Lheidli T’enneh elect new chief

Apr 11, 2019 | 7:10 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — The Lheidli T’enneh have elected a new chief, former councillor Clayton Pountney.

Pountney picked up 99 votes, while his lone challenger and long-time incumbent Dominic Frederick, received 84 votes. Frederick had been chief since 2004.

Pountney will serve a two-year term and says in the coming weeks, council will be discussing Lheidli T’enneh’s future as a community and as a nation.

“A lot of communication has kind of gotten stifled even between chief and council,” Pountney says, “I think we have to work closer together for transparency and communication between ourselves and membership.”