LEGISLATORS PICK COCHRANE AS NEW PREMIER

Recently elected politicians in the Northwest Territories have chosen a two-term member of the legislature and former social worker as the new premier. Caroline Cochrane was picked Thursday after three rounds of balloting by 19 MLAS, who selected from among four candidates. “We will make this next four years the most progressive government in the Northwest Territories,” she said in her acceptance speech. Cochrane becomes the first woman to lead the N.W.T. since Nellie Cournoyea left the job in 1995.