The process in which it takes an extra hour to do anything.
It also incurrs that the person who is "late", (in quotes as they are only following kootenay time, not late as others
may say) also lives in the beautiful area surrounded by the rocky montains called "the Kootenays"
The
airy nature of the residents is probably due to the gorgeous surroundings they are inhabited in so they really don't care about the rest of the
world ; they are on Kootenay time.