The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights)

The trial against the federal government and their solitary confinement practices begins today. We speak with Josh Paterson of the BC Civil Liberties Association on the changes they are hoping to see.

8 weeks ago, British Columbians were about to head to the polls. Now, after weeks of uncertainty, NDP leader John Horgan will become premier and form government through a partnership with the Greens. We check in with our political insiders.

16 years of Liberal rule has come to an end. We speak with Premier-designate John Horgan.

A shocking video of a flagger run over by an SUV in Burnaby had the BC Flagging Association calling for tough penalties to keep their members safe. We hear from co-founder Diane Herback.

What Vancouver can learn from Vienna, when it comes to housing? We speak to Andrea Reven-Holzmann, CEO of a non-profit housing developer in Vienna.

It's a standoff at the BC Legislature and it looks like nothing will get done until the confidence vote on Thursday. We speak with UBC political scientist Richard Johnston about all the political jockeying.

The United States is expected to slap a second round of duties on Canadian softwood lumber today. What should we expect, and what impact will it have? We speak with Naomi Christensen, an analyst from the Canada West Foundation.

B.C. Lieutenant General's throne speech was full of promises for social spending, political donation reforms, and new affordability measures. But almost none of those promises were in the BC Liberal election platform. Our On The Ledge panel weighs in.

Vancouver author Robert Joseph Greene has never been to Russia but he found himself in the middle of one of the country's biggest political controversies because of one of his children's stories.

Power, politics, and priorities, three Indigenous B.C. MLAs explain how they reconcile a relationship between an institutions' past and future.