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Mayor Rob Ford’s sister told police they were indeed doing crack cocaine in her basement back in April when they were surreptitiously filmed by a man who allegedly brought them the narcotics.

A frail-sounding Rob Ford has released an audio statement in which he thanks Torontonians for their support and vows to face a rare form of cancer “head-on” and “beat it.”

Mayor Rob Ford has been diagnosed with a rare and agreesive form of soft tissue cancer and will begin chemotherapy within the next two days.

It was his first time speaking to the press as a mayoral candidate but Doug Ford, flanked by family outside his mother’s home, used the moment to pay an emotional tribute to his ailing brother, recounting how it came to be that his name would be on the ballot instead of Mayor Rob Ford.

With an hour to go until the city's candidacy deadline Friday afternoon, an ailing Rob Ford shook up the mayoral race by removing his name from the ballot and sending a letter from his hospital bed with blessings for his brother Doug to replace him.

Doctors performed a biopsy today on the tumour found in Mayor Rob Ford's abdomen but those results won't be known for about a week, Dr. Zane Cohen told reporters at a news conference Thursday night.

Mayor Ford has a tumour in his abdomen, doctors say, but it will be a few days before we know the true scope of his diagnosis.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has engaged a "sobriety coach" after completing a two-month stint at an Ontario addiction treatment centre. But just what is a sobriety coach or companion and what do they do to help clients keep off alcohol or drugs as part of their long-term recovery?

Mayor Rob Ford met privately with Coun. Karen Stintz on Thursday to personally apologize for making an inappropriate comment about her at a Toronto bar.

A woman who was stopped by police while driving Rob Ford’s luxury SUV and charged with impaired driving says she and the mayor were “best buddies” during their time in rehab in together.

It appears that Mayor Rob Ford's time in a rehab facility north of Toronto may not have gone smoothly.

Mayor Rob Ford says he’s working to try and rebuild trust with Torontonians, but knows that he won’t be able to win everyone back following a stint in rehab for alcohol addiction.

Torontonians are set to get their first glimpse of a post-rehab Rob Ford, as the city’s embattled mayor prepares to return to his seat city hall and his re-election campaign after a two-month absence.

In creating an upcoming stage musical about scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, playwright Brett McCaig couldn't help but think of a certain literary figure.

Toronto’s embattled mayor says people “will see a different Rob Ford” when he emerges from rehab and returns to his post and the mayoral race on Canada Day.

A rather dubious anniversary is being marked in the city today and it's one that won't likely be soon forgotten.

Rob Ford's infamous "crack video" likely won't come out in court until well after the municipal election, as preliminary inquiry and trial dates for his friend Alexander Lisi have been set for next year.

While he fends off questions about his brother’s whereabouts, Coun. Doug Ford is blasting city councillors who are seeking proof that Toronto’s embattled mayor is actually in rehab for substance abuse.

Mayor Rob Ford is enrolled in a rehabilitation facility that is “nowhere close to the GTA,” his councillor brother says.

Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong says he has spoken to Mayor Rob Ford on the phone and has wished him well in his efforts to get help for the substance abuse issues that have plagued his mayoral tenure.

The mayor threatened to “get” the security guard who filed a report about his drunken behaviour last St. Patrick’s Day, according to a report released by city officials Friday.

The late-night talk show hosts all took jabs at Rob Ford on Thursday night over the latest controversies swirling around the Toronto mayor.

Coun. Doug Ford fought off tears Thursday as he vowed to stand behind his brother as he begins the “difficult journey” of getting help for the substance abuse problems that have plagued his mayoral tenure.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s council seat will be declared vacant if he misses three monthly meetings and his colleagues don’t pass a resolution approving an extended absence, city manager Joe Pennachetti says.

They’ve been repeatedly ridiculed by late-night talk show hosts and pitted against each other in online debates about whose scandal is the bigger embarrassment for Canada, but it appears Justin Bieber doesn’t consider Rob Ford a brother in arms.

When Toronto's confessed crack-smoking mayor announced Wednesday night that he was taking a break from his re-election campaign to seek "immediate" professional help for his issues, the rest of the world took notice.

Three of Toronto’s major daily papers have dropped bombshells on Mayor Rob Ford’s re-election campaign, reporting on recordings that show the mayor speaking crudely about his colleagues and once again smoking from a pipe, and eyewitness claims of wild nights at a nightclub.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford released the following statement late Wednesday night following news that he would take a leave of absence to address substance abuse issues.

Rob Ford will take a leave of absence from his re-election campaign to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer said Wednesday as new media reports involving drugs and alcohol emerged.

How long would Toronto Mayor Rob Ford last on "Survivor"? The question was put to the man who would know best, Jeff Probst. The 52-year-old host and executive producer was in Toronto Thursday promoting the 28th season of the long-running reality series.

Search warrant documents filed by police in their investigation into Rob Ford were completely unsealed by a judge today.

Mayor Rob Ford believes he has been cleared of any wrongdoing amid a report that says Ontario Provincial Police have removed themselves from the Project Brazen 2 investigation due to a dispute with Toronto police detectives.

Newly unsealed court documents show there was a flurry of activity by numerous parties to obtain an alleged crack video of Mayor Rob Ford.

Detectives have been granted access to phone records belonging to Mayor Rob Ford and several of his former staffers, according to a new batch of court documents released Monday afternoon.

Since May, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been embroiled in a controversy over a video that allegedly shows him appearing to smoke crack cocaine. Here are some notable moments in the Rob Ford video controversies.

Toronto police gave Mayor Rob Ford a chance to watch the infamous video of himself with a crack pipe but his lawyer told investigators the meeting would not happen.

In a sit-down interview with CP24 Wednesday morning, Coun. Doug Ford continued to defend his brother’s trip to Los Angeles over the weekend and lashed out at the media for their “biased attacks” against the mayor.

The Ontario Provincial Police has agreed to Chief Bill Blair's request for them to assume an oversight role in Project Brazen 2 -- the investigation that involves Mayor Rob Ford and his friend Sandro Lisi.

Police have obtained seven new search warrants in the Project Brazen 2 investigation, lawyers for CTV confirm.

Toronto’s embattled mayor says he lied to the media about his past drug use because he was embarrassed.

With his weekly radio program surprisingly halted and his television show nixed after one episode, Rob Ford is to launch his latest effort on Monday at getting his message out with a new show on YouTube.

Drugs, booze, ranting tirades captured on film – and that’s just the information contained on the jacket of a new book looking at the personal and professional life of Toronto’s top politico.

A police investigation into the activities of Mayor Rob Ford remains “active” and “continuing,” according to the lead detective on the case.

A new poll shows nearly half of Torontonians approve of the job Mayor Rob Ford is doing, despite the emergence of a new video depicting the mayor rambling and swearing in a restaurant while apparently intoxicated.

Mayor Rob Ford's re-election pitch to some of the city's movers and shakers was nearly derailed Thursday when he almost missed the event, saying he had been stuck in an elevator.

A petition to make Rob Ford an honorary U.S. citizen hasn't garnered much support so far.

Few could have predicted that Canada's moment in the global spotlight this year would be courtesy of a crack-smoking, "drunken-stupor" mayor who uses graphic sexual language on live television.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has issued another apology and retracted comments he made about Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale in a televised interview.

The bad press and late-night mockery dogging Mayor Rob Ford has done little to squash his popularity, particularly among suburban Torontonians, a new poll suggests. However, most Torontonians agree council did the right thing by stripping Ford of his powers.