Ontario News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman is suing former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott, accusing him of sexually assaulting her during a team event at her high school in 1987, when he was 26 and she was 15.

TORONTO — 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.

FREDERICTON — There is no evidence to support claims of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a new study that suggests the media may have played a role in feeding patients' fears.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones defended on Wednesday the province's approach to the measles outbreak as new infections increase sharply and criticism mounts.

TORONTO — Much of the debate in the aftermath of Anthony Stolarz's departure from the Maple Leafs' series opener against Florida centred around whether Panthers forward Sam Bennett should have been disciplined for elbowing the Toronto goaltender.

TORONTO — Joseph Woll is heading back under the post-season spotlight. It's a place the Maple Leafs goaltender has thrived in the past.

TORONTO — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says risk-taking has been central to the organization’s legacy, a spirit captured in a series of summer screenings that celebrate its 50th anniversary.

TORONTO — A teen girl who pleaded guilty to assault in the fatal swarming of a homeless Toronto man was sentenced Tuesday to nine months of probation, with the judge taking into account the time she has already spent in custody and under house arrest

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz was smiling and in the building. The Maple Leafs goaltender had taken a blow to the head, vomited on the bench and left Scotiabank Arena on a stretcher to be evaluated in hospital the previous night.

TORONTO — Proposed Ontario legislation that would give cabinet power to create "special economic zones" and allow the government to exempt itself from following laws on certain projects is little more than a power grab, First Nations, civil liberty g