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The Yukon Time Zone (GMT−09:00) covered Yukon from 1900 until 1966. In 1983, the zone (then covering only a small portion of Alaska) was restructured to cover most of Alaska and renamed the Alaska Time Zone. In 1988, Newfoundland observed "double daylight saving time" from April 3 until October 30, meaning that the time was set ahead by 2 ...
In Canada, daylight saving time (DST) is observed in nine of the country's ten provinces and two of its three territories—though with exceptions in parts of several provinces and Nunavut. [ 1] Under the Canadian Constitution, laws related to timekeeping are a provincial and territorial matter. [ 2]
Edmonton is home to the Alberta Legislature Building, the meeting place for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Edmonton is the capital of the province of Alberta and holds all main provincial areas of government such as the Alberta Legislature. The Edmonton Metropolitan Region is represented by 20 MLAs, one for each provincial electoral district.
Edmonton has a fairly dry climate. On average, it receives 476.9 millimetres (18.78 in) of precipitation, of which 365.7 millimetres (14.40 in) is rain and 111.2 millimetres (4.38 in) is the melt from 123.5 centimetres (48.6 in) of snowfall per annum. [4] Precipitation is heaviest in the late spring, summer, and early autumn.
In the United States and Canada, the Mountain Time Zone is to the east of the Pacific Time Zone and to the west of the Central Time Zone . In some areas, starting in 2007, the local time changes from MST to MDT at 2 am MST to 3 am MDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 2 am MDT to 1 am MST on the first Sunday in November.
Big Valley is in central Alberta. The Village of Big Valley is located south of Stettler and is a busy little community one kilometre off Highway 56. Big Valley is centrally located in the southern part of the Battle River Tourist zone. Big Valley has seen a 10.4% increase in population over the period of 1996 and 2001.
The Calgary–Edmonton Corridor is the most urbanized area in the province and is one of the most densely populated areas of Canada. [61] Many of Alberta's cities and towns have experienced very high rates of growth in recent history. [when?] Alberta's population rose from 73,022 in 1901 [62] to 3,290,350 according to the 2006 census. [63]
William Humberstone (1836–1922), politician in Alberta, and a municipal councillor in Edmonton; Don Iveson (born 1979), former mayor (predecessor to Amarjeet Sohi) Marcel Lambert (1919–2000), politician; Stephen Mandel (born 1945), mayor; Sherry McKibben (born 1944), politician; Rachel Notley (born 1964), 17th Premier of Alberta