Ontario News

TORONTO — An all-star with a US$139-million contract, Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan is living large in the NBA. But the 27-year-old from Compton, Calif., never thought he would grace the cover of a video game.

OTTAWA — The federal government has let the provinces and territories know how much they will receive under a portion of the new long-term infrastructure program.

LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — Four years after the rail disaster that killed 47 people in their town, a group of Lac-Megantic citizens renewed the call for the construction of a bypass that would steer trains away from the core of the community.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will wear a sponsor patch on their game jerseys for the first time next season. A Sun Life logo will be added to the front left shoulder of the team's uniform, the Raptors said Thursday in a release.

LONDON, Ont. — The province's police watchdog says criminal charges are not warranted in an incident in which a woman in a wheelchair was struck by a police vehicle. The Special Investigations Unit says the incident occurred on Jan.

OTTAWA — They did not see it coming, but they knew that something likely would derail their plans.

VANCOUVER — Provinces have brought in new procedures to speed up the justice system following last year's Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Jordan case, which set tight time limits for trials.

VANCOUVER — Barrett Jordan was arrested in December 2008 for his alleged involvement in a dial-a-dope operation in British Columbia's Lower Mainland.

Here are short descriptions of some cases from across Canada that have been thrown out over the timely access to justice: Sivaloganathan Thanabalasingham, a Quebecer who saw a second-degree murder charge against him stayed because of delays in gettin

MONTREAL — Dannick Lessard feels victimized by the justice system. In October 2012, the Quebec man took nine bullets outside a bar in an attempt on his life.