Born in 1941, Adams was a senior member of BCTV's news team and a veteran Vancouver Sun reporter. He wrote Living Stones: A Centennial History of Christ Church Cathedral 1889-1989, published in 1989 by the church. It traces the building's origins back to Irish-born engineer Henry Cambie, who led a group of five men who bought five CPR lots at the corner of Burrard and Georgia for $2,500.

[BCBW 1995] "Religion"