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The mother of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd says she's glad a Dutch court has imposed the maximum six-year jail term on the man convicted of bullying her daughter into suicide.

An intimate documentary on Michael J. Fox and a song recorded by Ryan Gosling are among the films and music advancing to the next round of the Oscars race.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's power utility says it aims to have electricity restored to all its customers by Christmas, after a storm Monday evening knocked out the lights to more than 100,000 homes and businesses.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,765.73, up 164.92 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 43 cents, or 0.82 per cent, to $52.80 on 17.4 million shares.

TORONTO — Strength in base metal and utilities stocks helped Canada's main stock index rise more than 150 points on Thursday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.

Toronto police say one of their officers has been arrested and charged with assault. The force says that a man and a woman were involved in a dispute on Wednesday and the man allegedly assaulted the woman.

TORONTO — Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. were down 13.5 per cent after the company released its latest quarterly results and its new chief executive said he has his eye on cutting costs. Shares in the company closed down 74 cents at $4.

TORONTO — Shares of Energy Fuels Inc. were up after the company said it has started production at three of its uranium mines in the United States and was preparing to start production at two more.

If you don't already have a white Christmas, the song is the only one you're likely to get, says Environment Canada's chief climatologist. "If you don't have snow now, you're not going to get it," said David Phillips.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A former National Hockey League player who now coaches in Newfoundland and Labrador says he disagrees with a recent decision by the province's amateur hockey governing body to ban team handshakes after games.