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Les Leyne: Doukhobor children's lifelong wait for apology continues after 'screw up'

Les Leyne: Doukhobor children's lifelong wait for apology continues after 'screw up'

Seventy years ago, about 200 Doukhobor children were snatched from their homes and confined for several years in a remote institution in the Kootenays
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Les Leyne: Conservative duo heats up debate with talk of chickens, pots and edible insects

Les Leyne: Conservative duo heats up debate with talk of chickens, pots and edible insects

For the first time in 50 years, the Conservative Party of B.C. had two MLAs in the house, and their hawkish views have people literally rolling their eyes at times.
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Les Leyne: Attempt at 'clarity and guidance' on shelters fails on both counts

Les Leyne: Attempt at 'clarity and guidance' on shelters fails on both counts

What started as a legal definition setting a province-wide standard for dealing with homeless encampments has evolved into an embarrassing mess
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Les Leyne: Underplayed CleanBC costs under fire

Les Leyne: Underplayed CleanBC costs under fire

BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says CleanBC costs will hit households hard
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Les Leyne: Ombudsman finds COVID benefits clawback unfair

Les Leyne: Ombudsman finds COVID benefits clawback unfair

He released a report on how midstream changes to the B.C. Emergency Benefit mean thousands of people are being asked to return $1,000 grants.
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Les Leyne: Convention speech shows Eby prefers to play offence

Les Leyne: Convention speech shows Eby prefers to play offence

Premier David Eby’s speech to NDP delegates shows he’s more interested in staying in attack mode than explaining why the NDP is still playing catch-up in dealing with many of the problems he acknowledges
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Les Leyne: An appointed premier readies for his first election

Les Leyne: An appointed premier readies for his first election

After a year as an appointed premier, B.C. Premier David Eby won a 93 per cent approval rating from NDP delegates on Saturday. Now he has 11 months — at most — to prepare for an election.
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Les Leyne: MLAs learned of illicit drug buys much earlier

Les Leyne: MLAs learned of illicit drug buys much earlier

When the story landed in legislature, Premier David Eby could have frankly acknowledged it as an example of how desperately acute the opioid crisis has become.
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Les Leyne: All-housing theme is all-consuming

Les Leyne: All-housing theme is all-consuming

Lesser-known changes to housing policy are being introduced, to back up the high-profile ones
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Les Leyne: Accelerating push for electric vehicles makes no sense in North

Les Leyne: Accelerating push for electric vehicles makes no sense in North

Ninety per cent of light-duty vehicle sales will need to be electric by 2030, even in the North, where colder temperatures reduce their efficiency
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