The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights)

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., where authorities say a white man targeted Black people specifically.

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 many arrests have been made, and what for.

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 says more policing is not the solution.

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.

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.

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.

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 or cat.

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.

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 which Poorman's body was found 15 months after she first went missing -- is another illustration of the VPD's "dismissive" attitude toward Indigenous people.

Parenting is hard enough as it is, but the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has many moms feeling their anger and frustration spill over. The Early Edition's Vivian Luk -- a new mom herself -- explores "mom rage" and some of the stigma associated with moms expressing those feelings.