{"id":56002,"date":"2025-05-01T11:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=56002"},"modified":"2025-05-02T07:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:34:53","slug":"official-day-of-remembrance-and-mourning","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/official-day-of-remembrance-and-mourning\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Day of Remembrance and Mourning"},"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\/2025-05-01\/\" rel=\"tag\">Thursday May 1 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Official Day of Remembrance and Mourning<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier David Eby has declared tomorrow, Friday, May 2, 2025, an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2025PREM0051-000399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official day of remembrance and mourning<\/a> for the victims of the Lapu Lapu tragedy, providing the people of British Columbia an opportunity to come together, grieve the loss of innocent lives and recognize the contributions the victims made to their communities and the province. An <a href=\"https:\/\/submit.digital.gov.bc.ca\/app\/form\/submit?f=f4944988-5402-45a8-bb9c-7b2a95f928d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online book of condolences<\/a> for the victims\u2019 families is available for signing until the end of day on Monday, May 5. I also encourage you to share this <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/808\/2025\/05\/BC-Day-of-Remembrance-Mourning-Letter-May-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guidance for Acknowledging the Provincial Day of Remembrance and Mourning document<\/a> with your schools to assist them in their planning for this day of remembrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pursuant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/british-columbians-our-governments\/organizational-structure\/office-of-the-premier\/intergovernmental-relations-secretariat\/protocol\/flag\/bc-half-masting-policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 12(a) of the British Columbia policy on half-masting<\/a>, flags will continue to be flown at half-mast until sunset on Sunday, May 4, 2025, to mark the tragic deaths that occurred as a result of the attack. The direction of the Province on half-masting protocols is provided in case school districts wish to follow a similar approach; however, school districts have the autonomy to follow their own policies with regard to flags subject to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/265_89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Regulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flags can be returned to full mast on Monday morning, May 5, when school resumes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaye Krishna&nbsp;<br>Deputy Minister of Education and Child Care\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier David Eby has declared tomorrow, Friday, May 2, 2025, an official day of remembrance and mourning for the victims of the Lapu Lapu tragedy, providing the people of British Columbia an opportunity to come together, grieve the loss of innocent lives and recognize the contributions the victims made to their communities and the province. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/official-day-of-remembrance-and-mourning\/\" 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":[1367],"division":[666],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-56002","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-special-bulletin","release_date-2025-05-01","division-sls","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-principals-vice-principals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/56002","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/56002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56091,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/56002\/revisions\/56091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56002"}],"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=56002"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=56002"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=56002"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=56002"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=56002"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=56002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}