When Erin Townley had to testify against the man who nearly killed her, she took solace in the fact the COVID-19 pandemic meant she could do it from her own home.
In 2018, Townley had been riding with a group of cyclists around Lake Ontario, raising money for pancreatic cancer, when the driver of a grey Nissan veered onto the highway shoulder and slammed into them.
Townley was struck so hard she lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was cradling her fractured forearm.
Another rider, Jeff Vervaeke, wasn’t so lucky. He bounced off the Nissan’s windshield, flew into the air, and was found a short distance away, lying in
