Canada's clock split puts dark morning commutes under scrutiny

Global News examines the trade-offs as several western regions stay on daylight saving time while Eastern Canada turns clocks back.

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Why this story? One of Global News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 121,284 views.

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Keeping more daylight in the evening means waiting longer for sunrise. That trade-off drives Sarah MacDonald's Global News report on Canada's increasingly divided approach to changing the clocks.

The report identifies British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and parts of northwestern Ontario as remaining on permanent daylight saving time, while Eastern Canada falls back to standard time. Beyond resetting watches, the split affects sports broadcast schedules, ski-hill operations and the morning routines of people whose working hours cannot move with the sun.

Dr. Alex Choi, a Vancouver Coastal Health medical officer, raises a safety concern: "When people are traveling entirely in the dark, it about doubles their risk of injury." She also points to morning sunlight's role in signaling that it is time to wake up.

Neuroscientist Ralph Mistlberger explains that a fixed social schedule can become misaligned with the body's response to daylight. UBC economist Patrick Bayliss brings that concern into the workplace, saying people with less flexible morning hours are more affected, particularly when their start time falls close to sunrise.

The report has drawn about 121,000 views since yesterday. Its central distinction is between ending clock changes and choosing which time to keep: the evening-light benefit comes with darker mornings.

Global News has also followed the scheduling question into the courtroom, with a separate report examining potential complications for legal documents tied to time zones.

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This was Global News's most-watched new video since yesterday, drawing about 121,000 views.

subscribers

4,930,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,576,269,902

views per day

2,944,400

typical day: 1,698,971

the video

views

124,452

likes

567

comments

407

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1

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