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Injured Workers Call to Stop the Cuts to Legal Aid
April 18, 2019 15:02 ET | Injured Workers’ Consultants
TORONTO, April 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) is raising the alarm bells over the 30 percent cut to Legal Aid Ontario contained in last week’s...
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30% Cuts to Legal Aid Are an Attack on Racialized Communities, Immigrants and Refugees
April 15, 2019 12:18 ET | Colour of Poverty-Colour of Change (COP-COC)
TORONTO, April 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Colour of Poverty-Colour of Change (COP-COC) strongly denounces the Ontario Government’s decision to cut legal aid funding by $133 million,...
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Interim agreement with government averts legal aid job action scheduled for April 1st
March 29, 2019 11:30 ET | Association of Legal Aid Lawyers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Negotiations over the past month between the B.C. government and the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers (A.L.L.) has resulted in an...
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B.C.’s Legal Aid Lawyers vote for job action to support funding demands
March 14, 2019 17:19 ET | Association of Legal Aid Lawyers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The members of the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers (A.L.L.) have voted to withdraw their services beginning April 1st. An...
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Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch Welcomes Provincial Review of Legal Aid VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (CBABC) welcomes the report released by David Eby, QC, Attorney General, entitled ROADS TO...
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Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch Targets Legal Aid & ICBC Changes in New Platform Paper
October 02, 2018 12:00 ET | Canadian Bar Association British Columbia, BC Branch
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (CBABC) today released An Agenda for Justice – Platform Updates 2018. This document, an update...
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Bob Woodruff Foundation Announces Fall Grants
October 27, 2015 09:21 ET | Bob Woodruff Foundation
NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Bob Woodruff Foundation today announced grants of nearly $1.1 million to nonprofits running innovative programs that meet the needs of post-9/11...