Daylight Saving Time

EDITORIAL – Farewell to spring and fall time changes, we’re sad to see you go

March 2, 2026 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, we’ll set our clocks ahead one hour, and wake up Sunday an hour earlier than usual. It will be a darker morning [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Maybe Thompson-Nicola should exit time change all on its own

March 13, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, COMING TO YOU an hour sooner than last week. Yep, we’re into Daylight Saving Time again. Was the change really all that tough? Each [Continue]

EDITORIAL – At the end of the day, Standard Time is better year round

November 4, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CLOCK FALLS BACK this Sunday and it’s time for the annual debate over Daylight Saving Time. A growing number of jurisdictions plan to [Continue]

KNOX – Spring forward, fall back and crawl under the bed until 2022

March 15, 2021 // 2 Comments

TO BE FAIR, Premier John Horgan never actually promised we would scrap the time change by now. No, in 2019 when B.C. passed legislation to do away with the twice-a-year clock [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If we’re going to do away with the time change, let’s just do it

March 5, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DON’T FORGET TO SPRING AHEAD on Sunday. Question is whether we’ll be falling back a few months from now. British Columbians indicated in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – One time, sure, but it should be Standard Time, not DST

November 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

B.C. PREMIER JOHN HORGAN has a good idea in getting rid of the semi-annual upset of our biological rhythms by switching clocks back and forth. Horgan has a bad idea in [Continue]