July 6, 2006
http://www.bccls.bc.ca/cms/index.cfm?Group_ID=2652 - Worth reviewing before attending court.
November 8, 2005
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/small_claims_court.htm - this website lists the rules of order and the regulations of the BC Small Claims Court.
September 3, 2005
Pro Bono Partnership Guide 2005 (in PDF) is a guide for community groups (and lawyers) for the establishment of a probono law program that utilizes the pro bono expertise of lawyers to assist...
January 30, 2004
The December 2003 newsletter, The Indicator (in PDF) - published by the Quality of Life Challenge and the Victoria Community Council - has stories related to housing, food access and security, gender...
January 11, 2004
Blogs are a computer term for Web Logs, which could be described as an online diary of sorts. Last month we highlighted TheHomelessGuy.net. This month were highlighting a blog a PovNet reader from...
May 23, 2003
The Common Law Checklist (in PDF) or in Word Document format is a checklist to help advocates determine if there is a common law or marriage-like relationship. The checklist was prepared by David...
March 10, 2003
Some of the sessions at the training session for advocates that were held in November 2002 were videotaped are now online through Working TV.
The Front Line Advocacy Workers (FLAW) education...
January 18, 2002
There are four separate review processes going on at this time in British Columbia which affect the workers' compensation system.
1) Legislation and Policy Core Review.
The government announced at...
April 13, 2001
This extremely useful resource guide has sections on Hiring Your Own Home Support Workers, The Workers Compensation Act, the Employment Insurance and Income Tax acts, Payroll requirements, and...
