East Kootenay Caught Between Shifting Time Observances
Regional leaders are seeking resident input as B.C. and Alberta move toward year-round daylight saving time and communities face separate time choices.
- The Regional District of East Kootenay is currently facilitating a public survey process to gather resident feedback on which time zone observance the region should adopt.
- Earlier in March, Premier David Eby announced permanent daylight savings time, though East Kootenay communities were excluded; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also indicated Alberta will adopt permanent daylight savings time, leaving the region caught in the middle.
- Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Christine Boyle stated that locally elected leaders must decide on the time observance; regardless of survey feedback, individual communities may choose different time zones, creating a potential confusing patchwork system.
- "But residents have good leaders around that table who they elected to represent them and I'm confident they," Boyle said, as the province won't intervene unless requested by The RDEK.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith teased that legislation should be forthcoming shortly, but The RDEK confirmed this will not impact the ongoing survey process as communities determine their time observance.
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East Kootenay caught between shifting time observances
As the East Kootenay continues to grapple with issues around time zone observances, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has signalled that her province will look to adopt permanent daylight savings time. Smith dropped the news in a recent interview with the Calgary Herald, as Alberta government officials have also teased that legislation should be forthcoming shortly. Earlier in March, B.C. Premier David Eby announced the province will permanently ad…
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