Indigenous

WINNIPEG — Loved ones of a First Nations man who died in police custody say officers failed to help him when he needed it most.

OTTAWA — The New Democrats intend to back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election, NDP House Leader Peter Julian said Thursday.

Five Ontario hospitals affected by a recent ransomware attack, along with their shared IT provider, say data in connection to the cyberattack has been published.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions aren't looking back as they enter the Canadian Football League playoffs.

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.