Daylight Saving Time: History, health impacts and debate

Spiro Papuckoski / torontosun - Most Canadians will be springing their clocks forward one hour this weekend. For some, that loss of 60 minutes will become permanent. British Columbia announced earlier this week that the province is officially ending the twice-yearly time change in favou…

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What Globe readers had to say about B.C.’s decision to move to permanent daylight time

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B.C. teen Piper James was forced into water by dingoes, coroner says

Andrew Stafford / theglobeandmail - James was on a backpacking trip and had been working on the island of K’Gari when she died on Jan. 19

#BC #publicsafety #traveladvisories #emergencyresponse #youth #legalaffairs #workplacesafety

Dingo attack forced B.C. teen who drowned into water: Australia coroner

14 hrs / torontosun / Eddie Chau

B.C. teen Piper James was forced into water by dingoes, coroner says

25 hrs / theglobeandmail / Andrew Stafford

Coroner says B.C. teen was forced into water by dingoes in Australia

25 hrs / sootoday

Piper James’ official cause of death was drowning as a result of a dingo attack

26 hrs / globalnews / Amy Judd

Eby says OpenAI's Altman will apologize to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in wake of shootings

sootoday - VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has agreed to apologize to the people of Tumbler Ridge after the mass shooting by a user of the firm's technology, whose worrisome online behaviour wasn't flagged to police by t

#canada #violence #technology #onlineplatforms #crime #BC #publicsafety #government

Mother of B.C. mass shooting survivor shares update, says breathing tube removed

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B.C. groups seek to ban children from using AI after Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

6 hrs / theglobeandmail / Wolfgang Depner

B.C. business groups seek AI ban for kids after Tumbler Ridge mass shootings

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B.C. business groups seek AI ban for kids after Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

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Eby says OpenAI's Altman has agreed to apologize to Tumbler Ridge, BC, in wake of shootings

15 hrs / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

B.C. Premier says OpenAI prepared to apologize for role in Tumbler Ridge shooting

16 hrs / theglobeandmail

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will apologize to Tumbler Ridge families, David Eby says

25 hrs / theglobeandmail / Justine Hunter

Expert warns of incorrect flagging amid OpenAI standard review

26 hrs / citynews / Emma Crawford

B.C. premier says OpenAI CEO is prepared to apologize to Tumbler Ridge

27 hrs / globalnews / Amy Judd

Eby says OpenAI's Altman will apologize to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in wake of shootings

27 hrs / sootoday

Eby says OpenAI’s Altman will apologize to Tumbler Ridge in wake of shootings

27 hrs / citynews / News Staff

B.C. teachers secure 3% annual wage increase in new four-year agreement

Marissa Birnie / theglobeandmail - Members voted 91 per cent in favour of agreement that covers 52,000 educators, B.C. Teachers’ Federation says

#canada #BC #education #labour #government #canadianpolitics #compensation #jobs

B.C. teachers secure 3% annual wage increase in new four-year agreement

31 hrs / theglobeandmail / Marissa Birnie

B.C. teachers ratify new four-year agreement for 3% annual wage boost

31 hrs / sootoday

B.C. teachers ratify new four-year agreement for 12% wage boost

33 hrs / sootoday

B.C. teachers ratify new four-year agreement for 12% wage boost

33 hrs / globalnews / Amy Judd

COPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations

Katie Hyslop / thetyee - Ken Sim wrongly accused Sean Orr of dealing illegal drugs and initially let another councillor take the blame.

#canada #crime #BC #vancouver #media #publicsafety #china #legalaffairs #government #canadianpolitics

COPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations

45 hrs / thetyee / Katie Hyslop

Sim withholds image shown to him by 'member of the public' before he accused Orr of handing out drugs

2 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Vancouver Mayor Sim sends apology to Chinese media over drug slur of his opponent

2 days / sootoday

Musqueam deal will challenge overlapping Indigenous claims across Canada

Justine Hunter / theglobeandmail - Where Aboriginal title will be recognized, and what rights will be affirmed, are yet to be negotiated

#canada #BC #vancouver #legalaffairs #firstnations #government #canadianpolitics #compensation

Fact File: What the Musqueam agreements mean for private property owners in B.C.

31 hrs / sootoday

Squamish disputes Musqueam agreement as Aboriginal Title land claims exceeds all land in the province

31 hrs / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

Eby maintains 'no briefing' on Musqueam deal he witnessed from front row

34 hrs / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

LILLEY UNLEASHED: Did Carney Liberals sign-off all of Vancouver land to Musqueam Indian Band?

39 hrs / torontosun / Postmedia News

How a groundbreaking indigenous treaty on whales’ rights could change national laws

41 hrs / nationalobserver / Katie Surma

Musqueam deal will challenge overlapping Indigenous claims across Canada

2 days / theglobeandmail / Justine Hunter

Support for Quebec sovereignty at 30-year low, according to new poll

2 days / globalnews / Dan Spector

With Eby “in the dark,” here is what the Musqueam deal really means for your home

2 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

AI minister to meet with OpenAI’s Sam Altman on Tumbler Ridge shooting

Sean Boynton / globalnews - Evan Solomon sought the meeting with Altman after OpenAI said last week it would enhance its police referral and repeat offender detection practices due to the tragedy.

#canada #violence #technology #onlineplatforms #security #BC #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #government #canadianpolitics

A search for mental health answers amid the trauma of Tumbler Ridge shootings

38 hrs / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

A search for mental health answers after the trauma of Tumbler Ridge shootings

39 hrs / nationalobserver / Brieanna Charlebois

OpenAI agrees to strengthen safeguards following BC mass shooting, says minister

39 hrs / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

A search for mental health answers amid the trauma of Tumbler Ridge shootings

42 hrs / citynews / News Staff

A search for mental health answers amid the trauma of Tumbler Ridge shootings

42 hrs / sootoday

OpenAI agrees to strengthen safeguards following B.C. mass shooting: minister

46 hrs / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

OpenAI agrees to strengthen safeguards following B.C. mass shooting: minister

2 days / sootoday

AI Minister tells Altman Canadian experts must assess flagged ChatGPT conversations

2 days / theglobeandmail / Joe Castaldo

Solomon tells OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that Tumbler Ridge deserves apology

2 days / sootoday

AI minister to meet with OpenAI’s Sam Altman on Tumbler Ridge shooting

2 days / globalnews / Sean Boynton

12-year-old Tumbler Ridge survivor Maya Gebala ‘will not give up,’ parents say

2 days / nationalpost / Kenn Oliver

Fireball, sonic boom over Vancouver Tuesday evening, likely meteor

sootoday - British Columbians took to social media Tuesday evening to share reports of a bright fireball in the night sky over Vancouver, and a house-rattling sonic boom.

#canada #BC #vancouver #media #publicsafety #emergencyresponse

NASA says meteor that lit up Vancouver sky was travelling 100 times speed of sound

2 days / sootoday

Fireball and sonic boom over Vancouver was likely meteor

2 days / sootoday

Potential meteor visible, heard across B.C.’s South Coast

2 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Likely meteor over Vancouver Tuesday evening after reports of a fireball and sonic boom

2 days / theglobeandmail

Fireball, sonic boom over Vancouver Tuesday evening, likely meteor

2 days / sootoday

Village of Granisle, B.C., faces lawsuit over aluminum-contaminated water

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Granisle issued a "do not consume" order in December 2025, and residents have been relying on bottled water distributed with the help of volunteer firefighters since.

#canada #BC #publichealth #publicsafety #consumerprotection #legalaffairs #infrastructure #environmentalprotection

Village of Granisle, B.C., faces lawsuit over aluminum-contaminated water

2 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Village of Granisle, BC, faces class-action over aluminum-contaminated water

2 days / nationalobserver / Darryl Greer

Village of Granisle, B.C., faces lawsuit over aluminum-contaminated water

2 days / sootoday

Vancouver mayor 'owns up' to false drug rumours, but evades questions

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson / nationalobserver - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim admitted on Tuesday to originating and spreading disinformation in the city's Chinese media over the winter that progressive Coun. Sean Orr distributed drugs, and offered Orr and city residents an "unreserved" apology. He then abru…

#canada #technology #onlineplatforms #crime #BC #vancouver #media #legalaffairs #government #canadianpolitics

Vancouver deserves better than Sim’s lies

2 days / nationalobserver / Adrienne Tanner

Vancouver mayor 'owns up' to false drug rumours, but evades questions

3 days / nationalobserver / Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Orr says Sim's apology 'doesn't go far enough,' warns image that fuelled lie could have been AI-generated

3 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim to speak publicly about Sean Orr drug comment

3 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

BC coroner will make Tumbler Ridge announcement amid call for mass shooting inquiry

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - British Columbia's chief coroner is set to make an announcement about last month's mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, amid calls for a public investigation.

#violence #technology #onlineplatforms #crime #BC #publicsafety #legalaffairs #government

Immigration Department experimenting with AI to advise newcomers on where to settle

2 days / theglobeandmail / Marie Woolf

Tumbler Ridge shooting highlights rural northern B.C.’s mental health deserts

2 days / theglobeandmail / Andrea Woo

B.C.’s chief coroner calls inquest into in Tumbler Ridge school shooting

3 days / theglobeandmail

Journalists Parachuted into Tumbler Ridge. What Counts as Decent Reporting in a Crisis?

3 days / thewalrus / Carine Abouseif

Focus on mental health, public safety at inquest into Tumbler Ridge, B.C., deaths

3 days / sootoday

BREAKING: BC chief coroner announces independent inquest into Tumbler Ridge shooting

3 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

B.C. chief coroner to hold inquest into Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

3 days / theglobeandmail / Jesse Winter

B.C. coroner to make Tumbler Ridge announcement amid call for mass shooting inquiry

3 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

BC coroner will make Tumbler Ridge announcement amid call for mass shooting inquiry

3 days / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

The push to regulate chatbots after Tumbler Ridge is raising privacy fears

3 days / thelogic / Laura Osman

B.C. coroner to make Tumbler Ridge announcement amid call for mass shooting inquiry

3 days / sootoday

Musqueam First Nation signs Aboriginal rights deal with Ottawa – read the full agreement

Amy Judd / globalnews - Chief Wayne Sparrow of the Musqueam Indian Band told Global News that the agreement signed with the federal government does not include private properties in that region.

#canada #BC #vancouver #ottawa #legalaffairs #firstnations #government #canadianpolitics

‘I don’t think the public are buying it’: Fallout from the Musqueam agreements

3 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

LILLEY: Who owns Vancouver after agreement with Musqueam Indian Band?

3 days / torontosun / Brian Lilley

BC Conservatives argue Eby either incompetent or dishonest amid confusion over Musqueam agreement

3 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

RUBENSTEIN: Who owns Vancouver? The Musqueam Agreement and quiet redefinition of land title in Canada

3 days / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

Are Vancouver property rights really at risk? Law professor raises questions after federal government-First Nation deal in B.C.

3 days / thehub / Graeme Gordon

Expert slams Musqueam title deal as ‘absolutely unacceptable’ without public input

3 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

MITCHELL: Aboriginal land rulings are undermining Canada’s property rights and its future

3 days / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

Geoff Russ: Did Ottawa just secretly recognize Aboriginal ‘title’ over all of Vancouver?

3 days / nationalpost / Carson Jerema

Musqueam First Nation signs Aboriginal rights deal with Ottawa – read the full agreement

4 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

UPDATE: Eby says he wasn't briefed on Musqueam-Ottawa agreement

4 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

What we know about Ottawa’s land rights deal with the Musqueam First Nation

4 days / nationalpost / Jesse Snyder

Feds sign agreements with Musqueam recognizing Aboriginal title over parts of Metro Vancouver

4 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to Pacific time, Premier Eby says

sootoday - VICTORIA — British Columbians will adopt year-round daylight time, springing forward by one hour this Sunday for the last time.

#canada #BC #vancouver #government #canadianpolitics

Why most Canadians will keep daylight saving time changes as B.C. stops

3 days / globalnews / Adriana Fallico

Dark days are ahead for B.C. – literally

3 days / theglobeandmail / Marsha Lederman

Ontario will continue time changes after B.C. daylight saving decision

3 days / torontosun / Spiro Papuckoski

Daylight saving time disrupts sleep for majority of Quebecers, survey finds

3 days / citynews / Jessica Barile

The last spring forward as BC moves to permanent daylight time

3 days / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

Alberta mulls ditching time switch — again — as B.C. moves to permanent daylight

4 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Clock envy: B.C. dumping daylight savings time

4 days / sootoday

Alberta may follow B.C. on making daylight time permanent: premier

4 days / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to permanent daylight time

4 days / sootoday

BC moves to make daylight saving time permanent

4 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to Pacific time, Premier Eby says

4 days / sootoday

Premier Eby says B.C. will make daylight time permanent

4 days / citynews / Charles Brockman

Most of B.C. to adopt daylight saving time permanently, Eby says

4 days / theglobeandmail / Justine Hunter

B.C. Premier David Eby, Attorney General Niki Sharma to make announcement

4 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Calls grow for Tumbler Ridge public inquiry as 2 B.C. MPs say answers needed

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Their call echoes an earlier appeal from B.C. Conservative Party MLA Larry Neufeld, who said that it is time for the province to establish a public inquiry under provincial law.

#violence #crime #BC #childprotection #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #legalaffairs #conservativeparty #government #canadianpolitics

JAY GOLDBERG: Tumbler Ridge tragedy demands policy change, not sweeping new government powers

4 days / torontosun / Ling Hui

Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Abel Mwansa Jr. laid to rest in Zambia

4 days / sootoday

Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Abel Mwansa Jr. laid to rest in Zambia

4 days / sootoday

Father of Tumbler Ridge victim says son returned to Zambia for ‘befitting funeral’

4 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

BC Conservative MPs Zimmer and Caputo ask for public inquiry into Tumbler Ridge deaths

4 days / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

Safeguards vs. innovation: Ottawa’s delicate dance with generative AI

4 days / citynews / Patricia D'Cunha

Abel Mwansa Jr. shot last month in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. to be buried in Zambia Monday

5 days / citynews / News Staff

Abel Mwansa Jr. shot last month in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. to be buried in Zambia Monday

5 days / sootoday

Calls grow for Tumbler Ridge public inquiry as 2 B.C. MPs say answers needed

5 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

B.C. Conservative MPs Zimmer, Caputo ask for public inquiry into Tumbler Ridge deaths

5 days / sootoday

B.C. Conservative MPs Zimmer, Caputo ask for public inquiry into Tumbler Ridge deaths

5 days / citynews / News Staff

B.C. teen who died in Australia eulogized as 'curious, bold and alive to world'

sootoday - VICTORIA — The family and friends of Canadian teenager Piper James who died in Australia last month remembered her as "curious, bold and alive to the world" during a celebration of life held Saturday in Campbell River, B.C. on Vancouver Island.

#memorials #BC #youth

B.C. teen who died in Australia eulogized as 'curious, bold and alive to world'

6 days / sootoday

B.C. teen who died in Australia eulogized as ‘curious, bold and alive to world’

6 days / citynews / News Staff

Vancouver man faces six charges in human trafficking investigation

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Vancouver social media influencer has been charged with multiple human trafficking offences following a multi‑province investigation by the BC Counter Human Trafficking Unit.

#canada #violence #onlineplatforms #crime #BC #vancouver #legalaffairs

Two men face human trafficking-related charges: London police

5 days / lfpress / Ryan Goodison

1 GTA man in custody, 1 sought in human trafficking investigation

6 days / citynews / John Marchesan

Influencer charged in human trafficking case, police say

7 days / sootoday

Vancouver man faces six charges in human trafficking investigation

7 days / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Witness denies Vancouver officers on Myles Gray's back before his death

sootoday - VANCOUVER — One of the Vancouver officers who responded to the scene after a man was beaten by police in 2015 faced questioned of discrepancies between notes he took that day and how he describes the situation more than 10 years later. Const.

#canada #violence #humanrights #crime #BC #vancouver #publicsafety #legalaffairs

Bell Canada and Telus reach agreement over network-sharing impasse

7 days / theglobeandmail / Irene Galea

Vancouver police officer faces questions on events before death of Myles Gray

7 days / theglobeandmail / Ashley Joannou

Witness denies Vancouver officers on Myles Gray's back before his death

7 days / sootoday

Witness denies officers on Myles Gray's back before his death

7 days / sootoday

Solomon to meet OpenAI CEO Altman in wake of mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

sootoday - VANCOUVER — Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon will meet with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman next week looking for a plan on how the company might prevent another tragedy like the mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

#canada #violence #technology #onlineplatforms #crime #security #BC #publicsafety #government #canadianpolitics

What do AI firms do when users tell chatbots their dark, violent thoughts?

6 days / theglobeandmail / Joe Castaldo

Baranyai: Better AI, online guardrails long overdue in Canada

6 days / lfpress / John Ryan

Solomon to meet OpenAI CEO Altman in wake of mass killing in Tumbler Ridge, BC

7 days / nationalobserver / Chuck Chiang

AI minister wants more clarity on OpenAI’s changes after Tumbler Ridge

7 days / globalnews / Sean Boynton

Solomon to meet OpenAI CEO Altman in wake of mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

7 days / sootoday

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false rumour councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

sootoday - VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun.

#crime #BC #vancouver #media #legalaffairs #government #canadianpolitics

Mayor Sim apologizes for falsely accusing councillor of 'handing out illegal drugs on Christmas'

7 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

‘Embarrassing’: Vancouver councillor calls out mayor over drugs comment controversy

7 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Please Advise! What’s the Dope on Vancouver’s Mayor?

7 days / thetyee / Steve Burgess

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false rumour councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

8 days / sootoday

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

8 days / nationalobserver / Darryl Greer

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

8 days / sootoday

Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., begin returning to class following mass shooting

Charles Brockman / citynews - Some students are heading back to classes in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., just over two weeks after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people, including six at the local secondary school, before turning the gun on herself.