Which clock does Fernie keep?

On November 1 the clocks stop changing. Which way they stop is the question.

The RDEK asked, and 14,345 people answered. Eighty-nine per cent wanted the twice-yearly change gone. Sixty-six per cent preferred permanent Mountain Daylight Time, which is the clock Alberta made permanent, against 34 per cent for Mountain Standard Time, which is the clock the rest of BC moved to in March.

Fernie was one of the loudest votes in the region. Of 1,796 responses from here, 72 per cent picked daylight time. Elkford came in at 84 per cent, Sparwood at 83, Electoral Area B at 82. Cranbrook was 63 and Kimberley 62. Ninety-one per cent of everyone who responded across the region identified as a full-time resident or business.

Staff recommended the board stop the semi-annual change and stay permanently on daylight time. As things stand, from November 1 Fernie keeps Calgary’s clock and sits an hour ahead of Kelowna and Vancouver.

Sources: The survey result · What year-round standard time would have meant · Daylight time year-round