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By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - In another sharp blow to scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, several key members of his executive committee at City Hall said on Friday they are joining forces to publicly call on him to confront...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 23 (Reuters) - Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford fired his chief of staff on Thursday, as Canada's largest city waits for Ford to address allegations that he was caught smoking crack cocaine on camera. Ford's office...

LA HABANA (Reuters) - El juicio a un empresario canadiense que confesó haber sobornado a funcionarios cubanos comenzará el jueves en La Habana, casi dos años después de su detención, en medio de una amplia ofensiva del Gobierno cubano contra la...

HAVANA (Reuters) - The trial of a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials began on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old Sarkis Yacoubian,...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Toronto's scandal-hit mayor, Rob Ford, stayed away from city hall on Wednesday but his older brother, a fellow city politician, issued a fierce defense of Ford, who was allegedly caught on a cellphone video...

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for further comment. The video has not been released publicly and there is...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 21 (Reuters) - Toronto's mayor, facing allegations that he has been caught on video smoking crack cocaine, saw his dreams of a building a full-service casino in the heart of Canada's largest city dashed on Tuesday, as council...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 20 (Reuters) - The mayor of Canada's largest city, facing allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, and made racial and homophobic slurs on video, must either refute the accusations or step down, fellow city politicians say....

Canadian singer Alexis Normand probably will have to leave the building the next time she hears the U.S. national anthem being sung. Because she tried to sing it Saturday before a hockey game and botched the lyrics. Before a game in the Memorial Cup...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a target of criticism for his often unconventional conduct, on Friday denied media allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. "Absolutely not true," Ford told reporters gathered outside...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 17 (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, his lawyer told the Toronto Sun on Friday. Reporters for the Toronto Star, a rival Canadian newspaper, and Gawker Media, a U.S. media...

May 17 (TheWrap.com) - Does Toronto have its own Marion Barry? Gawker's slogan is "Today's gossip is tomorrow's news" -- and that's exactly how it worked when the site reported that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has smoked crack, spawning follow-up reports by...