Ontario Court of Appeal

Toronto (Rajeev Sharma): A group of Toronto cyclists appeared before Ontario’s highest court on Wednesday to defend a lower-court ruling that blocked the provincial government’s plan to remove protected bike lanes from major city streets. The Court of Appeal for Ontario is hearing the province’s appeal against a July 2025 Superior Court decision that found the proposed removal of bike lanes posed an unconstitutional risk to cyclists’ safety. The case centres on a 2024 law passed by Premier Doug Ford’s government to eliminate 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes along Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue. The cyclists, including…