Adam speaks with Alex Doknjas , Project Manager for ORCASat.

We hear about the BC built ORCASat — short for Optical Reference Calibration Satellite, set to launch tomorrow and headed for the International Space Station

Adam speaks with Alex Doknjas , Project Manager for ORCASat.
We hear about the BC built ORCASat — short for Optical Reference Calibration Satellite, set to launch tomorrow and headed for the International Space Station

Relive The Adam Stirling Show on CFAX 1070.

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As the local election season ramps up, we’re inviting all of the candidates for Victoria’s Mayor to introduce themselves to us. Candidate Bruce McGuigan is centering his campaign on collaboration with the public, safety, transportation and affordable housing; also pledging to pursue the goal of making homelessness rare, brief and non-reoccurring. He joins for a meet-the-Canada chat. 

As the local election season ramps up, we&rsquo;re inviting all of the candidates for Victoria&rsquo;s Mayor to introduce themselves to us.&nbsp;Candidate Bruce McGuigan is centering his campaign on collaboration with the public, safety, transportation and affordable housing; also pledging to pursue the goal of making homelessness rare, brief and non-reoccurring. He joins for a meet-the-Canada chat.&nbsp;

Victoria mayor race: Bruce McGuigan pledges more citizen participation in city governance 

On this week's show, we are on location in British Columbia's Lake Country, at O'Rourke Family Estate.  We have the pleasure of welcoming Dennis O'Rourke, Owner of O'Rourke Family Estate and Peak Cellars, to share how his unique vision for a winery, accommodation, and culinary experience has come to life at O'Rourke Family Estate.  Also joining us are Ian Scromeda, General Manager, OFE and Peak Cellars, Quinton Bennett, Culinary Director O’Rourke Family Estate and Peak Cellarsand Carlos Melayes, Manager, Event Operations-Accommodations.  We talk about the award-winning wines and the attention to a full customer tasting experience at the winery. Stephanie Stanley, Winemaker, OFE and Peak Cellars, and Amy Paynter, Associate Winemaker. O'Rourke Family Estate joins the conversation as we talk about several O'Rourke Family Estate wines, along with the dining experience and then head to O'Rourke Peak Cellars in Lake Country for a full tour of their wines and dining experience at the Garden Bistro.  We close the show with Ian and Carlos, who describe the upscale accommodation experience and the new O'Rourke project on the Skaha bench.

On this week's show, we are on location in British Columbia's Lake Country, at O'Rourke Family Estate.&nbsp; We have the pleasure of welcoming Dennis O'Rourke, Owner of O'Rourke Family Estate and Peak Cellars, to share how his unique vision for a winery, accommodation, and culinary experience has come to life at O'Rourke Family Estate.&nbsp; Also joining us are Ian Scromeda, General Manager, OFE and Peak Cellars, Quinton Bennett, Culinary Director O&rsquo;Rourke Family Estate and Peak Cellars and Carlos Melayes, Manager, Event Operations-Accommodations.&nbsp; We talk about the award-winning wines and the attention to a full customer tasting experience at the winery. Stephanie Stanley, Winemaker, OFE and Peak Cellars, and Amy Paynter, Associate Winemaker. O'Rourke Family Estate joins the conversation as we talk about several O'Rourke Family Estate wines, along with the dining experience and then head to O'Rourke Peak Cellars in Lake Country for a full tour of their wines and dining experience at the Garden Bistro.&nbsp; We close the show with Ian and Carlos, who describe the upscale accommodation experience and the new O'Rourke project on the Skaha bench.

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Sept 16, 2026

The federal government has announced $500,000 for the Island Corridor Foundation and the Reconciliation Corridor Initiative to support the next phase of feasibility work on potential passenger rail service between Vic West and Langford.

Barb Desjardins, Esquimalt mayor and co-chair of the Island Corridor Foundation, joins Josh & Jade to discuss the funding announcement, why project leaders believe this effort differs from previous rail studies, and why early findings, including preliminary ridership data, are giving them reason for optimism.

The federal government has announced $500,000 for the Island Corridor Foundation and the Reconciliation Corridor Initiative to support the next phase of feasibility work on potential passenger rail service between Vic West and Langford.
Barb Desjardins, Esquimalt mayor and co-chair of the Island Corridor Foundation, joins Josh &amp; Jade to discuss the funding announcement, why project leaders believe this effort differs from previous rail studies, and why early findings, including preliminary ridership data, are giving them reason for optimism.

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