Alberta Abolishes Daylight Saving Time

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome in. This is Calgary News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Alberta's government is set to ditch the twice yearly clock changes for good by making daylight saving time permanent. That means no more springing forward in March or falling back in November. Premier Danielle Smith already called this year's spring shift the last one, and inside her say it'll hit the legislature in an omnibus bill later this week. This is close to the government confirmed the plan to global news, though it still needs a vote in the legislature. Given Smith's strong stance in recent interviews, approval looks like a sure thing. Five years back, Albertans voted in a referendum and narrowly shot down permanent daylight saving time, with just 50.2% against it. But after British Columbia locked in the change this spring, Smith flipped the script and decided to revisit the idea. Now, Alberta on mountain time will stay synced with Saskatchewan Central Standard Time all year

1:00round. Clock's there will also run an hour ahead of British Columbia's specific time setup. This shift ends decades of seasonal hassle for folks in Alberta, lining up the province with neighbors and freeing up evenings year round without the reset drama.