Jake Ashcroft, 9, expressed his displeasure with Toronto's street hockey ban last September. The controversial policy prohibiting hockey and basketball nets on city streets is up for debate by the public works and infrastructure committee at city hall on Monday. A suburban Toronto councillor is vowing to stickhandle a compromise solution to a problem that is keeping kids from enjoying an age-old Canadian tradition: street hockey. Jaye Robinson chairs the public works and infrastructure committee, which is scheduled to debate a report from city staff on Monday. "Street hockey is a great Canadian tradition and I understand city staff's position but I also empathize with people who are frustrated by this policy," she said Tuesday.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2016 18:56 UTC