The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights) Podcast
1) Youth and seniors work out together in Vancouver's Chinatown
The Early Edition's Melody Jacobson visits the Yarrow Intergenerational Society's biweekly exercise class at the Sun Wah Centre in Chinatown -- a class for both seniors AND youth.
2) Green Party calls for four months of free transit
In a bid to ease the pressure of soaring gas prices, BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau is calling on the province to making public transit free for the next four months.
3) The BCSPCA wants you to consider adopting something other than a cat or dog
Adrienne McBride of the BCSPCA says their shelters have a surplus of small animals like rats, rabbits, lizards or birds -- and she makes the case for why you might want to adopt one instead of a dog o...Show More
The BCSPCA wants you to consider adopting something other than a cat or dog
06:53 | May 17th, 2022
4) Breaking down the charges laid against Fairy Creek protesters
Old-growth logging protests in the Fairy Creek watershed have broken records for the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. The CBC's Kathryn Marlow takes a deep dive into exactly how ...Show More
5) Kuper Island podcast dives deep into one BC residential school's story
The CBC's Duncan McCue previews his new podcast Kuper Island, an investigation into the dark past of a BC residential school of the same name, and the people who survived it.
6) Canada not immune to extremism and racism behind Buffalo, N.Y., shooting
Stephanie Allen of the Hogan's Alley Society says Canadians should avoid the urge to think this country is "above" the kind of racist, extremist views that led to a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., whe...Show More
7) Should Vancouver bring back school liaison officers?
A recent string of bullying incidents caught on film has some calling for the return of school liaison police officers in Vancouver area schools, but Asmal Ishaque of the group Cops Out of Schools say...Show More
8) Ottawa Report: Canada outlines climate change adaptation plan
The Globe and Mail's Kristy Kirkup lays out the federal government's newly announced climate change adaptation plan, and the shift it marks from preventing climate change to living with it.
9) UBCIC calls VPD's handling of Chelsea Poorman case "callous"
Vancouver police say the death of 24-year-old Chelsea Poorman was "not suspicious," but Union of BC Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says their "callous" handling of the case -- in ...Show More
10) Inside Vancouver's first Hong Kong Fair
The Early Edition's Vivian Luk gets a sneak peak inside this weekend's sold out Vancouver Hong Kong Fair from organizers Heiky Kwan and Esther Yuen.