News Items tag as: Daylight Saving Time

We have to turn our clocks back again because of US politics
November 02, 2023 - 7:30 AM

Canada continues to be led around by U.S. apron strings when it comes to locking in Daylight Saving Time.
Sunday may mark the last time we spring ahead to daylight saving time
March 08, 2023 - 7:00 AM

After years of complaints about the twice yearly change from standard time to daylight saving time, this weekend may be the last time — unless, of course, U.S. politicians get in the way.
Don't forget to reset your clocks tonight as we 'fall' back
November 05, 2022 - 6:00 AM

Don’t forget, you get an extra hour of sleep tonight as we 'fall' back to Pacific Standard Time in most of B.C. but the good news is this may be the last time.
Clocks will have to 'fall back' once again this November
October 20, 2022 - 6:00 AM

Whether you like it or not, you'll have to set your clocks back an hour one last time on Nov. 6 — just like most other people in North America.
U.S. Senate approves year-round Daylight Savings Time, is B.C. next?
March 15, 2022 - 4:00 PM

A unanimous vote by the U.S. Senate today, March 15, means Daylight Saving Time could be made permanent in B.C. next year.
Want to stop moving clocks back? Get behind Standard Time
November 06, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Clocks will be turned back one hour in most of B.C. Sunday morning (officially at 2 a.m.) as the years-long debate about staying on Daylight Saving Time drags on.
Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight as we 'fall' back to standard time
October 31, 2020 - 3:31 PM

Don’t forget you get an extra hour of sleep tonight as we 'fall' back to Pacific Standard Time in most of B.C.
Blame the California Senate when B.C. turns clocks back on Nov. 1
October 30, 2020 - 8:44 AM

Even though 93 per cent of British Columbians want to stay on Daylight Saving Time, it’s not going to happen this year.
Clocks spring ahead this weekend — as usual
March 05, 2020 - 1:00 PM

The annual return to daylight savings time is this weekend for B.C. residents.
Don’t forget to ’spring forward’ — but why would you?
March 08, 2019 - 5:30 PM

In winter, the time in Creston, B.C. is the same as Calgary, Alberta but in the summer the clocks are on Vancouver time.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: Daylight Saving Time

We have to turn our clocks back again because of US politics

Sunday may mark the last time we spring ahead to daylight saving time

Don't forget to reset your clocks tonight as we 'fall' back

Clocks will have to 'fall back' once again this November

U.S. Senate approves year-round Daylight Savings Time, is B.C. next?

Want to stop moving clocks back? Get behind Standard Time

Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight as we 'fall' back to standard time

Blame the California Senate when B.C. turns clocks back on Nov. 1

Clocks spring ahead this weekend — as usual

Don’t forget to ’spring forward’ — but why would you?

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