{"id":49501,"date":"2024-11-12T14:48:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=49501"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:50:10","slug":"passing-of-former-premier-john-horgan","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/passing-of-former-premier-john-horgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing of Former Premier John Horgan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/special-bulletin\/\" rel=\"tag\">Special-Bulletin<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-11-12\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tuesday November 12 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Passing of Former Premier John Horgan<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a courageous battle against cancer, former BC Premier John Horgan died in Victoria this morning at age 65. Please see this <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/31776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> from Premier David Eby on Mr. Horgan\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a personal note, I had the privilege to work alongside Premier Horgan starting my first day in government and throughout his time in and leading the public service. He was never too busy to stop a meeting and say hello and encourage the public service to \u201ckeep up the good work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BC Government will be working with Mr. Horgan\u2019s family and the office of protocol to announce the timing of services to mark his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pursuant to British Columbia\u2019s policy on half-masting, the Canadian flag at the Parliament Buildings in Victoria will be lowered to half-mast in Mr. Horgan\u2019s honour. The direction of the Province on half-masting protocols is provided in case school districts wish to follow a similar approach. Where a Canadian flag and a British Columbia flag fly near to one other, both flags should be lowered to half-mast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer McCrea&nbsp;<br>Acting Deputy Minister of Education and Child Care\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a courageous battle against cancer, former BC Premier John Horgan died in Victoria this morning at age 65. Please see this statement from Premier David Eby on Mr. Horgan\u2019s passing. On a personal note, I had the privilege to work alongside Premier Horgan starting my first day in government and throughout his time in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/passing-of-former-premier-john-horgan\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[1043],"release_date":[1271],"division":[666],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-49501","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-special-bulletin","release_date-2024-11-12","division-sls","target_bulletin-district-dmb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/49501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/49501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49511,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/49501\/revisions\/49511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=49501"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=49501"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=49501"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=49501"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=49501"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=49501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}