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Les Leyne: Horgan was the rare politician who power changed for the better

You could feel the sorrowful news coursing through Greater Victoria on Tuesday afternoon, when the official word moved that John Horgan had died a few...

13.11.2024 10

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Les Leyne: With slim majority, David Eby begins a balancing act

Premier David Eby took the first steps on the tightrope Tuesday, standing in front of a legislature where he now has a scant majority with no...

30.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: With slim majority, David Eby begins a balancing act

Premier David Eby took the first steps on the tightrope Tuesday, standing in front of a legislature where he now has a scant majority with no safety...

30.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Mark B.C. down as 'undecided'

The 2024 election was a major failure for B.C. and it’s got nothing to do with partisan gains or losses. It was a flop by the central measure of...

22.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Mark B.C. down as 'undecided'

The 2024 election was a major failure for B.C. and it’s got nothing to do with partisan gains or losses. It was a flop by the central measure of...

22.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge

The Conservative Party of B.C.’s stunning surge culminated in a dead-heat election that on Saturday night left them just short of the 47-seat...

20.10.2024 30

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Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge

The Conservative Party of B.C.’s stunning surge culminated in a dead-heat election that on Saturday night left them just short of the 47-seat...

20.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Eby's attack-dog approach stems from lessons learned in 2013

There was a moment at the B.C. NDP convention in Victoria last November that resonates, as the election campaign concludes. David Eby had been NDP...

19.10.2024 6

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Les Leyne: Eby's attack-dog approach stems from lessons learned in 2013

There was a moment at the B.C. NDP convention in Victoria last November that resonates, as the election campaign concludes. David Eby had been NDP...

19.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Campaign sidelights that need more attention

There are some intriguing ideas coming out of the 2024 election campaign, but they get lost in the blizzard of posts from all quarters. It’s been an...

17.10.2024 8

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Les Leyne: 'Austerity' ahead, but parties plunge forward with spending plans

Voters can now stack the three parties’ platforms side-by-side-side for comparison, following the release Tuesday of the Conservatives’ 100-page...

17.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Campaign sidelights that need more attention

There are some intriguing ideas coming out of the 2024 election campaign, but they get lost in the blizzard of posts from all quarters. It’s been an...

17.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: 'Austerity' ahead, but parties plunge forward with spending plans

Voters can now stack the three parties’ platforms side-by-side-side for comparison, following the release Tuesday of the Conservatives’ 100-page...

17.10.2024 4

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Les Leyne: 'Austerity' ahead, but parties plunge forward with spending plans

Voters can now stack the three parties’ platforms side-by-side-side for comparison, following the release Tuesday of the Conservatives’ 100-page...

16.10.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Former Green leader now mostly on side with Conservatives

In a campaign that has had some weird moments, former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver’s support for the B.C. Conservatives is one of the...

14.10.2024 8

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Les Leyne: Former Green leader now mostly on side with Conservatives

In a campaign that has had some weird moments, former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver’s support for the B.C. Conservatives is one of the...

12.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Eby, Rustad duel over tax cuts

Although the leaders’ debate was dominated by depressing, expensive social problems, some of the tax talk sounded encouraging. Attention returned...

11.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Nasty remark overshadows Rustad's ferry plans

John Rustad’s B.C. Conservative plan for B.C. Ferries unveiled Thursday was overshadowed by a nasty old social media post from one of his...

11.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Nasty remark overshadows Rustad's ferry plans

John Rustad’s B.C. Conservative plan for B.C. Ferries unveiled Thursday was overshadowed by a nasty old social media post from one of his...

11.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Eby, Rustad duel over tax cuts

Although the leaders’ debate was dominated by depressing, expensive social problems, some of the tax talk sounded encouraging. Attention returned...

11.10.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Three leaders now wait to see if debate was a game-changer

Two party leaders tried in Tuesday’s debate to break the polling stalemate in the B.C. election campaign while the third hopes it lasts through to...

10.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Eby, Rustad duel over tax cuts

Although the leaders’ debate was dominated by depressing, expensive social problems, some of the tax talk sounded encouraging. Attention returned...

10.10.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Three leaders now wait to see if debate was a game-changer

Two party leaders tried in Tuesday’s debate to break the polling stalemate in the B.C. election campaign while the third hopes it lasts through to...

09.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Three leaders now wait to see if debate was a game-changer

Two party leaders tried in Tuesday’s debate to break the polling stalemate in the B.C. election campaign while the third hopes it lasts through to...

09.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: B.C. Conservatives and B.C. NDP not that far apart on law and order

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad fell back on the tried-and-true issue of crime and punishment Monday, with promises flowing from earlier success...

08.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: B.C. Conservatives and B.C. NDP not that far apart on law and order

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad fell back on the tried-and-true issue of crime and punishment Monday, with promises flowing from earlier success...

08.10.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Rhetoric escalating in election-campaign class-warfare

You can’t have an election in B.C. without a dash of class warfare, but it’s more obvious than usual this time around. The philosophical gap...

05.10.2024 8

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Les Leyne: Rhetoric escalating in election-campaign class-warfare

You can’t have an election in B.C. without a dash of class warfare, but it’s more obvious than usual this time around. The philosophical gap...

05.10.2024 9

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Les Leyne: Ministry stayed mute as owners scammed B.C. Housing with Victoria high-rise purchases

After many affluent owners of multiple properties scammed B.C. Housing by buying publicly subsidized units in ­Victoria that were supposedly for...

04.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Ministry stayed mute as owners scammed B.C. Housing with Victoria high-rise purchases

After many affluent owners of multiple properties scammed B.C. Housing by buying publicly subsidized units in ­Victoria that were supposedly for...

04.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Election campaigns may sail past B.C. Ferries' lurking problem

If campaigning politicians ever get around to discussing B.C. Ferries, it’s not going to be pretty. The ferry corporation has posted some...

03.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Election campaigns may sail past B.C. Ferries' lurking problem

If campaigning politicians ever get around to discussing B.C. Ferries, it’s not going to be pretty. The ferry corporation has posted some...

03.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: B.C. Conservatives' biggest supporter provided ammo to the NDP

Another day, another eyebrow-raising video clip from the past that B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has to defend or avoid talking about. Tuesday...

02.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: B.C. Conservatives' biggest supporter provided ammo to the NDP

Another day, another eyebrow-raising video clip from the past that B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has to defend or avoid talking about. Tuesday...

02.10.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Youth safety threats mount as help retreats

One youth safety program in the capital region is suspended because the Greater Victoria School Board believes students and staff don’t feel safe...

28.09.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Youth-support team funding needs an immediate boost

While the provincial government waits to see how the Greater Victoria School board responds to its order to produce a safety plan, there’s something...

26.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Former chief coroner raps front-running parties' drug stances

Lisa Lapointe retired in February as chief coroner on a wave of frustrated disgruntlement over the NDP cabinet’s refusal to follow her controversial...

25.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Rustad puts name behind rebate, but turns shy on vaccine views

I always wondered how former premier W.A.C. Bennett managed to name the legendary dam on the Peace River after himself more than a half-century ago....

24.09.2024 60

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Les Leyne: Rustad puts name behind rebate, but turns shy on vaccine views

I always wondered how former premier W.A.C. Bennett managed to name the legendary dam on the Peace River after himself more than a half-century ago....

24.09.2024 20

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Les Leyne: As election campaign launches, this party is aiming to be cheerful

There are a lot more wild cards than usual in the 2024 provincial election campaign. Opposition Leader Kevin ­Falcon surrendered his two dozen caucus...

22.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: As election campaign launches, this party is aiming to be cheerful

There are a lot more wild cards than usual in the 2024 provincial election campaign. Opposition Leader Kevin ­Falcon surrendered his two dozen caucus...

22.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Local leaders back carbon tax that Eby, Rustad now shun

Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad kicked off a month-long campaign Friday to get people considering the idea of hearing the word...

21.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Local leaders back carbon tax that Eby, Rustad now shun

Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad kicked off a month-long campaign Friday to get people considering the idea of hearing the word...

21.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Eby hones attacks on B.C. Conservatives in front of municipal leaders

VANCOUVER — Premier David Eby tried for a double on Thursday just ahead of the election campaign launch, tackling the housing crisis and his B.C....

20.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Eby hones attacks on B.C. Conservatives in front of municipal leaders

VANCOUVER — Premier David Eby tried for a double on Thursday just ahead of the election campaign launch, tackling the housing crisis and his B.C....

20.09.2024 10

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Les Leyne: B.C. orders Victoria school board to produce better safety plan

The Greater Victoria School District board’s wrong-headed conviction that police officers will frighten students if they are allowed routine access...

18.09.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Kevin Falcon folds party with last-ditch move to foil NDP

Kevin Falcon’s ignominious place in history is now secure. He took over a faltering B.C. Liberal party, but still an organization with some...

29.08.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Kevin Falcon folds party with last-ditch move to foil NDP

Kevin Falcon’s ignominious place in history is now secure. He took over a faltering B.C. Liberal party, but still an organization with some...

29.08.2024 10

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Les Leyne: What John Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henry

Fresh off another successful poaching foray, Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad described himself to the Greater Victoria Chamber of...

20.06.2024 10

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Les Leyne: What Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henry

Fresh off another successful poaching foray, Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad described himself to the Greater Victoria Chamber of...

20.06.2024 10

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