Daylight savings often means waking up with an hour later than you planned. (Elena Elisseeva/Shutterstock). Courtesy of the CBC.
It’s almost time to change the clocks again.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins on Sunday, March 11, which means clocks need to be put forward one hour at 2 a.m. However, most people will choose to “spring forward” their clocks before they go to bed on Saturday night.
Most of the British Columbia observes DST except part of the Peace River Regional District and the East Kootenay Region, which are on Mountain Time.
Fort Nelson and Creston stay on Mountain Standard Time year-round and do not change their clocks.
Saskatchewan is the only province where residents don’t change their clocks. The exception is Lloydminster, which is bisected by the Saskatchewan-Alberta boundary. The Alberta government officially scrapped a bill last year aimed at getting rid of the semi-annual time change.
Here in B.C., the Union of B.C. Municipalities endorsed a resolution from Grand Forks in September asking the province to consider abolishing Daylight Saving Time. Premier John Horgan said he was surprised about how many people in B.C. contacted him about eliminating the time change.
With clocks moving forward an hour, fire departments are re-issuing annual reminders for residents to check their smoke alarms.
All homes in B.C. are required to have either a battery-operated or hard-wired smoke alarm on every floor.
Alarms should be mounted high on a wall or on the ceiling because smoke rises
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