Protesting cabbies could lock up Toronto on All-Star Weekend

Will Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have to walk to the NBA All-Star Game?

Taxi drivers in Toronto, site of this weekend's All-Star events, are threatening to repeat their protest of Dec. 9, which shut down a main intersection downtown. The newly-formed United Taxi Workers Association plan to rally against the presence of Uber's ride-sharing service, which is unregulated and, the taxi industry says, cutting into the cabbies' business.

Toronto mayor John Tory said police are empowered to do whatever it takes to avoid having downtown traffic brought to a standstill by the protest.

"We can't have the city closed down in that manner, and the law enforcement officials will have to take whatever steps they deem appropriate if that sort of thing is engaged in again," Tory said (via CBC).

H/T: Toronto Star