but also audio, as it begins its mission to search for signs of life. Karun Thanjavur, astronomer, UVic's department of physics and astronomy, joined Alan Perry to talk about the mission.

In this hour, Alan Perry was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed the provincial politics in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Alberta. Later, Steve Wallace, owner of Wallace Driving Schools, joined the program to help answer some questions about winter driving and roundabouts.

Several primary school children of the French École Beausoleil will deliver letters to the Mayor and to the Minister of Education, and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. The students will arrive by horse-drawn carriage to symbolize the antiquated provincial and municipal policies with respect to rights to French education. Erinne Branter, president of the Ecole Beausoleil Parents’ Association, joined Alan Perry to discuss the situation. 

Alan Perry was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed the provincial politics in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Alberta.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the issues with mail-in voting during the December 2020 Victoria council byelection.

In this hour, Grumpy Taxpayer$ are calling on the province to amend legislation to establish an earlier nomination period that would enable mail election and by-election ballots to be made available earlier. John Treleaven, Chair, Grumpy Taxpayer$, joined Adam to discuss the issue. 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, Paul Jaffe, barrister and lawyer for Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford, and the Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack, joined the program to discuss the BC government’s application for an injunction being denied. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.