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A motorist suspected of drunk driving on Highway 97 Saturday morning rear-ended another vehicle at a high rate of speed while fleeing police, resulting in non life-threatening injuries to both drivers.

Terry Teegee was the landslide winner in Friday's Carrier Sekani Tribal Council election, gathering 415 votes to defeat his election opponent, Valerie O'Connal, who had 120 votes.

The province is seeking more than $270,000 in allegedly ill-gotten gains from a former Prince George man police say has ties to organized crime.

Small-city television stations across the country are in for a fight for survival now that they know an annual subsidy provided by cable and satellite TV providers will be scrapped.

Eight Carrier Sekani Tribal Council nations go to the polls today. The council holds an election every three years to pick a tribal chief and vice-chief. This year, half that job is already done.

A controversial mill project got the go ahead from the regional district Thursday, despite concerns that it would harm area ecotourism operations. The rezoning of a 0.5 hectare section of Steve and Joanne Pelton's 9201 Loos Rd.

Everyone's invited to feel like a rock star while shooting a TV commercial for Summerfest next Wednesday night.

So what is AiMHi all about? First off, the name is not an acronym. According to executive director Bill Fildes, the two lower-case "i's" in the name symbolically represent people who aim high to achieve things in their lives.

Friends of a Prince George man battling serious injuries from a single-vehicle accident near Kamloops will hold a fundraising event this Saturday to raise money for his family's travel expenses.

It's been 42 years since Tom Leboe found work in the warehouse of the Pacific Western Brewing Company. Now his friends and colleagues are raising a glass this afternoon at the brewery to celebrate his retirement.