Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has ended his re-election bid but his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, is replacing him in the mayoral race, the Toronto Star reports.
“Rob Ford was polling, after a chaotic, scandal-filled term, in second place, behind John Tory but ahead of Olivia Chow, when stomach pain sent him to the hospital Wednesday. The head of his health-care team at Mount Sinai Hospital told reporters Thursday that Ford has a ‘fair size’ mass in his abdomen.”
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