Condolence books for British Columbians to sign will be available in Victoria and Vancouver.
At news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, government and state media websites across the Commonwealth went black as part of protocol to mark the death of the head of state.
Across Canada, flags were lowered to half-mast. The British prime minister’s Twitter page photo paid tribute to Her Majesty with a black and white photo. The manual, created 16 years after the Queen’s ascension, notes there is little precedence for the occasion.The process starts with announcements from the governor general and lieutenant governors across the country followed by the prime minister and the premiers. All of that has now happened.However, the chief justices of B.C.’s Court of Appeal and Supreme Court as well as the chief judge of the provincial court cancelled a special sitting scheduled for Sept. 8 at the Vancouver Law Courts.
In the U.K., Queen Elizabeth II's death immediately triggered Operation London Bridge — a step-by-step plan for how the British government responds to her passing.
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