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OTTAWA — The oil and gas industry will have to cut emissions by more than one-third within seven years or buy offset credits under a new federal policy.

YELLOWKNIFE — Newly elected members of the Northwest Territories legislature have chosen their next premier. R.J. Simpson, the legislature member for Hay River North, won on the second round of voting Thursday.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has appointed Manon Jeannotte as the new lieutenant-governor of Quebec.

TORONTO — Canada's financial intelligence agency says it has levied a $1.3-million penalty against CIBC for non-compliance with money laundering and terrorist financing measures. The penalty, imposed on Oct.

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay wouldn't rule out the possibility of provincial or federal government intervention if the grocery code of conduct doesn't have every major retailer on board.

WASHINGTON — The mother of B.C. teenager Amanda Todd, who was bullied into suicide by a Dutch national, said she'll be "so angry" if a court in Amsterdam doesn't give him significant extra jail time on the basis of his Canadian conviction last year.

MONTREAL — Quebec police are conducting raids and seizures tied to a series of organized crime-related killings, including the deaths of three people who were mistakenly targeted.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The international airport in St. John's, N.L., reopened Thursday morning after a suspicious package briefly forced its closure.

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OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations organizers sent delegates home without a new national chief late Wednesday after six rounds of balloting failed to produce a winner with enough votes to clear the 60 per cent threshold necessary for victory.