Legal Aid BC in the news

News items about our organization or concerning legal aid in BC are listed on this page. To find older news items, go to our Archive.
Vancouver Sun
January 25, 2022
Ian Mulgrew: Online migration of social services raises equity concerns
Vancouver Sun
January 05, 2022
Ian Mulgrew: B.C.'s Mark Benton has spent four decades in legal aid — career or…
Due Process
August 12, 2021
Episode 17: Access to Justice and Legal Aid
Terrace Standard
July 30, 2021
Terrace Legal Aid centre shuts its doors, applications directed to provincial c…
Vancouver Sun
June 11, 2021
Ian Mulgrew: COVID improves northern justice
Vancouver Sun
September 24, 2020
Ian Mulgrew: More caring not more lawyering wanted, survey finds
Vancouver Sun
April 23, 2020
Ian Mulgrew: BC legal aid agency expects deluge of cases as COVID wave crashes
Prince George Citizen
January 22, 2020
Free mediation services for parenting disputes offered online
Vancouver Sun
November 13, 2019
Brian Young: How legal aid works in BC
Vancouver Sun
October 30, 2019
Ian Mulgrew: BC legal aid funding not worth crowing about?
Vancouver Sun
October 21, 2019
Opinion: Legal aid pact heralds new era
Vancouver Sun
October 16, 2019
Ian Mulgrew: Legal aid lawyers in BC get pay hike
My Bulkley Lakes Now
October 02, 2019
Smithers Parents Legal Centre hosts grand opening
Lake Cowichan Gazette
September 12, 2019
Parents Legal Centres expand to Duncan
The Lawyer's Daily
September 04, 2019
New online tool for parenting plans avoids cost, conflict: Legal Services Socie…
CKPG Today
August 24, 2019
Indigenous families the focus of new Parents Legal Centre
Prince George Matters
August 23, 2019
Prince George’s Parents Legal Centre aims to protect Indigenous children
CBC Daybreak North
August 22, 2019
Listen to interview about Legal Aid BC's Parents Legal Centres in the north7.48 MB
Financial Post
July 30, 2019
Tyler Technologies Expands Online Dispute Resolution to British Columbia, Canada
North Island Gazette
July 12, 2019
New law centre serving BC region with highest rates of kids in care
Campbell River Mirror
July 12, 2019
Families facing child apprehension to receive free legal services in Campbell R…
My Comox Valley Now
July 11, 2019
Parents Legal Centre officially opens to serve North Island
My Cariboo Now
July 05, 2019
Legal Services Society to open Parents Legal Centre in Williams Lake
The Star
May 29, 2019
More people to be eligible for legal aid in British Columbia, society says
Vancouver Sun
March 30, 2019
Ian Mulgrew: B.C. government averts legal aid strike with interim deal