Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Adam spoke with Laura Johnston, Legal Director with Health Justice, about the BC Mental Health Act and the issues surrounding the ability to involuntarily hold youth in a psychiatric facility.

Deloitte, TransLink, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), OEC Group, BC Ferries, BCAA, SCI and BC Transit are collaborating for the One Million Masks Initiative that will provide COVID-19 masks to those who need them across the province. Etienne Bruson, Vice Chair of Deloitte in British Columbia, spoke with Adam about the initiative.

Thirty registered nurses and psychiatric nurses in the province are training to prescribe medication to those battling addiction to opioids. Christine Sorensen, BC Nurses' Union president, joined Adam to talk about the need for nurses to prescribe these medications.

In the first hour of today’s show, Colin Plant, Chair, Capital Regional District Board, joined Adam to discuss what’s on the agenda at the upcoming CRD board meeting including: parks usage during the pandemic, widening and expanding lighting on sections of the galloping goose and lochside trail, and the Oak bay lodge consultation and demolition contract. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, the downtown Victoria vacancy rate doubled in 2020, but it still remains relatively low at six per cent. Graham Smith, Senior Vice President Colliers Victoria, spoke with Adam about what we can expect in 2021. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, Adam opens up the phone lines to take calls from listeners.

The downtown Victoria vacancy rate doubled in 2020, but it still remains relatively low at six per cent. Graham Smith, Senior Vice President Colliers Victoria, spoke with Adam about what we can expect in 2021.

Colin Plant, Chair, Capital Regional District Board, joined Adam to discuss what’s on the agenda at the upcoming CRD board meeting including: parks usage during the pandemic, widening and expanding lighting on sections of the galloping goose and lochside trail, and the Oak bay lodge consultation and demolition contract.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the City of Victoria possibly closing Clover Point Park to vehicles and the negative impact that would have on those who have mobility challenges.

In this hour, Mikhail Moore, President of Vitacore, joined Adam to talk about his company teaming up with hospitals to recycle single-use masks and how they plan to expand to the public. Later, Many people assumed all the negative impacts of the COVID-19 would result in an increased amount of deaths by suicide in Canada. Adam was joined by Jonny Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division, for a conversation about how the pandemic has impacted mental health.