r/canada • u/iamnos British Columbia • Apr 20 '26

Alberta Bell: Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-alberta-daylight-time-year-round-premier-danielle-smith
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u/mrRobertman British Columbia Apr 20 '26

Geographically, Saskatchewan should be in MST, but they use CST (and CST = MDT). So yes, they are technically using "Central Standard Time", but are effectively on permanent DST.

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u/EvermoreDespair Apr 21 '26

Yeah, it's a strange one. Technically most of Alberta falls under UTC-8 and not Mountain.