{"id":66343,"date":"2026-04-08T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=66343"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:42:34","slug":"half-masting-notice-for-death-of-chief-rhonda-larrabee-of-the-qayqayt-first-nation","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/half-masting-notice-for-death-of-chief-rhonda-larrabee-of-the-qayqayt-first-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-masting Notice in Honour of Chief Rhonda Larrabee of the Qayqayt First Nation"},"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\/action\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Action<\/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\/2026-04-10\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday April 10 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Half-masting Notice in Honour of Chief Rhonda Larrabee of the Qayqayt First Nation<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\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 be flown at half-mast at the legislature and all B.C. government buildings in New Westminster to honour the memory of Chief Rhonda Larrabee of the Qayqayt First Nation who died on April 5, 2026. Flags were flown at half-mast from April 7 to 8 and will be flown at half-mast again from sunrise to sunset on the day of the funeral or memorial service (to be determined). The B.C. policy on half-masting protocols is provided in case school districts wish to follow a similar approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pursuant to Section 12(a) of the British Columbia policy on half-masting, flags will be flown at half-mast at the legislature and all B.C. government buildings in New Westminster to honour the memory of Chief Rhonda Larrabee of the Qayqayt First Nation who died on April 5, 2026. Flags were flown at half-mast from April 7 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/half-masting-notice-for-death-of-chief-rhonda-larrabee-of-the-qayqayt-first-nation\/\" 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":[348],"release_date":[1598],"division":[1393],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-66343","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-action","release_date-2026-04-10","division-sipp","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\/66343","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66602,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66343\/revisions\/66602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66343"}],"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=66343"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=66343"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=66343"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=66343"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=66343"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=66343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}