The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights)

How will the NDP deal with the evacuation centres straining under the pressure, while emergency crews battle the province's wildfires? We get some answers from John Horgan as he prepares to be sworn in today as the next premier of BC.

Residents in both Williams Lake and Lake Country were ordered to leave their homes over the weekend because of wildfires. We check in with CBC reporter Brady Strachan, who has been talking to evacuees and visited the area in Lake Country that was burned.

We've got Billy Bragg, in studio, with his new book, Roots, Radicals, and Rocker in advance of his performance at the Vancouver Folk Fest tonight.

Professional firefighters battling BC's wildfires are getting support from loggers, miners, and construction workers. We speak with Tim Menning, head of a logging company and with CBC reporter Betsy Trumpener in Prince George.

The Red Cross says financial donations are the best way to help evacuees from the BC wildfires. We find out how you can donate and where the money actually goes and speak to the BBB about how to recognize fake solicitors.

We get updates on the latest fire situations with B.C. Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek, Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb and CBC's Betsy Trumpener in Prince George, where many forced out of their homes are staying.

Some fire victims are preparing for the worst, others are recovering from it. We hear from interior residents Sherrie Fraser and Sue Willis whose homes were caught in the line of fire. We also speak with Minister Todd Stone on the $100 million relief fund

East Vancouver residents are concerned that a city-owned home on their block is sitting empty. We speak with resident Pete McCormick who's feeling uneasy about the city's purchase and its plans.

Another resignation among the ranks of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry, this time from the Executive Director. Families are concerned about how the whole process is going. We speak to BC's Commissioner Wally Oppal, for his take

Former premier Ujjal Dosanjh joins us to talk about the challenge of deciding who gets into cabinet, and who gets left out.