Sorry I missed the announcement back in February.
Here is a Wikipedia link for the affected region:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rockies_Regional_Municipality
-The area has a population of 5290 and an area of 85014 square km.
-The post 1970 time zone history will no longer match America/Vancouver or America/Dawson_Creek.
The change could be treated as a minor boundary tweak, but given the size I would assume a new zone entry is required.
Let’s see what others have to say.
-chris
From: tz-bounces@iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org] On Behalf Of Matt Johnson
Sent: September 21, 2015 05:58 PM
To: tz@iana.org; thorsen@timeanddate.com
Subject: Re: [tz] Fort Nelson, Canada
Also on this municipality's official site:
From: mj1856@hotmail.com
To: tz@iana.org; thorsen@timeanddate.com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:50:50 -0700
Subject: [tz] Fort Nelson, Canada
According to http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fort-nelson-canada-time-zone.html
Fort Nelson, BC, Canada will cancel DST this year.
So while previously they were aligned with America/Vancouver, they're now aligned with America/Dawson_Creek.
Does this type of split require a new zone entry? America/Fort_Nelson ??
Thanks,
Matt