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		<title>Nicole Garton-Jones and Heritage Law Featured in CBA National Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jordan Furlong, journalist, consultant and award-winning author of law blog Law21 featured Nicole Garton-Jones and Heritage Law in “Leading the Way” for the Canadian Bar Association’s National magazine’s September issue. Mr. Furlong cites Heritage Law as an example of a new class of “highly innovative start-up law firms (that) are taking on new markets, leveraging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Lawyers Forum Education Day &#8211; &#8220;Defining Moments – Leadership &amp; Ethics&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
I am excited to be able to participate in this year’s CBA BC Branch Women Lawyers Forum Education Day event.   Along with Elizabeth Watson and Stacey Handley, I will participate on a leadership panel which will be led by Marion McAdam of Fourth Wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Judges Appointed to BC Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Honourable Robert D. Punnett and the Honourable Peter M. Willcock have been appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Mr. Justice Punnett served as a Bencher for Prince Rupert County until his appointment on June 19. He also served two terms on the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) Provincial Council and on the board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Coast LEAF granted leave to intervene in SWUAV v AG Canada:  Access to justice to be argued in BC Supreme Court of Appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Coast LEAF has been granted leave to intervene at the BC Court of  Appeal on the issue of &#8220;public interest standing&#8221; in SWUAV v AG  Canada.  This case is about women&#8217;s access to justice, and could be an  important milestone for equality claimants trying to get their voices heard in  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Tibet Olympics Protest at Great Wall of China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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		<title>Lack of Adequate Childcare in Canadian Cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CBC News Wed, 05 Jul 2006
Nearly every major city in Canada is dealing with a considerable shortage of licensed day care spaces, according to a new national study.
The report, entitled &#8220;Learning from Each Other: Early Learning and Child Care Experiences in Canadian Cities,&#8221; examines the local provision of children&#8217;s services in Canadian cities, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Righting the Historic Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to close the gap that exists between Canadian First Nations people and the general public, Canada&#8217;s premiers have agreed to a 10 year plan that will attempt to eliminate aboriginal poverty. The ambitious plan will be put into motion this Fall at the first ministers meeting on native issues and will address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michaelle Jean Selected as Governor-General</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best known journalists in Quebec was appointed yesterday to
the post of Governor-General. Michaëlle Jean has been the host of The
Passionate Eye and Rough Cuts for the last five years and has won
numerous prizes for her efforts throughout. Hailing from Haiti, the
poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, her family fled the
dictatorship in 1967 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCC Sides with Provinces on Judge&#8217;s Pay Dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.bcheritagelaw.com/blog/public-affairs/scc-sides-with-provinces-on-judges-pay-dispute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 06:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday that provincial
governments will be given a discretionary capacity in deciding Judge&#8217;s
pay. The provinces will no longer be forced to follow the
recommendations of independent commissions as long as their reasons
for doing so are rational. The decision is a result of Judges in
various provinces across Canada taking their governments to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Votes, One Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the House of Commons voted on Bill C-38, the much debated Same Sex Marriage Bill. Despite the resignation of a Cabinet Minister Joe Comuzzi and what appeared to be divisions within Paul Martin&#8217;s minority government, the Bill recieved widespread support from the NDP and Bloc Quebecois allowing it to pass 158 to 133. [...]]]></description>
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