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Toronto mayor Rob Ford drops re-election bid after tumour diagnosis Toronto mayor Rob Ford drops re-election bid after tumour diagnosis
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Controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from his re-election race only hours before a deadline to set the final ballot in the election. His brother Doug is reportedly trying to replace him as a candidate. Toronto mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from his re-election race only hours before a deadline to set the final ballot. Ford plans to run for a spot on the city council instead.
Ford, who became known internationally after videos surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after complaining of stomach pains while eating breakfast and was diagnosed with a tumor in his abdomen. Ford, who became known internationally after videos surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after complaining of stomach pains and was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor.
He is to run as a city councillor instead. Doug Ford has officially registered his candidacy for mayor, Rob Ford’s brother, Doug Ford, is reportedly trying run in his place, and has officially registered his candidacy for mayor.
In a statement Thursday, Dr Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto said that there would be no updates on Ford’s condition for “about a week,” until results of a biopsy on the tumour become available. Rob Ford is running for councillor of Toronto’s Ward 2, Etobicoke North, which he represented from 2000 to 2010.
In a statement Thursday, Dr Zane Cohen of Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto said that there would be no updates on Ford’s condition for “about a week”, until results of a biopsy on the tumour become available.
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