National Business

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Foods asserted its innocence in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme ahead of a hearing to determine whether it will be added to an ongoing class-action lawsuit.

TORONTO — Cannabis retailer Tokyo Smoke says it has begun a stalking horse sales process. The sales process allowed by parent company TS Investments Corp. has priced the beleaguered business at $77 million.

TORONTO — The beleaguered Hot Docs Film Festival says it will reopen its flagship Toronto theatre on a limited basis as it embarks on a search for a new leader this fall.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's ethics commissioner has found an NDP cabinet minister was in the wrong for failing to disclose a business contract with the government but is not recommending a penalty.

VANCOUVER — An agreement between First Nations and the British Columbia government will see thousands of homes made available in Vancouver at 40-per-cent below cost.

The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive. Appearing before a U.S.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group, which is mired in a money laundering scandal in the U.S., said Raymond Chun will replace chief executive Bharat Masrani who is retiring next year.

SHERBROOKE, Que. — A senior Bank of Canada official says the central bank must be rigorous and transparent in order to maintain the public's trust. In a speech in Sherbrooke, Que.

TORONTO — Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it has signed a deal that will result in the creation of its first eyewear collection.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August to the slowest annual pace in nearly a year even as mortgage rates eased and the supply of properties on the market continued to rise. Existing home sales fell 2.