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

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

You have to have a lot on your mind to overlook that and throw your support behind a candidate for a party that is relatively indifferent to your life’s work.
Rob Shaw: Rustad stands firm after latest candidate controversy engulfs Conservatives

Rob Shaw: Rustad stands firm after latest candidate controversy engulfs Conservatives

Party leader refuses to fire candidate over hateful anti-Muslim comments
Les Leyne: Nasty remark overshadows Rustad's ferry plans

Les Leyne: Nasty remark overshadows Rustad's ferry plans

Brent Chapman unloaded some vicious remarks about Palestinians and Muslims 10 years ago.
Opinion: B.C.'s forestry future tied to Canadian housing boom

Opinion: B.C.'s forestry future tied to Canadian housing boom

As political leaders push for more housing, province’s timber industry looks for new opportunities
Les Leyne: Eby, Rustad duel over tax cuts

Les Leyne: Eby, Rustad duel over tax cuts

Attention returned Wednesday to differences between two major tax-cut promises from the NDP and the Conservative Party of B.C.
Opinion: B.C. energy future highlights critical choices in provincial election

Opinion: B.C. energy future highlights critical choices in provincial election

Voters must choose between competing visions for sustainable energy
Gordon Campbell: Housing crisis at a tipping point with bold action needed in B.C.

Gordon Campbell: Housing crisis at a tipping point with bold action needed in B.C.

B.C. can take four bold steps to tackle unaffordable housing head-on, says former premier
Rob Shaw: Rustad's cadaverous debate performance may be enough to stall surging Conservatives

Rob Shaw: Rustad's cadaverous debate performance may be enough to stall surging Conservatives

BC Conservative leader needed a standout moment, but delivered monotone responses that failed to counter NDP attacks
Les Leyne: Three leaders now wait to see if debate was a game-changer

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

The leaders of B.C.’s main political parties David Eby, Sonia Furstenau and John Rustad participated in a televised debate on Tuesday night.
B.C. voters want health-care overhaul but are wary of privatization, survey reveals

B.C. voters want health-care overhaul but are wary of privatization, survey reveals

Housing and poverty still top concerns, but voters remain split on health-care reform and private care expansion