B.C. town battles it out over Daylight Savings Time
Posted Mar 28, 2014 7:33 am.
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A B.C. town is having trouble figuring out what time it is.
Nicknamed the town where time stands still, folks in Creston, B.C. refuse to recognize Daylight Savings Time for religious reasons.
Councillors are trying to push for citizens to join the rest of Canada, and change their clocks twice a year.
Mayor Ron Toyota tells the Globe and Mail, missed appointments, early phone calls, and lost business are all the result of Crestonians and their stubbornness.
Many in the town of 5,000 people are not thrilled about changing their ways, but officials plan to hold a referendum this fall to help make the call once and for all.
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