Canadians woke up Sunday to a new time zone map after British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories opted to stay on daylight time year-round rather than have clocks fall back one hour.
Saskatchewan already doesn’t adjust its clocks.
The Pacific Highway border in Surrey B.C. is used by hundreds of truckers use it daily, who are now transporting goods across a border that straddles two time zones as Washington State turned back the clocks on Sunday morning.
“Those delivery times are going to vary because you’re not necessarily going to think about that one hour difference issue,” Dave Earle with the B.C. Trucking Association, said.
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In addition, children in Point Roberts who go to school in Blaine are now traveling through a different time zone on their way to school.
Time zone confusion led to numerous parking tickets at RCMP headquarters in Surrey and many found their online calendars were incorrect.
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For hockey fans, some games won’t start until 8 p.m.
“When the provincial government announced plans to move to permanent daylight saving time, we recognized the potential impact on game start times,” Canucks Sports and Entertainment said in a statement.
The decision to stay on daylight saving time was made in March when then-premier David Eby made the announcement.
Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson told Global News, in part: “We’ll see how the winter goes, and we’ll listen to British Columbians and understand how this affects workers and families, but my priority is getting our economy moving again.”
-with files from The Canadian Press
We are doing this because some need to pray 5 times in a day.
I am a returd NOW.
Get over it. We finally stopped the stupid switching back and forth. Figure it out! Doesn’t matter what number you assign to it, 9am, 8am or 10am – nothing changed, it’s still NOW. The number you assign to the current time is still NOW. If you set your clock back an hour, did you suddenly go back in time 60 minutes and now you suddenly know what the upcoming winning lotto numbers are?? No! We finally got rid of the stupid practice so get over it so they don’t bring it back. Now is still now, changing the clock won’t make you an hour older, younger or wiser. Get over it. It was stupid for long enough. Let it die in peace. Geez.
its insane that we still do this insanity year after year, enough of changing time, I am sick of it.
1 hour less of textual entertainment on this message board, it did not disappoint. Meanwhile, the rest of the world follows math and science based on rotations of planets and the moon, moving on…only in Kanaduh er er eh eh?
All time for all of Canada should be STANDARD TIME.
All this becasue moslems need to prey 5 tikes per day. We are already sold out.
Chaos? Only if you’re a ret ard.
Jeff Hammond
Kids dont go to school at 9, it was dark regardless, and now you want them to have no light on way home either.
3 hour time difference for Stock Market.
You are a clown
Stop f *ucking whining, you little pussies!! It’s over!
I’m NOT ‘cheering’! The Manitoba gov’t should have used better common sense & left Manitoba on permanent STANDARD TIME. It’s already caused some confusion. It’s not safe or helpful with the sky still being dark up to 9:00a.m. in the middle of Winter. Not good for children going to school & people going to work in the mornings. The gov’t thought this out poorly & it needs to revert back to permanent standard time in March. The gov’t should gave consulted experts who know what they are talking about!
Bring Standard Time back (Winter Time). Natural light in the morning acts as the body’s primary “on switch,” helping reset circadian rhythms, boosting alertness, and synchronizing internal organs. Leading medical organizations (such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and various circadian researchers) advocate for permanent standard time rather than permanent daylight time to protect public health.
Try this stop whining 😂😂😂
Parents are not cheering. They are upset about permanent DST. Having to get the kids up in the middle of the night to go to school. And in the summer, trying to convince them it is bed time, when it is still not even dusk.
Why will Global not tell the truth in their headlines. The problems are noted further down. And one can always find someone who likes something, even if it is bad for them.
Workers are not happy because it takes another hour before it is light enough to start work.
We had a referendum, and we told UCP that we did not want DST at all. Why will they not listen to us.
Global STILL trying to push this as the top (and second top) reportable stories?!?! Give it up Global, the decision’s been made, and the clocks are never being changed again. LOL
The people who complain about not changing the clocks obviously have nothing better to do. Weaklings.
It’s been scientifically proven by many doctors and sleep specialists that the twice yearly change is detrimental to your health. Frankly, I’m surprised it took this long to get rid of this useless change.
I would have preferred Standard time and then leaving the clocks alone, but I will take NOT changing the clocks ever again. Only mentally challenged people like changing their clocks twice a year.
Wow, w0ke f0lk are so brittle and seem to be unable to adapt to any changes in their lives. I suspect that by December they will be complaining about the darkness. But do not worry, Mark Carney will promise to make the sun come up sooner. Especially after we become the 28th state of the EU. Lol.
Wow, people complaining about NOT changing are weak and incompetent. Stable no change time is better for everyone and the darker mornings? WHO CARES!! Most people are asleep or driving to work and it makes no difference. The extra hour in the evening is important because that is when people actually DO THINGS! Kinds play outside, rush hour is brighter etc..
If you wonder why younger generations are increasingly stupud and useless, look no further than the weakness of their parents.