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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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....

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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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Les Leyne: Could the upstart B.C. Conservatives swallow BC United whole?

After 13 months of mushing around in the middle, the BC United Party now looks like it is swirling down the drain. The one caucus member who BC...

05.06.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Could the upstart B.C. Conservatives swallow BC United whole?

After 13 months of mushing around in the middle, the BC United Party now looks like it is swirling down the drain. The one caucus member who BC...

04.06.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Could the upstart B.C. Conservatives swallow BC United whole?

After 13 months of mushing around in the middle, the BC United Party now looks like it is swirling down the drain. The one caucus member who BC...

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Les Leyne: Retiring MLAs leave on high notes

If it all goes according to his plan, Mike de Jong will bounce back into public view after the next federal election as Pierre Poilievre’s key...

18.05.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Retiring MLAs leave on high notes

If it all goes according to his plan, Mike de Jong will bounce back into public view after the next federal election as Pierre Poilievre’s key...

18.05.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Unite-the-right idea is still on the table

After four months of divisive bickering, attention in the last days of the legislative session turned to the potential for a miraculous coming...

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Les Leyne: Unite-the-right idea is still on the table

After four months of divisive bickering, attention in the last days of the legislative session turned to the potential for a miraculous coming...

17.05.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Tired of arguing, NDP cuts off debate on bill that reduces power of lawyers

Opposition critic Todd Stone stood up early Tuesday afternoon and pleaded with the NDP government not to shut down debate on the hotly contested bill...

16.05.2024 10

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Les Leyne: Tired of arguing, NDP cuts off debate on bill that reduces power of lawyers

Opposition critic Todd Stone stood up early Tuesday afternoon and pleaded with the NDP government not to shut down debate on the hotly contested bill...

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Les Leyne: Conservatives ending legislature session with growth spurt

The NDP government and the BC United opposition are wrapping up four months of battling at the legislature, much of it with an eye to strategic...

15.05.2024 50

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Les Leyne: Health workers vaccine mandate back in play

B.C.’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health workers returned to the agenda Monday on two fronts, through a B.C. Supreme Court decision and some...

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Les Leyne: Destigmatizing was behind decriminalization

For all the general talk about destigmatizing opioid use, it’s mostly related to one particular sub-set of users. It’s the ordinary citizen —...

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Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

To protest the lack of independent oversight and the transparent vote-buying underway in Premier David Eby’s Wednesday announcement, I will be...

09.05.2024 20

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Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

To protest the lack of independent oversight and the transparent vote-buying underway in Premier David Eby’s Wednesday announcement, I will be...

09.05.2024 50

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Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

The federal government on Tuesday condoned and approved B.C.’s hasty retreat from decriminalizing drug use, so the surrender is now official and...

08.05.2024 40

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Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

The federal government on Tuesday condoned and approved B.C.’s hasty retreat from decriminalizing drug use, so the surrender is now official and...

08.05.2024 40

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Les Leyne: Trustees say police liaison submission not appropriate

The Greater Victoria School Board has refused to hear a presentation from an advocate for the school police liaison program because her submission is...

07.05.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Moulting attention hound needs some tough love

“The two-year-old elephant seal, who seems to love moulting in very public places around the capital, crossed Beach Drive over the weekend to lounge...

05.05.2024 20

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Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

Greater Victoria teachers are being asked to send a form letter to Victoria city council members objecting to their support for school police liaison...

03.05.2024 30

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Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

After the paramedics have left and you’re resting comfortably, the key thing to do after reading the new updated 2026 World Cup cost estimates is to...

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Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

After the paramedics have left and you’re resting comfortably, the key thing to do after reading the new updated 2026 World Cup cost estimates is to...

02.05.2024 30

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Les Leyne: Board’s opposition to police in schools puts racialized people in ‘victim role,’ says youth counsellor

It would be good to report that the Greater Victoria School Board at least expressed some concern Monday after hearing a persuasive and alarming case...

01.05.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Public safety overlooked in decriminalization

While politicians debated the wreckage of B.C.’s drug decriminalization experiment Monday, traipsing through the background of the “pilot...

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Les Leyne: Public safety overlooked in decriminalization

While politicians debated the wreckage of B.C.’s drug decriminalization experiment Monday, traipsing through the background of the “pilot...

30.04.2024 20

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Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

There’s no question we lost the “war on drugs.” It looks like the surrender is not going well, either. B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization...

27.04.2024 30

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Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

There’s no question we lost the “war on drugs.” It looks like the surrender is not going well, either. B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization...

27.04.2024 30

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