11 h. ago Ontario to ask for appeal of court order pausing Toronto bike lane removals

Ontario is seeking to appeal a temporary court order stopping it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes while a judge weighs whether the plan is unconstitutional. The government served notice of its intent to appeal last month’s injunction to lawyers for a cycling advocacy group challenging its plan to remove lanes on Bloor […]

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14 h. ago Ford government files appeal against injunction frustrating its bike lane removal

At the end of April, an Ontario judge told the government it must suspend any imminent plans to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, Yonge Street or University Avenue.

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1 week ago CHAUDHRI: Court of Appeal sends warning to Ontario employers

The Court of Appeal released a decision this month that will impact most Ontario employers, particularly those that use employment agreements. But first, the facts of the underlying case. Ellen De Castro was employed by Arista Homes Limited (Arista) for a little under five years. She was 49 at the time of her termination in […]

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1 week ago New trial ordered for pair convicted in 2012 fatal shooting in park

Thirteen years after Jonathan Zak was killed along a path behind a northeast London housing project, the men charged in his death are heading back to court for a retrial. The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for William McDonald, 34, and Thomas Lako, 34, both of whom were convicted after a […]

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2 w. 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., […]

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2 w. 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.

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3 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

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4 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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last month Pandemic rules barring protests in 2021 unconstitutional: Ontario’s top court

Provincial restrictions on gatherings that prohibited peaceful protests in Ontario for several weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional, the province’s top court ruled Monday. The Court of Appeal for Ontario made the finding in a case brought by former Ontario legislator Randy Hillier, who faced several charges for organizing or hosting protests against pandemic […]

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