Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index lost just over half a per cent Thursday amid weakness in energy and technology, while U.S. markets fell further. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 113.97 points at 20,606.42.

Toronto Mayor John Tory submitted his formal resignation on Wednesday, days after admitting to an affair with a former staffer.

TORONTO — In a bid to help retailers compete with the illicit pot market, the Ontario Cannabis Store will lower its price margins this fall — but its chief executive warns the move won't solve all the industry's woes.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts continue to give veteran starter McLeod Bethel-Thompson time to ponder his football future. Bethel-Thompson became a CFL free agent Tuesday and has yet to re-sign with the defending Grey Cup champions.

Toronto shifted its attention to a transition of power in the city's top office Thursday, with the deputy mayor saying she was focused on stability in the interim and wouldn't be running to replace John Tory.

TORONTO — William Nylander had mostly been cast in a Maple Leafs' supporting role.

TORONTO — "The Great Canadian Baking Show" is hitting the road in search of talented home cooks. Producers of the culinary reality series say they are holding their first- ever open audition to cast bakers for the upcoming seventh season.

Provincial police have released photos of three people suspected in the abduction of a 37-year-old woman from an Ontario town just over a year ago.

TORONTO — David Cochrane has been named the new host of CBC News Networks' daily politics show, "Power & Politics." CBC says Cochrane, who has been appearing as a guest host this week, begins the post immediately.

SCHOMBERG, Ont. — York Regional Police are seeking suspects and witnesses after a man was shot multiple times while walking his dog in a town northwest of Toronto.