Time to change? Creston mulls joining daylight saving club

Clocks don't spring forward or fall back in the CrestonValley: it's one of those rare places that doesn't buy into the daylight saving time scheme.

During the summer months, thetown is alignedwith the Pacific Time Zone, and during the colder part of the year, it operateson Mountain Time.

Confusing? MayorRon Toyota thinks so, and he wants the town to stick with Mountain Time year-round, as several communities in the Eastern Kootenays do.

"There's a lot of people who say it's confusing," he said. "I miss appointments."

But John Kettle, a director with the Central Kootenay Regional District, says locals seem to beset in their ways.

"I did a poll in my area," he said ."Seventy per cent wereagainst any change in the time."

"Alot of people just don't like change," Kettle said.

Toyota is hoping for a vote on the timein the next municipal election in November.

"It's all about getting finality from the citizens," he said.

Most of British Columbia is on Pacific Time, though some communities in the eastern part of the province operate on Mountain Time with Alberta.

Like Creston, parts of the Peace River district, includingChetwynd, Dawson Creek, Hudson's Hope, Fort St. John, Taylor and Tumbler Ridge, also do not observe daylight savingtime.

In 2014 daylight saving time starts on Sunday, March 9, for other parts of B.C.

Map: Creston, B.C.