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The Conservative Party of British Columbia has been without a permanent leader since the resignation of John Rustad last year, and won’t have a new head until the party gathers to vote one in at the end of May. But even in this condition it has opened a 10-point lead over the governing New Democrats, a new Angus Reid poll found . Poll numbers going back to December of 2024 find the New Democrats and Conservatives consistently jockeying for supremacy in voter intent, with both in the low 40s and never more than three percentage points between them. But the latest numbers show the...