Royal Roads University Langford location to be named John Horgan campus

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British Columbia

Royal Roads University's Langford determination volition beryllium named John Horgan campus, aft the precocious NDP premier.

Family and friends accidental it's a fitting tribute to the precocious premier, known arsenic John from Langford

Katie DeRosa · CBC News

· Posted: May 23, 2025 8:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

A radical of radical unveil a banner that says John Horgan campus.

Many simply knew him arsenic John from Langford.

And now, Royal Roads University's caller Langford field volition carnivore his name.

His household and governmental colleagues accidental the recently named John Horgan field volition people the bequest of 1 of B.C.'s astir fashionable premiers.

"The biggest fearfulness is erstwhile you suffer a loved one, that they'll beryllium forgotten. And this means helium won't. So that's good," said Ellie Horgan, John Horgan's woman of 40 years, choking backmost tears.

John Horgan died Nov 12 of past twelvemonth aft a conflict with cancer. He was 65.

CBC News broadcasts the authorities memorial work for John Horgan, the 36th premier of British Columbia, from the Q Centre successful Colwood connected Vancouver Island.

A five-term MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca, Horgan ushered the NDP backmost into powerfulness successful 2017 done a power-sharing statement with the B.C. Greens. Horgan past secured the party's largest ever bulk successful 2020.

Despite those successes, Ellie says her hubby was excessively humble to deliberation a gathering would carnivore his name.

She recalls telling Horgan, portion the mates was successful Berlin arsenic portion of Horgan's relation arsenic Canada's ambassador to Germany: "You cognize there's a question and it's increasing to sanction the field aft you."

Ellie says Horgan, successful infirmary arsenic his crab worsened, waved his manus dismissively, and said, "Psssh, that's conscionable silly."

Former B.C. premier John Horgan remembered astatine memorial

Former B.C. premier John Horgan was remembered by family, friends, governmental rivals and the premier curate astatine a memorial work connected Sunday. Horgan died successful November astatine property 65 aft a 3rd bout with cancer.

Horgan was a long-time proponent of a assemblage successful Canada's fastest-growing city, a suburb of Victoria. He stood successful beforehand of a bulldozer astatine the aforesaid determination successful 2022 erstwhile the Langford field was announced.

"If you spent 10 minutes with John Horgan, you would cognize the worth and value helium placed connected education," said Premier David Eby, lasting successful beforehand of the field building, which volition unfastened this fall.

Horgan often told the communicative of however his hoops manager astatine Reynolds High School successful Saanich turned his beingness astir erstwhile the Grade 9 pupil seemed headed down the incorrect path.

"How, contempt profound challenges aboriginal successful life, helium was capable to flooded them," Eby said.

Royal Roads president Philip Steencamp says that's wherefore the assemblage volition besides found an entranceway assistance successful Horgan's name.

"Even erstwhile helium occupied the premier's seat, helium was ever John from Langford," Steencamp said. "And this assemblage volition transportation connected that legacy.

John Horgan's idiosyncratic bequest looms arsenic ample arsenic his governmental one

Tributes proceed to determination successful for erstwhile B.C. premier John Horgan, who died connected Tuesday astatine the property of 65. As Katie DeRosa reports, those closest to him are remembering 'John from Langford' and his legacy.

Students volition survey business, societal sciences and transgression justness astatine the caller field that opens this fall. Ellie has ideas connected different courses Horgan would person approved of, fixed his emotion for Star Trek and Star Wars.

"Because helium was specified a subject fabrication geek, [he'd like] if determination were astronomy, abstraction exploration and electives for stone polishing."

Steencamp besides announced a $5,000 entranceway assistance successful Horgan's name. He acceptable a extremity to rise $1 cardinal for the bursary by Aug. 7, Horgan's birthday.

Also successful the crowd, two-month-old Holly, the Horgan family's archetypal grandchild.

That led adjacent person Carole James, a erstwhile B.C. NDP leader, to quip: "Who knows, possibly his ain granddaughter volition extremity up going to the John Horgan campus."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Katie DeRosa is the provincial affairs newsman for CBC British Columbia. She is based successful Victoria. You tin interaction her astatine [email protected].

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