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Apr 20, 2020 · Richard Reid, an athletic 63-year-old, believes he caught the novel coronavirus after travelling to Miami in February for a sailing competition. Despite growing news reports about the viral...
Robert Bruce Ford died Tuesday. He was 46 years old. He succumbed to cancer after 18 months of treatment. He leaves a wife, Renata, and two young children, Stephanie and Doug behind.
Oct 27, 2022 · Toronto's city clerk declared the official results Thursday for the 2022 municipal election held Monday. Marginal wins in some wards may prompt recount requests.
- Meteoric Rise to The Mayor’s Office
- Scandal-Plagued Political History
- Infamous Crack Smoking Video
- Substance Abuse Speculation
- Alcohol as A Catalyst For Illicit Drug Use
- Decision to Enter Rehab
Ford rose to prominence after winning the 2010 Toronto mayoral election on the back of a campaign aimed at stopping the “gravy train” and cutting waste in city expenditures. READ MORE: A look back at Rob Ford’s 18-month battle with cancer Before his municipal election victory over rival George Smitherman with 47 per cent of the vote on Oct. 25, 201...
Born in Etobicoke on May 28, 1969, Ford was the son of the late Doug Ford Sr., the political patriarch of the family who served as an MPP for Etobicoke-Humber from 1995 to 1999. He married his former high schoolmate Renata Brejniak in 2000. READ MORE: What you need to know about Rob Ford’s cancer His brother, Doug Ford Jr., was a former city counci...
The admission came months after a revelation that journalists from the Toronto Star and Gawkerhad seen a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine in May 2013. Toronto police confirmed the video’s authenticity in October 2013, but even after it caused a worldwide sensation, Ford refused to step down and his personal problems continued to plague his time ...
Speculation the then-mayor had substance abuse issues were nothing new. Ford was arrested in Miami, Florida in February 1999 for driving under the influence and removed from a Toronto Maple Leafs game in April 2006 for his drunken and belligerent behaviour. While he first denied his attendance at the game to the National Post, he later admitted his...
Looking back on his most turbulent time in the mayor’s office, Ford told Global News in March 2015that alcohol was the catalyst for his descent into illicit drugs. “Everything revolves around alcohol, for me, when it comes to drugs,” he said at the time. “Everyone says, ‘Well you smoked crack, and you did lines and you’ve done all the drugs.’ Most ...
Ford finally said he would take a leave of absence and seek professional help after an image of him smoking what was described as a crack pipe showed up in the Globe and Mailin April 2014. On April 30, 2014, Ford announced he had made the decision to enter rehab. READ MORE: Rob Ford Dead: Funeral, book of condolences and what happens next “It’s not...
Incumbent Toronto mayor John Tory said he was "so saddened" to hear of Lai's death. I was so saddened to learn this afternoon that Councillor Cynthia Lai had passed away.
Mississauga's new mayor, Carolyn Parrish, has already used strong mayor powers half a dozen times in her first week on the job, despite saying on the campaign trail that she would aim to avoid...
Dec 29, 2021 · Reid, a former amateur boxer who represented Nevada in the U.S. Congress as a Democrat for more than three decades, died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife of 62 years, Landra...
