Is the world catching up to Sask. regarding daylight saving time?
Saskatchewan was ahead of the curve when it came to medicare and now it looks like our steadfast rejection of daylight saving time is catching on, too.
Someday there may be many more standard time jurisdictions
Saskatchewan was ahead of the curve when it came to medicare and now it looks like our steadfast rejection of daylight saving time is catching on, too.
Most of North America is on DST, with Saskatchewan being the main Canadian oasis of year-round standard time in the Central Time zone.
- [From 2010] Time stands still in Saskatchewan
And yes, we are aware some people say we are on daylight time or Mountain Time all year round. Also that Lloydminster, Sask., and a few other communities use daylight time. But we digress...
From Texas to Alberta, critics are saying its time to stop the biannual clock adjustment and stick with standard.
Here's a sampling of opinion from Twitter...
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