Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton has announced the members of the new Attorney General’s B.C. Supreme Court Rules Committee, with a mandate to consult broadly with the legal profession and users of the courts, including self-represented litigants.

The search for a new chief civilian director (CCD) for the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) is being postponed until spring of next year.

Forty British Columbia lawyers have been appointed the honorary title of Queen’s counsel, or QC, Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton announced.

With the forecast for several more days of unusually cold weather throughout much of the province, the BC Coroners Service is urging everyone to take special care of themselves – and each other.

The British Columbia government is appointing seven new provincial court judges to address upcoming retirements to ensure the judiciary has the resources to continue to provide access to justice.

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton released the following statement:

Government is acting to ensure greater safety and protection of those experiencing or are at risk of family violence, by using professional process servers for delivery of protection orders at no cost to applicants, in all regions of the province.

Leaders of B.C.’s justice and public safety sector came together for a discussion of services and supports to benefit people with mental-health or substance-use disorders who are in contact with the criminal justice system.

The B.C. government has passed an order in council that gives the commissioners of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered indigenous Women and Girls the authority to examine matters within jurisdiction of the province.