Add StudioX as a preferred source on GoogleBritish Columbia did not turn its clocks back this weekend. According to a Canadian Press roundup published by NanaimoNewsNOW, B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories have chosen to stay on daylight time year-round instead of changing the clocks twice a year.
The report says Canadians woke up on Sunday to a brand new time zone map.
Parents welcome the change, businesses adjust
Some parents in Edmonton told The Canadian Press that not having to shift their children’s sleep schedules feels refreshing. Tech experts, however, warn the change could disrupt scheduling systems.
Calgary hairstylist Jordan Janovcik said he spent the summer double- and triple-checking with clients so they knew Alberta was not falling back.
Other businesses, including the country’s airlines and cellphone providers, say operations are normal and that they have been helping customers stay on time.
Trade talks and a Commonwealth trip
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that Canada and the United States are “very close” to a trade deal and have “the concept of a very good (trade) deal.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney said on social media that he had a “good conversation” with Trump about the future of trade. He said it built on earlier talks about what a mutually beneficial deal looks like.
The conversation comes ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, where the Canada-U.S. trade dispute has emerged as a key issue. In Michigan, a close Senate race could help determine control of Capitol Hill. Polling shows Democrats are favoured to take the House, where a net gain of three seats would give them a majority.
Carney is also travelling to Antigua and Barbuda for a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government. Much of the meeting is expected to focus on trade and investment.
Experts say the gathering is a chance to get face time with representatives of fifty-six countries across the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, North America and the Indo-Pacific. They say it is also an opening to rebuild ties with Commonwealth countries that Canada used to have much closer relationships with. That, they add, could give Canada an edge at institutions like the United Nations.
Six federal byelections set for Dec. 7
Carney called byelections on Sunday in six federal ridings in Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Voters will go to the polls on Dec. 7.
- Three Quebec ridings, previously held by the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois
- Brantford—Brant South and Scarborough North in Ontario
- Yorkton—Melville in Saskatchewan
Carney’s Liberals currently hold a majority government after winning three byelections earlier this year.
Source: NanaimoNewsNOW
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