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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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Toronto mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from his re-election race only hours before a deadline to set the final ballot.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 and was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor. | |
Rob Ford’s brother, Doug Ford, is reportedly trying run in his place, and has officially registered his candidacy for mayor. | |
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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