24 h. ago Adam Zivo: When unelected judges invent rights to bike lanes and drug dens, something’s wrong

Doug Ford’s criticism of judicial activism is perfectly warranted

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68 h. ago Man charged for pushing shopping cart into rider in Toronto bike lane: police

Toronto Police say they have arrested a man after he allegedly pushed a shopping cart into the bike lanes that struck a e-bike rider.

Events

3 d. ago Toronto man captured on video attacking delivery driver with shopping cart

A shocking video making the rounds on social media shows a pedestrian attacking a delivery driver using a shopping cart in what appears to be a completely unprompted assault.Video captured just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025 shows a pedestrian launch a shopping cart into a bike lane along Danforth Avenue near Monarch Park, striking and injuring a food delivery driver on an e-bike.The food courier was reportedly hospitalized due to the attack.The clip, which is circulating in the Danforth East York Woodbine Community Facebook group, has generated much discussion. Among those shocked by the incident is personal injury lawyer and cyclist rights advocate David Shellnutt, who issued a statement on the seemingly random assault.Trigger Warning: Person on an E-Bike Assaulted yesterday morning on the Danforth near Monarch.We are asking the community to help identify this individual & report to TPS. Please be vigilant out there, stay safe & look out for each other....

Transport

5 d. ago Adam Zivo: Vancouver car ramming suspect should have never been free in the first place

Canada's failure to embrace involuntary psychiatric treatment and institutionalization has disturbing outcomes

Transport

1 week ago Thursday's letters: Don't let Dreeshen mess with Edmonton's bike lanes

Re. “Bike lanes no business of the UCP government,” Keith Gerein, April 22 I currently use the bike lane on 102 Avenue to go to work at the Royal Alexandra and Stollery Hospitals. Before dedicated lanes, I cycled in downtown Toronto, being stuck twice by drivers who were responsible but didn’t see/anticipate a cyclist. I […]

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1 week ago Ontario ordered to pause Toronto bike lane removal until charter case decided

Premier Doug Ford’s government has been ordered to keep its hands off three major Toronto bike lanes until a judge can decide whether a plan to remove them is unconstitutional. The injunction handed down Tuesday was heralded as a win by the cyclist group challenging Ontario’s bid to rip up the lanes on Bloor St., […]

Culture

1 week ago Judge orders Ford government to pause Toronto bike lane removals for now

A judge has ordered the Ford government to suspend any imminent bike lane removal plans until he has decided if their removal violates the Charter rights of cyclists in Toronto.

Politics

1 week ago Keith Gerein: Nuisance or not, Edmonton’s bike lanes are no business of the UCP government

Apparently yet to be satisfied with its incursions into Edmonton’s police commission, photo radar, regional planning, election rules and more, the UCP government appears to have chosen its next target — city bike lanes. Anyone on a two-wheeler could see this coming a mile away. With Doug Ford’s Ontario government intent on ripping out a […]

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Stay in your own lane’: Critics irked with Alberta transportation ask to kill bike network plan

While the province didn't contribute anything to the nearly $96 million Edmonton project, Devin Dreeshen said the government funds other roads and more coordination is needed.

Sport

2 w. ago Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen calls on Edmonton to cancel bike lane project

EDMONTON — Alberta’s transportation minister is asking the city of Edmonton to cancel an ongoing bike lane project, saying the city should be working to increase vehicle capacity rather than reduce it. Devin Dreeshen says the city’s multi-year plan to build 30 blocks of bike lanes on the city’s north side will have a negative […]

Sport

2 w. ago Charter challenge against bike lane removal plan by Ontario government starts

The cyclists argue removing the lanes violates their constitutional right to life and has no connection to reducing traffic congestion

Politics

2 w. ago Ontario’s bill to remove certain bike lanes to be tested with Charter challenge

TORONTO — An Ontario law empowering the province to remove three major Toronto bike lanes is being tested in court by a group of cyclists who argue it’s unconstitutional. The law passed last year allows the province to remove protected bike lanes on Yonge Street, Bloor Street and University Avenue, and aims to shield the […]

Culture

3 w. ago Ontario open to compromise with Toronto on bike lane removals

Olivia Chow says the city is in discussion with Prabmeet Sarkaria to redesign the Bloor, Yonge and University roads to allow for an extra lane of car traffic and bike lanes.

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3 w. ago Adam Zivo: Surprise, B.C.’s lenient drug policies haven’t helped opioid crisis

New study showing safer supply associated with increased hospitalizations vindicates critics

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