A rehabilitation facility in Ontario said yesterday that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is being treated there. Ford largely had disappeared from sight after promising to seek help for an alcohol problem.
The clinic in Muskoka Lakes about 125 miles north of Toronto issued a statement asking the public and media to respect its patients’ privacy. The clinic said it was releasing the information with Ford’s consent.
Last month, the troubled Toronto mayor had announced that he was planning to begin treatment for an alcohol problem after a new video showing him smoking a crack pipe surfaced.
Ford had earlier said that he was ‘ready to take a break’ from the mayoral election campaign to ‘go get help’.
Ford’s decision to immediately step away from the campaign, while staying on the ballot, came after the disgraced mayor was seen ranting and swearing in an Etobicoke bar in a new raunchy video.
Ford told a Sun columnist that he realizes “it’s time” and that he “wants” to “deal with his issues.
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