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Les Leyne

Les Leyne

Les Leyne covers legislature sittings. He has written an opinion column since 1995 and was a political, municipal and general assignment reporter prior to that. He grew up in Qualicum Beach and worked on the West Shore and in Duncan prior to joining the Times 91原创.

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Les Leyne: Conservatives never seem to get along

Les Leyne: Conservatives never seem to get along

Maybe things will simmer down. But that鈥檚 what people hoped Mount St. Helen鈥檚 would do.
Les Leyne: School board's supercilious condescension is what prompted minister's warning

Les Leyne: School board's supercilious condescension is what prompted minister's warning

The Greater Victoria School District鈥檚 board of education accepted nebulous survey results that backed their position on police liaison officers and discounted all the findings that didn鈥檛.
Les Leyne: Esquimalt, Songhees chiefs condemn school board stance against police

Les Leyne: Esquimalt, Songhees chiefs condemn school board stance against police

They say they were not consulted about the Greater Victoria School Board鈥檚 shutdown of the school police liaison officer program
Les Leyne: Rights official endorses school police ban, teachers say safety plan directive 'outrageous'

Les Leyne: Rights official endorses school police ban, teachers say safety plan directive 'outrageous'

Kasari Govender validated the decision to shut down school police liaison programs
Les Leyne: Top school executive took early retirement over police liaison officer controversy

Les Leyne: Top school executive took early retirement over police liaison officer controversy

Harold Caldwell says the decision to cancel the program was a major mistake that has done serious damage to the critical task of building relationships with students.
Les Leyne: Horgan was the rare politician changed for the better by power

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

An unfiltered heart-on-his-sleeve man, you could tell what he was thinking nearly every time he walked into a room 鈥 mostly common-sense ideas about making B.C. better, and doing the right thing
Les Leyne: With slim majority, David Eby begins a balancing act

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

鈥淧ublic drug use and people struggling with mental health and severe addictions on our streets are a priority for British Columbians. I heard that loud and clear.鈥
Les Leyne: Mark B.C. down as 'undecided'

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

Barring a long-shot change in the count, the NDP will work out an arrangement with the Greens to get some shaky control of the legislature and try to carry on.
Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge

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

The Conservative Party of B.C.鈥檚 stunning surge culminated in a dead-heat election that on Saturday night left them just short of the 47-seat majority.
Les Leyne: Eby's attack-dog approach stems from lessons learned in 2013

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

An NDP report concluded then-leader Adrian Dix lost the 2013 election to BC Liberal leader Christy Clark due in part to Dix鈥檚 determination not to go negative
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