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.