Rob Ford drops out of Remembrance Day ceremony due to ongoing cancer battle

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Rob Ford drops out of Remembrance Day ceremony due to ongoing cancer battle

TORONTO - Rob Ford's office says the Toronto mayor has cancelled plans to attend the city's Remembrance Day ceremony due to his ongoing battle with cancer.

Chief of staff Dan Jacobs says in an email that Ford will not be among the local politicians attending the service at Toronto's Old City Hall cenotaph.

Ford's brother Doug says "Everyone there would want Rob to rest," and told TV station CP24 the mayor is now recovering at home after undergoing a third round of chemotherapy.

Jacobs says a local councillor will speak on Ford's behalf.

Doctors discovered a rare and aggressive cancer in Ford's abdomen in September.

Mayor-elect John Tory, who will take office Dec. 2, will be attending the ceremony.

Rob Ford drops out of Remembrance Day ceremony due to ongoing cancer battle
 

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poor sod shouldn't be near crowds of people for sure, glad he is staying home
 

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He looks pretty bad.

I'm shocked he's been out at all.
he looks really bad, the facial bloating is a side effect of the chemo and the environment in which he is living will need to be sterilized continually, hard to go through chemo under a microscope, every public appearance that he makes is dangerous
 

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