B.C. town won't join province's new time zone, will keep Mountain daylight time

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• SourceCastanet Kamloops
• Original URLhttps://castanet.net/edition/news-story-632132-3-.htm
• Canonical URLhttps://www.castanet.net/news/BC/632132/B-C-town-won-t-join-province-s-new-time-zone-will-keep-Mountain-daylight-time
• Publish dateSep 23, 2026
• First indexedSep 23, 2026 9:00 am PDT
• Last checkedSep 23, 2026 9:15 am PDT
• Current statusavailable (HTTP 200)
• DescriptionA town in southeastern British Columbia says it won't adopt the province's newly created time zone and will continue following Mountain time.

Assigned Topics

• Kamloops & Southern Interior Wildfire Recovery and Preparedness

• Time zone policy and daylight saving time changes in BC Interior

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• regional Golden, BC rejects provincial time zone, stays on Mountain time · indexed on Time zone policy and daylight saving time changes in BC Interior
  The Town of Golden, BC has reversed its earlier decision and will continue following Mountain daylight time instead of adopting the province's new Pacific daylight time zone, citing feedback from residents and alignment with Alberta.
• provincial BC Conservatives unite under interim leader Doerkson ahead of Oct. 24 election
  Interim BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson says the party is united and ready for the Oct. 24 provincial election, welcoming back dozens of legislators and dismissing David Eby's snap election call as cynical and costly.
• regional BC Wildfire Service forecasts dry fall, increased late-season fire risk · indexed on Kamloops & Southern Interior Wildfire Recovery and Preparedness
  The BC Wildfire Service predicts dry, warm weather across much of BC this fall with above-average drought conditions in the Thompson-Okanagan-Cariboo regions, increasing potential for late-season fire activity and forecasting a low winter snowpack.
• provincial BC tourism welcomes 40% rise in Chinese flights to Vancouver
  Vancouver International Airport will operate 32 weekly flights on nine routes to mainland China in November, up nearly 40 percent from last year, thanks to improved Canada-China relations and increased airline capacity.
• provincial University professor warns Eby's snap election undermines democracy amid municipal vote
  A Vancouver Island University professor argues that Premier Eby's Oct. 24 provincial election call, concurrent with Oct. 17 municipal elections, is disrespectful to local democracy and may suppress voter turnout and attention to municipal campaigns.
• provincial Victoria mayor and municipal candidates criticize provincial election timing
  Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto and other municipal candidates say the provincial election will drown out municipal campaigns, confuse voters, and strain limited local resources during the Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 election cycle.
• provincial NDP and Conservatives gear up for Oct. 24 provincial election
  Premier David Eby called a snap Oct. 24 provincial election citing concerns about US tariff threats, while the reconstituted BC Conservative caucus under interim leader Lorne Doerkson positions itself as an alternative to NDP governance.

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