Manitoba Ponders Permanent Time: Daylight or Standard?

0:00It's April 24th. This is Canada News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. Manitoba's premier Wab Kainu just dropped that the province is basically done with switching clocks twice a year. He's pushing for a final call by the end of 2026 on sticking to either permanent daylight time or permanent standard time year round. Neighbors are moving fast too. Alberta's tabling laws for permanent daylight, Northwest Territories, is killing the changes. British Columbia locked it in last month, and Saskatchewan's been on standard time for decades. Folks have mixed feelings from past surveys, many crave that extra evening sunlight would daylight time. But Kainu points to health perks of standard, time, like fewer strokes and chronic issues. To sort it out, they'll survey the public again, spread word on those health benefits, and see what the majority wants before deciding. Organizing with Alberta and Saskatchewan could create a prairie time zone, boosting trade

1:00since they'd all run on the same clock, no more hour gaps, messing with business flows.