Rob Ford’s problem was Rob Ford. Signs of possible substance abuse surfaced during Ford’s first year as mayor. “By the end of 2011, Rob was getting harder to manage,” writes Towhey.

Rob Ford, the onetime populist mayor of Toronto whose tax-cutting agenda was overshadowed by a tempestuous personal life that made him an international butt of ridicule as he made intemperate ...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford makes his way to the council chamber in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Toronto's City Council voted overwhelming to strip Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers in the ...

Rob Ford, the former Toronto mayor who admitted to smoking crack while in office, died Tuesday at 46 after a battle with cancer Rob Ford, the former Toronto mayor who admitted to smoking crack ...

Nope, embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford still isn't going anywhere. In fact, he’s back and better than ever (according to Rob Ford). Fresh from a two-month stint in rehab, Ford re-emerged Monday ...

Relive the crack-smoking Toronto mayor's most outrageous moments May 1, 2014— -- Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford has announced he’s taking a leave of absence to seek treatment for ...

Rob Ford, Toronto's former mayor, has died at age 46 after a battle with cancer, his family said Tuesday. Ford became an international name -- and decidedly not in a good way -- after admitting ...

How has Ford’s approval rating remained virtually unscathed, at 42 percent, as the scandal has metastasized? What I’ve found most interesting in the debate about Rob Ford is the attempt to ...

Why? Because Rob Ford, alive as an alcoholic, was apparently less deserving of compassion and understanding than Rob Ford, now dead from cancer. True, the fond remembrances and generous ...

Ask Rob Ford, the Toronto mayor. Ford on Wednesday cast the sole "no" vote on a City Council motion to offer the athletes kudos. Minutes earlier, he also was the only council member to vote ...

He is being treated for an abdominal tumor. — -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has decided to drop out of the race for re-election amid a health scare and has asked his brother Doug to run in his place.

By Ian Austen John Tory, a center-right candidate for mayor, defeated Mayor Rob Ford’s brother, who had replaced him on the ballot. By Ian Austen Minutes after the announcement, a representative ...