Indigenous

TORONTO — Scotiabank's head of Canadian banking is leaving after a 25-year career at the financial institution. The bank says Dan Rees is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

OTTAWA — The federal prison watchdog says there are still too many Indigenous people behind bars in Canada.

OpenText Corp. says it earned US$80.9 million in the first quarter of its financil year, up from a loss of US$116.9 million a year earlier. Revenues for the Waterloo, Ont.-based company were US$1.

OTTAWA — The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence Thursday from a fresh barrage of pointed Conservative questions about its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,626.34, up 547.34 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up $1.14, or 2.5 per cent, to $46.06 on 8.2 million shares.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has introduced legislation promising residents will get a say in a referendum on leaving the Canada Pension Plan, but the bill does not force the government to accept the result.

TORONTO — "Letterkenny," Crave's ode to small town antics, will wrap up after its twelfth season later this year. Bell Media says six new episodes will hit the streaming service on Christmas Day, tying a bow on the Canadian comedy.

MONTREAL — A Quebec research institute says some of Canada's biggest companies have transferred billions of dollars in profits to Luxembourg to avoid paying domestic taxes.

A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada asked him Thursday to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave's border crossing with Egypt.

MONTREAL — The TVA Group says it is laying off 547 employees — nearly a third of its workforce — amid restructuring as the company contends with declining audiences and ad revenues.