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Timeline of Rob Ford video scandal

July 07, 2023

In May 2013, the American website Gawker and the Toronto Star reported that they had viewed a cellphone video that showed then-Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues. Gawker raised money to buy the video, but were unable to acquire it when the seller broke off contact. On October 31, 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that they were in possession of the video, "and at least one other".[1][2] The video was retrieved in the course of an investigation of drug gangs, entitled "Project Traveller". Ford's associate Alexander "Sandro" Lisi was charged with extortion for attempting to retrieve the video, in exchange for marijuana.

Photograph given to Gawker and the Toronto Star providing "bonafides" for the video transaction.
From left to right: Anthony Smith, Rob Ford, Monir Kassim and Muhammad Khattak.

Reporters from the Toronto Star and Gawker were sent a photo of Ford standing with three people outside the home where the video was shot. The individuals standing with Ford were later identified as Anthony Smith, Muhammad Khattak and Monir Kassim, three alleged members of a local gang. The location was later identified as a house on Windsor Road in the Etobicoke area of Toronto. Khattak and Kassim were both arrested in a sweep of an apartment complex near the home in June 2013. Smith was killed in a shooting on the streets of downtown Toronto in March 2013. The home was identified as the residence of a friend of Ford's from his high school days.[3] The home was attacked in a home invasion days after Gawker and the Toronto Star published the video story.[3]

Ford initially denied both the existence of the video and using crack cocaine. Though several members of Toronto City Council, as well as the editorial boards of the Star, the National Post, and the Toronto Sun, called for him to step down, he refused to do so.[4][5][6] On November 5, 2013, Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine "probably in one of my drunken stupors"[7] and to hiding his drug abuse from his family, his staff and the people of Toronto, but pledged to continue on as Mayor.[8] In a series of votes later that month, Ford was stripped by the City Council of virtually all of his mayoral powers, and then-Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly became de facto Acting Mayor.[9]

On April 30, 2014, a second video showing Ford smoking crack emerged.[10] Ford took a leave of absence to enter drug rehabilitation from May 1 through June 30, 2014, during which time Kelly officially served as Acting Mayor.[11][12][13][14][15] Ford did not run for re-election in 2014, instead running for, and winning, his former City Council seat; he continued to serve on the City Council until his death from cancer on March 22, 2016. In August 2016, the Toronto Police Service released the original video of Ford smoking crack, and the remaining charges against Lisi were dropped.[16]

2013

February to March

  • February 17 Mayor Ford is surreptitiously recorded by Mohamed Siad smoking crack cocaine from a glass pipe. Siad also records a video of himself describing the recording of the first, and how to secretly record a video or "even catch a Mayor smoking crack".[17]
  • March 27 A police wiretap of a conversation between Mohamed Siad and Siyadin Abdi reveals their efforts to sell the crack video to Ford, rejecting an alleged offer of $5,000 and a new car by Ford. Siad is seeking $150,000.[18]
  • March 28 Anthony Smith and Muhammad Khattak, alleged members of the Dixon City Bloods gang, and who appear in the Gawker-released photograph with Mayor Ford, are shot outside the Loki Lounge in Toronto. Smith dies of his injuries. Wiretap surveillance leads police to believe the motive for the shooting was related to a robbery of other gang members by Smith and others in November 2012.[18]

May

  • May 3 Toronto Star reporters Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan meet with Mohamed "Soya" Siad, 27, an alleged member of the Dixon Bloods, in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of 320 Dixon Road. Siad allows the reporters to view the Ford video on a cellphone three times and says he might sell it for a "six-figure price" so that he can move to Alberta.[19]
  • May 16 Gawker reports a cellphone video that appears to show Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues. The video was believed to have been recorded late in 2012. Toronto Star reporters Kevin Donovan and Robyn Doolittle say they watched the video on May 3. The Star also publishes a picture of Ford with three men, two of whom were shot in March 2013. One of them, Anthony Smith, died.[20]
  • May 17 As Ford leaves his house in the morning to drive to City Hall, he speaks to a press scrum assembled: "Absolutely not true. It's ridiculous. It's another Toronto Star whatever."[21] Gawker sets up a fund called "Crackstarter" to raise $200,000 to purchase the video.[22]
  • David Price, a long-time friend of Ford, informs Ford's Chief of Staff Mark Towhey of the location of the video at an apartment complex on Dixon Road in Etobicoke. Towhey advises Price to speak to the Toronto Police.[23] Towhey contacts the police, who take a statement from Price.[24]
 
Councillor Doug Ford, 2011.
  • May 19 Ford and his brother Doug cancel their weekly Newstalk 1010 talk show.[25]
  • May 20 Jay Leno comments on the scandal on The Tonight Show.[26]
  • May 21 Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel comment on the scandal on their shows.[26] A man is shot, requiring hospitalization, at a 17th floor apartment in the Dixon Road apartment complex.[27]
  • May 22 Ford is fired as football coach for Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School. He is also not allowed to coach at any other Catholic high school of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.[28] Doug Ford addresses a press conference at City Hall, to defend his brother, his record at City Hall. He also criticized the Toronto Star: "Never, never has a Canadian politician or his family, has been targeted by the media this way. They zealously, and I say zealously, stalk my mother, my children. The media hides in the bushes at our cottage. They did this weekend, that my kids couldn’t even enjoy the weekend ’cause they were in the bushes taking videos of them, and harasses our family at home" and for reporting the alleged drug dealers as of Somali descent: "I also want to say that the story wrongfully generalizes and tarnishes the reputation of Toronto’s Somalian community."[29]
  • May 23 Ford fires his chief of staff, Mark Towhey. Towhey is escorted out of City Hall by security. Ford elevates deputy chief of staff Earl Provost.[30] Several reports state that Towhey was fired for telling Ford to get help at a rehab centre.[31] Gawker reports that they have raised more than $165,000 toward paying for the cellphone video, but were no longer in contact with the seller.[32]
  • May 24 After City Council's executive committee publicly asks Ford to respond to the allegations, Ford ends several days of silence and reads a prepared statement to the press at City Hall: "I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine." "As for a video, I cannot comment on a video that I have never seen or does not exist. It is most unfortunate, very unfortunate, that my colleagues and the great people of this city have been exposed to the fact that I have been judged by the media without evidence."[33] According to his former press secretary Adrienne Batra, the statement was written by Ford's family, rejecting a prepared statement written by his staff.[34]
    • That same day, Hanad Mohamed, who is alleged to have appeared in the video, is arrested in Fort McMurray, Alberta, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the murder of Anthony Smith. He is returned to Toronto for an appearance in court on May 31.[35]
  • May 26 The Fords return to their Newstalk 1010 radio talk show. To a caller who asked if it was Ford in the video, Ford states "Number one, there’s no video, so that’s all I can say. You can’t comment on something that doesn’t exist."[36] The Fords criticize the media and Rob calls reporters "a bunch of maggots."[37] Ford also characterizes a caller as "racist" for asking if it was Ford in the picture. According to Ford: "That’s very sad, that she’s a racist," while Doug added, "Rob has taken thousands of pictures with young black men, with their hats on, with their little funny signs and everything else."[36]
  • May 27 Ford's press secretary and deputy press secretary resign and leave City Hall before Ford arrives. Ford apologizes for calling reporters maggots.[37] Gawker reaches their fund-raising goal.[38] Ford hires his brother's executive assistant as his new communications director and hires an interim press secretary.[39] A poll of 1,400 Torontonians is released by the Toronto Star. It shows support for Ford at 36% in a projected 2014 mayoral election against Olivia Chow, a result identical to a poll held before the stories about the alleged video were published.[40]
  • May 28 The Toronto Sun reports that it also was offered the alleged video. An editor in the newsroom received a call from someone who had a video, asking if the newspaper paid for videos. The editor declines to pursue the video.[41] It is Ford's 44th birthday and press crowd Ford at City Hall for comment about Price's statement to police. Ford tells reporters: "Ask my staff."[42]
  • May 30 Two more of Ford's staff resign, Brian Johnston, a policy advisor and council relations specialist, and Kia Nejatian, an executive assistant.[43] A National Post reporter visits the apartment in the Dixon Road complex where the alleged video is stored and speaks to the resident. The resident describes how his apartment was previously rented by a drug dealer. The resident also claims to have seen the video and believes it to be authentic. According to the resident, gang members in the neighbourhood were angry at the video's sellers. The resident goes further to state that he and his friends considered making a fraudulent crack video starring an acquaintance and a Rob Ford look-alike nicknamed "Slurpy," but decided to not get involved in the controversy.[44]
  • May 31 Another of Ford's staff resigns, special assistant Michael Prempeh, the sixth departure from his staff.[45] The accused who was arrested in Fort McMurray for the Smith shooting makes his first appearance in court and is ordered held in custody until another appearance on June 21.[46] "Slurpy" becomes a trending term across Canada on Twitter.[47]

June

  • June 1 Several hundred people protest at Nathan Phillips Square demanding Ford's resignation.[48] The event was organized on Facebook and was expected to draw over 2,000 to the Square.[49]
  • June 3 A poll by CTV News and Ipsos Reid shows that slightly more than half of Torontonians believe that the video exists and they disagreed with the Ford brothers. Support for Ford is highest in the suburbs of Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough.[50]
  • June 4 Gawker reports that the person alleged to have had the cellphone video says it no longer exists and he will not sell it. An intermediary tells them that a copy might exist but has been taken out of Toronto for safe-keeping.[38]
  • June 5 The Toronto Star reports the house location where the photograph of the mayor with the young men was taken. The house was reported to have had a home invasion on May 21, 2013, injuring two persons. One resident of the home was an acquaintance of Ford from high school.[51] The home is located several hundred metres from the Dixon Road apartment complex. Residents have complained previously of a steady stream of traffic between the complex and the home, prompting a fence to be erected to block traffic.[51] Two residents have criminal records, one for minor thefts, one for trafficking cocaine. Maclean's identified the victims of the home invasion as Fabio Basso, Ford's long-time friend, and Basso's girlfriend.[3] Resident Elena Basso tells Star reporters at her house that "Rob Ford’s the greatest mayor ever. You guys are scavengers."[3]
  • June 10 A court in Fort McMurray grants access to search warrant details related to the arrest of Hanad Mohamed to the lawyer for The Star and other media outlets. The details can then be used to make access to information requests to the RCMP. Mohamed's lawyer objects to the request to prevent the media from going on a "fishing expedition." "It seems to me, your honour, that the media is looking for some sort of information that would link my client to Rob Ford, or Rob Ford to my case, and then they’re just going to use that for entertainment purposes."[52]
  • June 11 The two campaign managers credited with Ford's election, Richard Ciano, president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and Nick Kouvalis, who are partners in Campaign Research, say they will not work on Ford's re-election unless he deals with his "health and well-being." They said they had asked Ford to address his health issues as early as February.[53] Ford fires Councillor Jaye Robinson from the City Council's executive committee after she suggests he take a leave of absence to deal with his personal problems.[53]
  • June 12 Doug Ford says he will not run for Council in 2014, but will work on his brother's mayoral campaign.[54]
  • June 13 As part of the "Project Traveller" pre-dawn raid (directed against two rival gangs engaged in drugs and firearms sales), police enter the home of Muhammad Khattak, one of the men photographed with Ford outside the suspected crackhouse, and remove a laptop and cellphones. The Toronto Star reports that sources have told them surveillance by police detectives has found information about the cellphone video.[55] Monir Kassim, who also appeared in the photograph, is arrested too.[56] Police also arrest Mohamed Siad, who had originally shown the Ford video to the two Toronto Star reporters.[19] At a press conference about the raids, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair refused to link the investigation and raids to Ford.[57]
  • CTV News reported that the Toronto Police was investigating the existence of the alleged video prior to the first published reports. According to CTV, persons under investigation discussed the video and the events of the video in wiretap-recorded conversations done in the course of the investigation.[58] Ford was asked by reporters if he’s worried that the alleged video is now part of evidence that will come out in court: "I can’t comment on something that I’ve never seen or doesn’t exist, I don’t know how many more times I’ve got to say this. I’ve answered so many questions, I don’t know if you guys can’t get it through your thick skulls. Seriously?"[59]
  • June 14 Hacker collective Anonymous announced via Twitter that it believes a copy of the alleged video exists in Alberta.[60] The Toronto Star identifies the third man with Ford in the picture taken outside the Etobicoke bungalow as Monir Kassim. Kassim was arrested in the June 13 raids for "trafficking in weapons and drugs (cocaine and marijuana) for the benefit of a criminal organization," and other charges.[56] A letter from Ford is presented by the defence in the sentencing of Sandro Lisi after Lisi's conviction for threatening to kill a woman.[61]
  • June 17 Gawker announces that it is looking for charities to give the "Crackstarter" funds to. It asks "Canadians of Canada" to suggest charities for the $184,689.81 it has collected.[62]
  • June 26 Christopher Fickel, a special assistant in Ford's office, resigns.[63] Ontario Attorney General John Gerretsen declines to name what laws are preventing Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair from indicating if Ford is or is not under investigation, when questioned by the press.[64] The National Post identifies "Slurpy," the man who was asked to appear in a fake crack video as Rob Ford. They report that he does not look like Ford and that he said he rejected appearing in the bogus video.[65]
  • June 27 Nisar Hashimi pleads guilty to a manslaughter charge in the death of Anthony Smith and aggravated assault in the shooting of Mohammad Khattak, the other man in the photo with Ford. Hashimi's plea avoids a trial.[66][67]

July

  • July 2 The CBC, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun and other news organizations request a Toronto court to unseal police search warrants in the raids on the gangs. According to the news organizations' lawyer, the documents should be public knowledge unless there is a good reason to withhold them. The action is to determine if Rob Ford is somehow connected to the criminal organizations. The Crown asks for a six-month delay in releasing the warrants.[68]
  • The Toronto Star separately filed a request to see the information on a search warrant for the Windsor Road house and the apartment in the Dixon Road complex where the alleged video was allegedly stored.[69] The court ruled that documents relating to the search warrants will stay sealed until August 27. At that time, lawyers for the media companies will be allowed to review the documents except for sections that the Crown will keep secret. The documents will become public on September 12 after arguments over the secret sections.[70]
  • July 9 Muhammad Khattak is released on bail. He was charged in the Project Traveller raids for allegedly dealing drugs and had been held without bail. The reasons for releasing Khattak are protected under a publication ban, but his lawyer stated that Khattak is only 19, does not have a criminal record and has strict stay-at-home conditions. His case, on charges his lawyer characterized as "minor," could take up to 18 months to come to trial.[71]
  • July 18 Gawker announces that it will divide the money it raised to buy the Ford video evenly between four charities: the Somali Canadian Association of Etobicoke, the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Unison Health and Community Services and the Ontario Regional Addictions Partnership Committee. The gross amount raised was $201,199, which netted $184,782.61 after fees paid to Indiegogo and PayPal.[72]
  • July 19 The search warrant of Hanad Mohamed's arrest is unsealed by the Ontario Superior Court, revealing that police seized four smartphones and a micro SD card connecting Mohamed to Nisar Hashimi. The contents of these devices will not be revealed until trial.[73]
  • July 26 Crown prosecutors drop first degree murder charges against Hanad Mohamed. He is now charged with accessory after the fact to manslaughter, accessory to discharging a firearm and accessory to aggravated assault on Muhammad Khattak.[74]
  • July 30 Monir Kassim is granted bail and released from detention.[75]

August to September

  • August 2 The Toronto Star reports that Mohamed Siad, one of the men who showed the alleged video to reporters, was one of the people arrested in the Project Traveller raids.[19] The Toronto Sun reports that Siad had been stabbed while in custody by alleged gang members who blamed him for causing the Project Traveller raids. It also reports that Siad had offered to turn the video over to police in return for dropping charges against him.[76]
  • August 7 Mohamed Siad, Monir Kassim and Muhammad Khattak appear in court to set trial dates. Siad remains in jail while Kassim and Khattak are out on bail until trial.[77]
  • August 8 City Hall confirms that "special assistant" Carley McNeil no longer works in Ford's office as an events co-ordinator. The Toronto Star reports that three sources say she was fired. She is the eighth staff member to have left since the video scandal became public.[78]
  • August 12 The Globe and Mail reports that Ford attempted to visit an inmate in the Toronto West Detention Centre, Bruno Bellissimo, in March, after visiting hours. The newspaper calls Bellissimo a "new character" in the video scandal, who has been involved in drugs and attended secondary school with one of the residents of the Rexdale bungalow where Ford was photographed.[79]
  • August 15 Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella claims that the crack video was obtained by police via the Project Traveller raids and has been viewed by "many, many Toronto defence lawyers."[80]
  • August 17 Toronto Police interview five former staffers in Rob Ford's office about Alessandro "Sandro" Lisi, a private driver for the mayor, allegedly being investigated in an attempt to acquire the video.[81] Both Lisi and Bruno Bellissimo were present at the Toronto Garrison Officer's Ball on February 22, an event where Ford was previously accused of being intoxicated.[82]
  • August 20 The Ontario Press Council announces it will hold public hearings in September to investigate 41 complaints about the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail's reporting during the scandal.[83]
  • August 27 A 'domestic assault' call at the Ford residence disrupts a police sting involving Lisi. Lisi contacts Ford and does not drive to the sting. Lisi instead goes home, then to the Grand Hotel on Jarvis Street, where Ford has checked in. Ford is observed the next day in the alley behind the Grand Hotel, in his SUV, making an exchange with a man on foot. The alleyway area is known as "crack central" by locals. Ford stays in the hotel for three days.[84]
  • September 9 The Ontario Press Council holds hearings on Globe and Star stories, with editors Michael Cooke and John Stackhouse testifying. The Ford brothers do not attend.[85]

October

  • October 1 Sandro Lisi and another man are arrested by police in Etobicoke. Lisi is charged with possession of and trafficking in marijuana, possession of the proceeds of crime and conspiracy.[86] The arrest is part of the larger Project Traveller probe.[87] Charges would later be dismissed May 8, 2015.[88]
  • October 2 Doug Ford talks to the Toronto Sun about the Lisi arrests: "I support the police investigation. I don’t know this guy. Never seen him, never met him — ever."[89]
  • October 7 A leaked police document links Lisi to an attempt to exchange marijuana for "the return of a cellular phone stolen from an associate" in March 2013.[90]
  • October 16 The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star are fully exonerated by the Ontario Press Council. Doug Ford accuses the agency of being "a bunch of cronies."[91]
  • October 23 The Toronto Star reports that the Rexdale bungalow where Ford was photographed was under surveillance by police, and Mohamed Siad, who tried to sell the video to the Star, was observed on several occasions visiting the residence. Police surveillance records also correspond to the date and time of a meeting between Gawker editor John Cook and Siad.[92]
  • October 30 The Ontario Superior Court orders that a 480-page police document that was used to obtain search warrants for Lisi be made public.[93] Peter Jacobsen, the lawyer who is representing The Globe and Mail and other news organizations, notes that the information is "exceptionally long" given the nature of Lisi's charges.
 
Chief Blair spoke regarding released documents. He is seen here in June 2012.
  • October 31 Heavily redacted court documents released show that Toronto Police investigated the alleged crack video of Ford and the attempted recovery of the video by Lisi. Surveillance photographs show Ford meeting Lisi in various locations. Ford and Lisi were trailed and monitored by police from March until October 2013, including the use of a Cessna plane after Lisi started using "counter-surveillance" methods to lose police. In the course of the investigation, former mayoral staffer Chris Fickel was interviewed by Toronto Police and suggested that Lisi was the source of marijuana and cocaine for Ford.[94]
  • Police reveal existence of video
    • In a press conference held after the release of the documents, Toronto Police Chief Blair reveals that the police recovered a copy of the video from the hard drive of a computer seized during the Project Traveller raids. According to Blair, the video's contents are as described in the media reports. Lisi is charged with extortion related to the video and is to appear in Toronto Court later in the day (Lisi's hearing is held the next day). Blair states that the video will come out in court, and that the contents are "disappointing".[95] Lisi tell investigators that Blair "is going to get his."[89]
    • At his City Hall office, Ford briefly addressed the media "Everyone has seen the allegations. I wish I could come out and defend myself but I can't. It's before the courts. That's all I can say right now. No reason to resign. I am going to go back and return my phone calls and be out doing what the people elected me to do and that's save taxpayers money and run the great government that we've been running the last three years."[96]
    • Toronto newspapers Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, National Post and the Toronto Star all call on Ford to resign. A same-day public opinion poll conducted by phone of Torontonians showed that, while 44% approved of the mayoral job Ford was doing, 60% wanted him to resign.[97] The news that the video has been found by the police is reported internationally.[98]

November

  • November 1 Dennis Morris, Ford's lawyer, appears on various media outlets denying that Ford is smoking crack cocaine in the video.[99] Doug Ford urges the public release of the video: "Let’s see the video, the Chief said there’s a video and I believe the Chief. Rob hasn’t been charged with anything, he hasn’t broken a law, and he’s been convicted, he’s been convicted by the media."[100] Sandro Lisi is released on $5,000 bail.[101] The Toronto Region Board of Trade calls for Ford to take a leave of absence.[102]
 
Councillor Kelly, 2012
  • November 2 Ford refuses to speak to reporters and calls police when media follow him.[103] Ford meets with deputy mayor Norm Kelly who passes on recommendations from Councillors and staff for Ford to take leave of absence. After the meeting, Kelly tells the Toronto Sun that Ford will address the scandal on his weekly radio show.[104]
  • November 3 On his weekly radio show, Ford apologizes for "making mistakes", but plans to continue as mayor and run for re-election in 2014. "There's no one to blame but myself, and I take full responsibility for it. I'm the first one to admit, friends, I am not perfect. I have made mistakes. I have made mistakes, and all I can do right now is apologize for the mistakes." Ford also publicly asks Police Chief Blair to release the video to the public. "I believe that this video — I want the police chief, Bill Blair, to release this video, for every single person in the city to see,"[105] Referring to the content of the video, Ford responded "When the video is released, I am going to explain to the best of my mind what is in that video or videos".[106]
  • November 4 Rob Ford is "uninvited" from the November 6 "Police Chief's Ball", an event hosted by Chief Blair to raise funds for Victim Services Toronto.[107]
  • Ford appears on 640 CFMJ's morning show with John Oakley. Ford denies using drugs. "I can assure you, I can assure you, Johnny, that I do not use drugs. I drink, don’t get me wrong. I’m the first one to enjoy a few cocktails. Some of the parties I’ve had, you know, I shouldn’t have went to the Danforth, you know, inebriated. I shouldn’t have had a pretty, I would say, a wild St. Patrick’s Day party in my office. I shouldn’t have done that. That’s the past. The past is the past."[108]
  • November 5 Doug Ford calls on Police Chief Blair to resign, calling him biased against Rob Ford.[107] Ford asks Police Services Review Board Chair Alok Mukherjee for a meeting, but is turned down, stating that a meeting with Doug Ford would be viewed as interfering with a police investigation.[109]
A Global News poll is released, its results nearly the same as the previous week, with 59% wanting Ford to step down, while 43% approved of the job Ford is doing.[110]
  • Ford admits to smoking crack cocaine
    • At midday, Mayor Rob Ford admits to have smoked crack cocaine, saying "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine but … am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago".[111] Responding to why the admission took so long, Ford says "I wasn’t lying. You didn’t ask the correct questions".[7] At the end of the day, Ford held a scheduled announcement, reiterating an apology to the City of Toronto. He said "I kept this from my family, especially my brother Doug, my staff, my council colleagues because I was embarrassed and ashamed." and added "To the residents of Toronto, I know I have let you down and I can't do anything else but apologize and apologize and I'm so sorry. I know I have to regain your trust and your confidence." He concluded the announcement by stating he will stay in office and will run for re-election.[8][112]
    • Vice magazine publishes an article claiming that Amin Massoudi, Ford's communications director, had hired a hacker to delete a copy of the crack video on a file-sharing site. Massoudi denies the claim in emails to Maclean's and to Vice.[113]
    • The news puts Rob Ford and Toronto in the international media[114] and that evening Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson and Jay Leno all mentioned him on their late night shows.[115]
  • November 6 Brooks Barnett, Ford's policy advisor resigns.[116] Former wrestler The Iron Sheik appears at City Hall to arm-wrestle Ford as a form of intervention.[117]
  • November 7 Another video appears in the media depicting Ford in a tirade in which he shouts "I need fuckin' ten minutes to make sure he's dead!" amongst other threats. The context of the threats and the video are unknown.[118] The video had been shopped around to various media outlets before being purchased by the Toronto Star for $5,000. Ford states that he was "extremely inebriated" in the video: "All I can say is again I’ve made mistakes. It’s extremely embarrassing. The whole world’s going to see it. You know what? I don’t have a problem with it. But it is extremely embarrassing, but I don’t know what to say but again I am apologizing. Again, when you’re in that state ... I hope none of you have ever or will ever be in that state."[119]
  • The Mayor's mother and sister, Diane Ford and Kathy Ford, do an exclusive interview with CP24; Diane says that it's "not acceptable behaviour", but doesn't believe he should resign.[120] Former wrestler Brutus Beefcake shows up at City Hall to offer to be Ford's "angel of mercy" and is removed by security.[121] For the third night running, Ford was lampooned by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show; Jimmy Kimmel once again mentioned him. Dr. Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew On Call) featured a panel discussion, commenting "I’m worried the guy’s going to die."[122]
  • November 8 The Fords' weekly radio show is cancelled permanently, by mutual agreement of CFRB and the Fords.[123] Lawyers apply in court for the release of crack video, and further pages of the search warrant requests in the Lisi case.[124]
  • In interviews with CBC's The Fifth Estate and CityNews Toronto's Avery Haines, Mohamed Farah claims he was the person who tried to broker the deal to sell the crack video and says there was more than one video. He says that he was offered cash and threatened by organized crime figures to turn over the video to them. Farah was charged with possession of the proceeds of crime and firearms offences in Project Traveller.[125]
  • A billboard appears along the Gardiner Expressway, in support of Ford; the City announces it will investigate an unauthorized use of its logo.[126] The billboard, which misspelled "responsibility" (spelling it responsiblity) and used the City of Toronto logo without permission, was removed by the afternoon of November 9.[127]
  • November 11 At a ceremony for Remembrance Day, Ford was greeted with "boos" from the audience and scorn from Veterans attending. At least one Veteran blatantly refused to shake his hand.[128] A Ford spokesperson says he will appear in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, despite his assurances to organizers he will not.[129][130][131][132]
  • November 12 In court, the two videos of Ford in the possession of the police are revealed to be different length videos of the same event. The first video is 90 seconds long; the second is shorter.[133] Judge Nordheimer views the videos and reserves judgment whether to release them to Muhammad Khattak or his lawyer for viewing. Khattak, one of the men shot, had been arrested in Project Traveller raids for drug dealing. Khattak is seeking to make it clear that he was not involved in recording the video or attempting to sell it.
  • Ford appears at a United Way fund-raising event at City Hall, signing 1,000 bobbleheads in his likeness. After bobbleheads run out, Ford autographs t-shirts. Many of the bobbleheads are put up for auction on the Internet.[134]
  • Toronto Santa Claus Parade organizers send a letter to Ford's Chief of Staff, Earl Provost, asking that Ford consider returning to his original decision of not appearing in the parade, suggesting that his presence would be a distraction "from the anticipated fun and enjoyment that children will have on Parade Day." The letter was read the next day on television channel CP24 by Ron Barbaro, co-chair of the event.[135][136]
 
Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, in 2012.
  • November 13–15
  • November 13
  • Council asks Ford to take a leave of absence
    • At a Toronto City Council meeting, Ford admits to having purchased illegal drugs within the past two years. Thirty of the 44 Councillors entered a petition to Council asking Ford to step down.[137] An anti-Ford rally is organized outside City Hall during the meeting. The Council was considering Ford's behaviour and voted 37-5 for Ford to take a leave of absence. Council also voted for Ford to apologize for misleading council; co-operate with the Police; apologize for letter of reference for Lisi and communicate with Council instead of the media.[138][139] Ford states that "he is not a rat" but pushes for mandatory drug testing for all Councillors by December 1, paid for by himself. Chair Frances Nunziata ruled Ford's motion out of order.[140] Council proceedings were shown live in the US on CNN;[141] coverage including a Ford quote mocking his commitment to substance issues ("I said it wouldn't happen again and it has never happened again at the Air Canada Centre"), was published internationally.[142][143]
    • Ford appeared to confront Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong on the council chamber's floor, both times the Speaker stopped the debate. Councillor Maria Augimeri separated the two, and Councillor Ford held the Mayor's arm.[144]
    • Judge Nordheimer orders the release of the rest of the blacked-out items in the documents detailing the surveillance of Ford and Lisi.[145] The new content was based on interviews with Ford staffers, who detailed drunk driving, sexual harassment, staffers buying liquor for the Mayor, the Mayor taking Oxycontin and the Mayor consorting with prostitutes. One of the new staffers, David Price, a friend of Ford, was hired by Ford at $130,000 per year, twice the salary of his immediate predecessor.[146][147] As Doug and Rob Ford leave City Hall, they warn the press to "be careful what you write" about the allegations.[148]
    • An Ipsos Reid poll is released showing that 76% of Torontonians want Ford to step down or resign. Of the 76%, 41% suggest Ford retire from politics altogether, while the remaining 35% agree with the idea that Ford should take a leave of absence before running for re-election in 2014. The remaining 24% agree with Ford staying on as mayor.[149]
  • November 14
    • Ford threatens legal action against his former staffers and a waiter at the restaurant of the 2012 St. Patrick's Day night party, calling their allegations "outright lies, not true."[150] Ford also specifically denied the allegations of sex and a comment about oral sex made to a staff member, and that a woman who attended the St. Patrick's Day night party was a prostitute. "It hurts my wife when they call a friend of mine a prostitute. Alana is not a prostitute. She's a friend. And it makes me sick how people are saying this." He added "The last thing is (former staffer) Olivia Gondek. It said I want to eat her pussy. I've never said that in my life to her. I would never do that. I'm happily married. I've got more than enough to eat at home."[151][152]
    • Ford later admits to "driving after taking a drink". "I might have had some drinks and driven, that's absolutely wrong", he told the National Post's Natalie Alcoba. To other reporters, Ford said "I’m not perfect. Maybe you are but I’m not. I'm sure none of you have ever had a drink and gotten behind the wheel."[153]
    • Ford's remarks are made while wearing a Toronto Argonauts football jersey. The club issues a press release stating that it is "disappointed" that Ford made his remarks while wearing the jersey.[154]
    • Ford makes a noon-time appearance before the press with his wife Renata. He apologizes for the graphic language he used and asks that the media leave his family alone.[155] Ford also states that he is getting assistance from "health-care professionals." Councillor John Parker states that Ford was using his wife "as a convenient prop".[156]
    • An Ipsos Reid poll commissioned by CTV News, CP24 and Newstalk 1010 Radio finds that 62% of Toronto voters would not vote for Ford under any circumstances. In potential municipal election scenarios against Olivia Chow, John Tory, Karen Stintz and David Soknacki, Ford would place no better than third. Ford's job approval rating among Torontonians did not change at 40%, and was higher in the former suburbs of Etobicoke and Scarborough.[157][158]
    • The Sun News Network cable television network announces that Rob Ford and Doug Ford will host a new Ford Nation television show, starting, November 18, 2013.[159]
    • Ford Motor Company tells Bloomberg News reporters that they did not authorize Mayor Ford's use of their logo in Ford Nation t-shirts.[160]
    • Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announces that the Government of Ontario is ready to intervene if City Council is unanimous in requesting it, and if all three provincial parties agree. The intervention would be in the form of new powers to be used by Toronto City Council.[156]
    • Ford's antics were once again publicized on late night shows by Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Jay Leno.[161]
    • City spokespeople confirm that school trips to City Hall in the next week will be redirected to the City of Toronto Archives, for safety concerns.[162][163][164][165]
  • November 15
    • Toronto City Council votes to strip Mayor Ford of executive committee and emergency powers. Ford states that he will challenge the action in court.[166]
    • Before the council meeting, Ford gives each of his staff a $5,000 raise.[167]
    • Councillor Minnan-Wong said he was considering the concept of "asking the province to consider the mayor's seat vacant and moving up the date of the election for mayor", but noted he doubted there was an appetite.[168]
    • On Ford's admission of drinking and driving, Newfoundland distillery Iceberg Vodka releases a general statement describing the practice as "unacceptable and inexcusable behavior." Ford is listed in police reports as having drank the alcohol in a city park with Alexander "Sandro" Lisi.[169]
 
Karen Stintz
 
John Tory
 
Olivia Chow
The four candidates in the election scenarios.
  • Exiting Deco Labels on Saturday evening, Councillor Ford sees what he believes is a Toronto Police surveillance vehicle; this incident is mentioned on Ford Nation, filmed the next day.[171]
  • November 17 Ford records interviews with US television networks CNN and Fox News Channel. To Fox News, Ford states that "one day I do want to run for Prime Minister" and reiterates he has no plans to step down as Mayor. The Fords also record the first episode of their Ford Nation television program.[172]
 
Councillor Pam McConnell, 2011.
  • November 18 Toronto City Council votes to strip Mayor Ford of executive and budgetary powers, and assign them to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly and the City Clerk. Ford and his brother Doug get into a verbal altercation with members of the public in the Council chamber. Ford compares the moves by Council to "invading Kuwait", and promises to fight the whole Council in the next municipal election.[173] During the meeting, Ford knocks down Councillor Pam McConnell, while his brother was arguing with a spectator. Reports suggest McConnell was left with a fat lip from the altercation.[174][175]
  • Judge Nordheimer denies the request by Khattack to view the 'crack' video. Nordheimer describes the two videos in the possession of the police as separate but "what is revealed in the second video relates back to the first video".[176]
  • After the council meeting, Ford does an interview with CBC's Peter Mansbridge, stating he is finished with drinking. "If you don't see a difference in me in five months, then I'll eat my words. I've had a come-to-Jesus moment if you want to call it that. I've let my dad down, I know he's upstairs watching this."[177]
  • The first episode of Ford Nation, featuring Rob and Doug Ford, debuts on Sun News Network.[178] Its first airing is seen by 155,000 viewers, with another 45,000 in a repeat Western Canada broadcast, and 65,000 video downloads. It becomes the all-time top rated program on the network. The Ford brothers state they believe they remain under police surveillance.[171]
  • November 19 A police document released in the extortion charge against Lisi details further information about the video. The document states that Ford is "consuming what appears to be a narcotic" and "the Mayor was apparently in the company of several individuals at the time of the recording" and that the video was made "surreptitiously" in February 2013. The case alleges that Lisi made threatening phone calls to Liban Siyad and Mohamed Siad in May 2013.[179]
  • Sun News Network cancels Ford Nation after one episode. The production took eight times the resources of a normal hour on the network. Sun News invites the Fords to appear on their other shows, given the record ratings for their program.[180]
  • Canadian government Employment Minister Jason Kenney calls for Ford's resignation.[181][182] The call caused Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who considers himself 'a personal friend' of Ford, to swear at Kenney and have to be physically restrained by colleagues.[183]
  • November 20 An analysis of the Ipsos Reid poll shows that support for Ford has dropped to 16% in his home base of Etobicoke, the same as downtown, while he is more popular in the former York and East York (30%) and Scarborough (27%) areas of Toronto. The data also showed that 44% of respondents without a high school diploma support Ford, while only 17% of university graduates do. Those earning less than $40,000 per year are twice as likely to support Ford as those with higher incomes.[184]
  • November 25 Hampton, Florida's mayor Barry Layne Moore is arrested by the county sheriff on charges of possession of drugs and selling drugs. According to the Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith, "This isn’t Toronto. We will not tolerate illegal drug activity in my jurisdiction by anyone to include our elected officials."[185]
  • November 27 Justice Ian Nordheimer rules that the remaining content in the documents of the Ford and Lisi investigation are to be released to the public on December 6. The delay in the release is to allow for appeals to higher courts.[186]
  • November 28 Canadian news magazine Maclean's chooses Ford as "Newsmaker of the Year".[187]
  • Doug Ford tells Newstalk 1010 that he and his brother are readying a YouTube show, for launch around Christmas.[188] He also says that he and his brother have been approached by American production companies about appearing in their own reality TV show.[189]

December

  • December 4 Transcripts of wiretaps related to the Lisi investigation are released. Taped conversations allege that Ford offered $5,000 and a new car in exchange for the video, weeks before the stories about the video are published by Gawker and the Toronto Star. In other conversations, Mohamed Siad discusses selling the video with Siyadin Abdi for $150,000 to the "Star or the other website." In another, Elena Basso calls Siad to say that Ford is at 15 Windsor Road, and Siad should bring drugs. That same evening, a conversation alleges that Ford is using heroin. Both Rob and Doug Ford decline to comment on the new allegations.[190]
  • December 5 Rob Ford takes part in The Sports Junkies, a sports radio show on Washington, D.C. radio station, WJFK-FM. Asked about the latest revelations, Ford describes them as an "outright lie." He refuses to answer any question on the topic, saying they should ask his lawyer.[191]
  • December 6 Toronto Sun publishes an interview with Councillor McConnell, who says headaches, shoulder pain, and neck pain persist, even after spending "a lot of time with chiropractors and massage therapists." Ford knocked over McConnell during a November council meeting. She tells The Sun that she has not ruled out legal action.[192]
  • December 9 In an appearance on television with Conrad Black, Ford claims that the police used Lisi as a prop to get him, although Ford declined to explain his meetings with Lisi. Ford also said that he was mad at Police Chief Blair, saying "I definitely think this is political. Am I happy with the chief? No, I'm not right now." Ford stated that he was no longer drinking and offered to take a urine test, although Black pointed out "Rob, there is absolutely no need to do a urine test right now."[193]
  • Ford also insinuated that Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale, whom he confronted behind his home is a pedophile,[194] saying "Daniel Dale is in my backyard taking pictures. I have little kids. He’s taking pictures of little kids, I don’t want to say that word but you start thinking what this guy is all about."[195]
  • December 11 Police Chief Blair states that the investigation of Ford was not politically motivated or connected to a Ford demand for a 10% budget cut in the police budget of 2012. Blair is also asked about "Project Brazen 2", the investigation of Ford, but only comments that he "cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."[196]
  • December 12 Responding to Ford's accusations that he is a pedophile, reporter Daniel Dale serves Mayor Ford a notice of libel, threatening a lawsuit if he does not apologize.[197] Ford, in a press conference, when asked about the insinuation said "I stand by my words, what I said with Conrad Black" adding "If you watch the interview, you’ll know what I said."[198]

2014

January

  • January 21 The Toronto government releases 5,000 pages of Ford staff e-mails from the dates when Gawker publicized the video. CNN reporter Paula Newton first asked the mayor's office about the video at 11:15 a.m. on May 16, before Gawker published its blog entry that evening. She later spoke with George Christopoulos about the video. The e-mails showed that the whereabouts of Ford were not known that evening and most of the next day.[199]
  • A new video surfaces of Rob Ford, intoxicated, rambling in a restaurant in Rexdale about "counter-surveillance" and Police Chief Bill Blair. He uses a heavy Jamaican accent while doing so and appears to utter the Jamaican patois profanity bumbaclot multiple times.[200][201] Ford later admitted that he was drinking in the video.[201] Ford refused to answer a reporter's question if he was using drugs that night.[202][203]
  • Later in the day, a second video emerged which showed Ford meeting with Sandro Lisi, a friend of Ford's who has been charged with extortion in connection with the "crack video".[204]
  • Ford's antics were also lampooned by television comedian Jimmy Kimmel.[205]
  • January 23 On the game show Jeopardy!, the Jeopardy board included the following $800 clue under the category Scandal: "In 2013, Rob Ford, mayor of this 4th-largest city in N. America first said he smoked weed, not crack... then, yes, ok, crack, too." A contestant correctly replied "What is Toronto."[206]
  • January 29 In an interview with The Toronto Sun, Ford denies allegations he was involved in the death of Anthony Smith, who was shot to death March 28, 2013.[207][208][209] Another story reemerged in the media, relating to the 2012 jailhouse beating of Scott MacIntyre, a known drug dealer, who was allegedly beaten to keep secrets about Ford's drug use. MacIntyre has filed a lawsuit against Ford.[209][210]

February

  • February 26 Chief Blair reveals in interviews with Toronto media, that when Lisi was arrested on October 31, Lisi told investigators that Doug Ford would file a conflict-of-interest complaint against the Chief, saying "your boss is going to get his this weekend".[89] The following week, Doug Ford started making complaints about Blair to the media. Doug Ford would go on and file the formal complaint in February 2014. Ford responded that he would add the latest comments by Blair to his complaint. Ford maintained that he did not tell anyone that he would file the complaint, when Lisi was arrested in October 2013.[211]
  • February 27 Rob Ford challenges the police chief to arrest him. Ford tells reporters "if he's going to arrest me, arrest me. I've done nothing wrong, and he's wasted millions of dollars. I want him to come clean and say how much money did it cost the taxpayers for surveillance on me and the planes that he had to rent."[212]

March

  • March 3 Ford is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Los Angeles. Kimmel proceeds to ask questions and lampoon Ford on his substance abuse, alleged racism, drunk driving, alleged homophobia and alleged domestic abuse. Ford responded to Kimmel saying "I wasn't elected to be perfect". Ford later complained that the interview was a "set up".[213][214][215]
  • March 5 Oversight of the ongoing Toronto Police investigation into Ford and Lisi, entitled "Brazen 2", is transferred to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The transfer is done at the request of Police Chief Blair.[216]
  • March 19 Police documents describing the video of Ford smoking crack are unsealed: "At one point Mayor Ford holds the glass cylinder in his mouth, lights the lighter and applies the flame to the tip of the glass cylinder in a circular motion. After several seconds, Mayor Ford appears to inhale the vapour which is produced, then exhale the vapour."[217]
  • Reporters attempt to get comments from Mayor Ford, who runs through the lobby of Toronto City Hall to his office without commenting on the revelations. Jimmy Kimmel later described it as a "one-man stampede."[218]

April to November

  • April 30 A second video of Ford smoking crack cocaine, reportedly recorded in the early hours on Saturday, April 26, emerges and is reviewed by reporters from The Globe and Mail. The Globe releases a description and a screenshot from the video. Ford's lawyer announces Ford will be taking a leave of absence from his campaign temporarily to enter rehab.[10]
  • May 1 Ford leaves town, for a rehabilitation program.[13] Initially intending to check into a facility in Chicago, Ford voluntarily turned back at the border and entered the GreeneStone rehabilitation facility in Bala, Ontario.[12][219]
  • June 30 Ford returns to office after a two-month leave of absence in rehab.[14][15]
  • September 12 Ford suddenly withdrew his candidacy for mayor. His brother Doug Ford takes his place.[220]
  • September 17 The media confirmed that Ford was diagnosed with cancer.[221]
  • November 30 Ford's term as mayor ends.[222]

2015

April to May

  • April 16 Ontario Court justice orders Lisi to be tried for extortion in Superior Court.
  • May 8 Ontario Court justice dismisses drug charges against Lisi and second person. (Originally charged October 1, 2013.)[88]

2016

March

  • March 22 Rob Ford dies at the age of 46, 18 months after being diagnosed with pleomorphic liposarcoma cancer.[223]
  • March 22 Ford's office made an official statement about Ford's death.[224]

August

  • August 11 The original video of Ford smoking crack was released by the Toronto Police Service after the extortion charge against Sandro Lisi was dropped.[16]

Ford's mayorship staff

Twenty office staff reported to Rob Ford on May 16, 2013. In the months following the report of the video, eleven staff left his office and were replaced. On November 19, eleven of the current staff were transferred to the deputy mayor's office.

  • Mark Towhey, chief of staff – fired May 23[30]
  • George Christopolous, director of communications – quit May 27[37]
  • Isaac Ransom, special assistant – communications – quit May 27[37]
  • Brian Johnston, policy advisor & council relations – quit May 30[43]
  • Kia Nejatian, executive assistant to the mayor – quit May 30[43]
  • Michael Prempeh, special assistant – quit May 31[45]
  • Christopher Fickel, acting executive assistant to the chief of staff – quit June 26[63]
  • Carley McNeil, special assistant – event coordinator – confirmed no longer working August 8[78]
  • Brooks Barnett, policy advisor & council relations – quit November 6[116]
  • Sanjin Petrujkic, senior policy advisor & director of council affairs, promoted to deputy chief of staff & director of council relations – transferred to deputy mayor's office November 19[225]
  • Earl Provost, director of stakeholder & council relations, promoted to chief of staff – transferred to deputy mayor's office November 19[225]
  • Brendan Croskerry, special assistant, promoted to executive assistant to the chief of staff – transferred to deputy mayor's office November 19, quit Early 2014 [225]
  • Rob Krauss, special assistant, promoted to policy advisor & council relations – transferred to deputy mayor's office November 19[225]
  • Victoria Colussi, special assistant – remained with the mayor's office as manager, protocol and events, November 19[225]
  • Xhejsi Hasko, special assistant – remained with the mayor's office November 19[226]
  • Dan Jacobs, special assistant, promoted to executive assistant to the mayor, remained with the mayor's office as chief of staff, November 19[225]
  • Jonathan Kent, special assistant – remained with the mayor's office November 19[225]
  • Christine Maydossian, special assistant – remained with the mayor's office November 19[225]
  • David Price, director of operations and logistics – terminated November 20[227]
  • Thomas Beyer, special assistant – remained with the mayor's office November 19,[225] resigned March 7, 2014 for medical reasons[228]

See also

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  • "Rob Ford" section, Toronto Star
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  • Keenan Edward; The emerging Ford drama, in chronological order "Toronto Star"

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In May 2013 the American website Gawker and the Toronto Star reported that they had viewed a cellphone video that showed then Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues Gawker raised money to buy the video but were unable to acquire it when the seller broke off contact On October 31 2013 the Toronto Police Service announced that they were in possession of the video and at least one other 1 2 The video was retrieved in the course of an investigation of drug gangs entitled Project Traveller Ford s associate Alexander Sandro Lisi was charged with extortion for attempting to retrieve the video in exchange for marijuana Photograph given to Gawker and the Toronto Star providing bonafides for the video transaction From left to right Anthony Smith Rob Ford Monir Kassim and Muhammad Khattak Reporters from the Toronto Star and Gawker were sent a photo of Ford standing with three people outside the home where the video was shot The individuals standing with Ford were later identified as Anthony Smith Muhammad Khattak and Monir Kassim three alleged members of a local gang The location was later identified as a house on Windsor Road in the Etobicoke area of Toronto Khattak and Kassim were both arrested in a sweep of an apartment complex near the home in June 2013 Smith was killed in a shooting on the streets of downtown Toronto in March 2013 The home was identified as the residence of a friend of Ford s from his high school days 3 The home was attacked in a home invasion days after Gawker and the Toronto Star published the video story 3 Ford initially denied both the existence of the video and using crack cocaine Though several members of Toronto City Council as well as the editorial boards of the Star the National Post and the Toronto Sun called for him to step down he refused to do so 4 5 6 On November 5 2013 Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine probably in one of my drunken stupors 7 and to hiding his drug abuse from his family his staff and the people of Toronto but pledged to continue on as Mayor 8 In a series of votes later that month Ford was stripped by the City Council of virtually all of his mayoral powers and then Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly became de facto Acting Mayor 9 On April 30 2014 a second video showing Ford smoking crack emerged 10 Ford took a leave of absence to enter drug rehabilitation from May 1 through June 30 2014 during which time Kelly officially served as Acting Mayor 11 12 13 14 15 Ford did not run for re election in 2014 instead running for and winning his former City Council seat he continued to serve on the City Council until his death from cancer on March 22 2016 In August 2016 the Toronto Police Service released the original video of Ford smoking crack and the remaining charges against Lisi were dropped 16 Contents 1 2013 1 1 February to March 1 2 May 1 3 June 1 4 July 1 5 August to September 1 6 October 1 7 November 1 8 December 2 2014 2 1 January 2 2 February 2 3 March 2 4 April to November 3 2015 3 1 April to May 4 2016 4 1 March 4 2 August 5 Ford s mayorship staff 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links2013 EditFebruary to March Edit February 17 Mayor Ford is surreptitiously recorded by Mohamed Siad smoking crack cocaine from a glass pipe Siad also records a video of himself describing the recording of the first and how to secretly record a video or even catch a Mayor smoking crack 17 March 27 A police wiretap of a conversation between Mohamed Siad and Siyadin Abdi reveals their efforts to sell the crack video to Ford rejecting an alleged offer of 5 000 and a new car by Ford Siad is seeking 150 000 18 March 28 Anthony Smith and Muhammad Khattak alleged members of the Dixon City Bloods gang and who appear in the Gawker released photograph with Mayor Ford are shot outside the Loki Lounge in Toronto Smith dies of his injuries Wiretap surveillance leads police to believe the motive for the shooting was related to a robbery of other gang members by Smith and others in November 2012 18 May Edit May 3 Toronto Starreporters Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan meet with Mohamed Soya Siad 27 an alleged member of the Dixon Bloods in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of 320 Dixon Road Siad allows the reporters to view the Ford video on a cellphone three times and says he might sell it for a six figure price so that he can move to Alberta 19 May 16 Gawker reports a cellphone video that appears to show Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues The video was believed to have been recorded late in 2012 Toronto Star reporters Kevin Donovan and Robyn Doolittle say they watched the video on May 3 The Star also publishes a picture of Ford with three men two of whom were shot in March 2013 One of them Anthony Smith died 20 May 17 As Ford leaves his house in the morning to drive to City Hall he speaks to a press scrum assembled Absolutely not true It s ridiculous It s another Toronto Star whatever 21 Gawker sets up a fund called Crackstarter to raise 200 000 to purchase the video 22 David Price a long time friend of Ford informs Ford s Chief of Staff Mark Towhey of the location of the video at an apartment complex on Dixon Road in Etobicoke Towhey advises Price to speak to the Toronto Police 23 Towhey contacts the police who take a statement from Price 24 Councillor Doug Ford 2011 May 19 Ford and his brother Doug cancel their weekly Newstalk 1010 talk show 25 May 20 Jay Leno comments on the scandal on The Tonight Show 26 May 21 Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel comment on the scandal on their shows 26 A man is shot requiring hospitalization at a 17th floor apartment in the Dixon Road apartment complex 27 May 22 Ford is fired as football coach for Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School He is also not allowed to coach at any other Catholic high school of the Toronto Catholic District School Board 28 Doug Ford addresses a press conference at City Hall to defend his brother his record at City Hall He also criticized the Toronto Star Never never has a Canadian politician or his family has been targeted by the media this way They zealously and I say zealously stalk my mother my children The media hides in the bushes at our cottage They did this weekend that my kids couldn t even enjoy the weekend cause they were in the bushes taking videos of them and harasses our family at home and for reporting the alleged drug dealers as of Somali descent I also want to say that the story wrongfully generalizes and tarnishes the reputation of Toronto s Somalian community 29 May 23 Ford fires his chief of staff Mark Towhey Towhey is escorted out of City Hall by security Ford elevates deputy chief of staff Earl Provost 30 Several reports state that Towhey was fired for telling Ford to get help at a rehab centre 31 Gawker reports that they have raised more than 165 000 toward paying for the cellphone video but were no longer in contact with the seller 32 May 24 After City Council s executive committee publicly asks Ford to respond to the allegations Ford ends several days of silence and reads a prepared statement to the press at City Hall I do not use crack cocaine nor am I an addict of crack cocaine As for a video I cannot comment on a video that I have never seen or does not exist It is most unfortunate very unfortunate that my colleagues and the great people of this city have been exposed to the fact that I have been judged by the media without evidence 33 According to his former press secretary Adrienne Batra the statement was written by Ford s family rejecting a prepared statement written by his staff 34 That same day Hanad Mohamed who is alleged to have appeared in the video is arrested in Fort McMurray Alberta by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the murder of Anthony Smith He is returned to Toronto for an appearance in court on May 31 35 May 26 The Fords return to their Newstalk 1010 radio talk show To a caller who asked if it was Ford in the video Ford states Number one there s no video so that s all I can say You can t comment on something that doesn t exist 36 The Fords criticize the media and Rob calls reporters a bunch of maggots 37 Ford also characterizes a caller as racist for asking if it was Ford in the picture According to Ford That s very sad that she s a racist while Doug added Rob has taken thousands of pictures with young black men with their hats on with their little funny signs and everything else 36 May 27 Ford s press secretary and deputy press secretary resign and leave City Hall before Ford arrives Ford apologizes for calling reporters maggots 37 Gawker reaches their fund raising goal 38 Ford hires his brother s executive assistant as his new communications director and hires an interim press secretary 39 A poll of 1 400 Torontonians is released by the Toronto Star It shows support for Ford at 36 in a projected 2014 mayoral election against Olivia Chow a result identical to a poll held before the stories about the alleged video were published 40 May 28 The Toronto Sun reports that it also was offered the alleged video An editor in the newsroom received a call from someone who had a video asking if the newspaper paid for videos The editor declines to pursue the video 41 It is Ford s 44th birthday and press crowd Ford at City Hall for comment about Price s statement to police Ford tells reporters Ask my staff 42 May 30 Two more of Ford s staff resign Brian Johnston a policy advisor and council relations specialist and Kia Nejatian an executive assistant 43 A National Post reporter visits the apartment in the Dixon Road complex where the alleged video is stored and speaks to the resident The resident describes how his apartment was previously rented by a drug dealer The resident also claims to have seen the video and believes it to be authentic According to the resident gang members in the neighbourhood were angry at the video s sellers The resident goes further to state that he and his friends considered making a fraudulent crack video starring an acquaintance and a Rob Ford look alike nicknamed Slurpy but decided to not get involved in the controversy 44 May 31 Another of Ford s staff resigns special assistant Michael Prempeh the sixth departure from his staff 45 The accused who was arrested in Fort McMurray for the Smith shooting makes his first appearance in court and is ordered held in custody until another appearance on June 21 46 Slurpy becomes a trending term across Canada on Twitter 47 June Edit June 1 Several hundred people protest at Nathan Phillips Square demanding Ford s resignation 48 The event was organized on Facebook and was expected to draw over 2 000 to the Square 49 June 3 A poll by CTV News and Ipsos Reid shows that slightly more than half of Torontonians believe that the video exists and they disagreed with the Ford brothers Support for Ford is highest in the suburbs of Etobicoke North York and Scarborough 50 June 4 Gawker reports that the person alleged to have had the cellphone video says it no longer exists and he will not sell it An intermediary tells them that a copy might exist but has been taken out of Toronto for safe keeping 38 June 5 The Toronto Star reports the house location where the photograph of the mayor with the young men was taken The house was reported to have had a home invasion on May 21 2013 injuring two persons One resident of the home was an acquaintance of Ford from high school 51 The home is located several hundred metres from the Dixon Road apartment complex Residents have complained previously of a steady stream of traffic between the complex and the home prompting a fence to be erected to block traffic 51 Two residents have criminal records one for minor thefts one for trafficking cocaine Maclean s identified the victims of the home invasion as Fabio Basso Ford s long time friend and Basso s girlfriend 3 Resident Elena Basso tells Star reporters at her house that Rob Ford s the greatest mayor ever You guys are scavengers 3 June 10 A court in Fort McMurray grants access to search warrant details related to the arrest of Hanad Mohamed to the lawyer for The Star and other media outlets The details can then be used to make access to information requests to the RCMP Mohamed s lawyer objects to the request to prevent the media from going on a fishing expedition It seems to me your honour that the media is looking for some sort of information that would link my client to Rob Ford or Rob Ford to my case and then they re just going to use that for entertainment purposes 52 June 11 The two campaign managers credited with Ford s election Richard Ciano president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and Nick Kouvalis who are partners in Campaign Research say they will not work on Ford s re election unless he deals with his health and well being They said they had asked Ford to address his health issues as early as February 53 Ford fires Councillor Jaye Robinson from the City Council s executive committee after she suggests he take a leave of absence to deal with his personal problems 53 June 12 Doug Ford says he will not run for Council in 2014 but will work on his brother s mayoral campaign 54 June 13 As part of the Project Traveller pre dawn raid directed against two rival gangs engaged in drugs and firearms sales police enter the home of Muhammad Khattak one of the men photographed with Ford outside the suspected crackhouse and remove a laptop and cellphones The Toronto Star reports that sources have told them surveillance by police detectives has found information about the cellphone video 55 Monir Kassim who also appeared in the photograph is arrested too 56 Police also arrest Mohamed Siad who had originally shown the Ford video to the two Toronto Star reporters 19 At a press conference about the raids Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair refused to link the investigation and raids to Ford 57 CTV News reported that the Toronto Police was investigating the existence of the alleged video prior to the first published reports According to CTV persons under investigation discussed the video and the events of the video in wiretap recorded conversations done in the course of the investigation 58 Ford was asked by reporters if he s worried that the alleged video is now part of evidence that will come out in court I can t comment on something that I ve never seen or doesn t exist I don t know how many more times I ve got to say this I ve answered so many questions I don t know if you guys can t get it through your thick skulls Seriously 59 June 14 Hacker collective Anonymous announced via Twitter that it believes a copy of the alleged video exists in Alberta 60 The Toronto Star identifies the third man with Ford in the picture taken outside the Etobicoke bungalow as Monir Kassim Kassim was arrested in the June 13 raids for trafficking in weapons and drugs cocaine and marijuana for the benefit of a criminal organization and other charges 56 A letter from Ford is presented by the defence in the sentencing of Sandro Lisi after Lisi s conviction for threatening to kill a woman 61 June 17 Gawker announces that it is looking for charities to give the Crackstarter funds to It asks Canadians of Canada to suggest charities for the 184 689 81 it has collected 62 June 26 Christopher Fickel a special assistant in Ford s office resigns 63 Ontario Attorney General John Gerretsen declines to name what laws are preventing Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair from indicating if Ford is or is not under investigation when questioned by the press 64 The National Post identifies Slurpy the man who was asked to appear in a fake crack video as Rob Ford They report that he does not look like Ford and that he said he rejected appearing in the bogus video 65 June 27 Nisar Hashimi pleads guilty to a manslaughter charge in the death of Anthony Smith and aggravated assault in the shooting of Mohammad Khattak the other man in the photo with Ford Hashimi s plea avoids a trial 66 67 July Edit July 2 The CBC The Globe and Mail Toronto Sun and other news organizations request a Toronto court to unseal police search warrants in the raids on the gangs According to the news organizations lawyer the documents should be public knowledge unless there is a good reason to withhold them The action is to determine if Rob Ford is somehow connected to the criminal organizations The Crown asks for a six month delay in releasing the warrants 68 The Toronto Star separately filed a request to see the information on a search warrant for the Windsor Road house and the apartment in the Dixon Road complex where the alleged video was allegedly stored 69 The court ruled that documents relating to the search warrants will stay sealed until August 27 At that time lawyers for the media companies will be allowed to review the documents except for sections that the Crown will keep secret The documents will become public on September 12 after arguments over the secret sections 70 July 9 Muhammad Khattak is released on bail He was charged in the Project Traveller raids for allegedly dealing drugs and had been held without bail The reasons for releasing Khattak are protected under a publication ban but his lawyer stated that Khattak is only 19 does not have a criminal record and has strict stay at home conditions His case on charges his lawyer characterized as minor could take up to 18 months to come to trial 71 July 18 Gawker announces that it will divide the money it raised to buy the Ford video evenly between four charities the Somali Canadian Association of Etobicoke the South Riverdale Community Health Centre Unison Health and Community Services and the Ontario Regional Addictions Partnership Committee The gross amount raised was 201 199 which netted 184 782 61 after fees paid to Indiegogo and PayPal 72 July 19 The search warrant of Hanad Mohamed s arrest is unsealed by the Ontario Superior Court revealing that police seized four smartphones and a micro SD card connecting Mohamed to Nisar Hashimi The contents of these devices will not be revealed until trial 73 July 26 Crown prosecutors drop first degree murder charges against Hanad Mohamed He is now charged with accessory after the fact to manslaughter accessory to discharging a firearm and accessory to aggravated assault on Muhammad Khattak 74 July 30 Monir Kassim is granted bail and released from detention 75 August to September Edit August 2 The Toronto Star reports that Mohamed Siad one of the men who showed the alleged video to reporters was one of the people arrested in the Project Traveller raids 19 The Toronto Sunreports that Siad had been stabbed while in custody by alleged gang members who blamed him for causing the Project Traveller raids It also reports that Siad had offered to turn the video over to police in return for dropping charges against him 76 August 7 Mohamed Siad Monir Kassim and Muhammad Khattak appear in court to set trial dates Siad remains in jail while Kassim and Khattak are out on bail until trial 77 August 8 City Hall confirms that special assistant Carley McNeil no longer works in Ford s office as an events co ordinator The Toronto Star reports that three sources say she was fired She is the eighth staff member to have left since the video scandal became public 78 August 12 The Globe and Mailreports that Ford attempted to visit an inmate in the Toronto West Detention Centre Bruno Bellissimo in March after visiting hours The newspaper calls Bellissimo a new character in the video scandal who has been involved in drugs and attended secondary school with one of the residents of the Rexdale bungalow where Ford was photographed 79 August 15 Toronto Suncolumnist Warren Kinsella claims that the crack video was obtained by police via the Project Traveller raids and has been viewed by many many Toronto defence lawyers 80 August 17 Toronto Police interview five former staffers in Rob Ford s office about Alessandro Sandro Lisi a private driver for the mayor allegedly being investigated in an attempt to acquire the video 81 Both Lisi and Bruno Bellissimo were present at the Toronto Garrison Officer s Ball on February 22 an event where Ford was previously accused of being intoxicated 82 August 20 The Ontario Press Council announces it will hold public hearings in September to investigate 41 complaints about the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail s reporting during the scandal 83 August 27 A domestic assault call at the Ford residence disrupts a police sting involving Lisi Lisi contacts Ford and does not drive to the sting Lisi instead goes home then to the Grand Hotel on Jarvis Street where Ford has checked in Ford is observed the next day in the alley behind the Grand Hotel in his SUV making an exchange with a man on foot The alleyway area is known as crack central by locals Ford stays in the hotel for three days 84 September 9 The Ontario Press Council holds hearings on Globe and Star stories with editors Michael Cooke and John Stackhouse testifying The Ford brothers do not attend 85 October Edit October 1 Sandro Lisi and another man are arrested by police in Etobicoke Lisi is charged with possession of and trafficking in marijuana possession of the proceeds of crime and conspiracy 86 The arrest is part of the larger Project Traveller probe 87 Charges would later be dismissed May 8 2015 88 October 2 Doug Ford talks to the Toronto Sun about the Lisi arrests I support the police investigation I don t know this guy Never seen him never met him ever 89 October 7 A leaked police document links Lisi to an attempt to exchange marijuana for the return of a cellular phone stolen from an associate in March 2013 90 October 16 The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star are fully exonerated by the Ontario Press Council Doug Ford accuses the agency of being a bunch of cronies 91 October 23 The Toronto Star reports that the Rexdale bungalow where Ford was photographed was under surveillance by police and Mohamed Siad who tried to sell the video to the Star was observed on several occasions visiting the residence Police surveillance records also correspond to the date and time of a meeting between Gawker editor John Cook and Siad 92 October 30 The Ontario Superior Court orders that a 480 page police document that was used to obtain search warrants for Lisi be made public 93 Peter Jacobsen the lawyer who is representing The Globe and Mail and other news organizations notes that the information is exceptionally long given the nature of Lisi s charges Chief Blair spoke regarding released documents He is seen here in June 2012 October 31 Heavily redacted court documents released show that Toronto Police investigated the alleged crack video of Ford and the attempted recovery of the video by Lisi Surveillance photographs show Ford meeting Lisi in various locations Ford and Lisi were trailed and monitored by police from March until October 2013 including the use of a Cessna plane after Lisi started using counter surveillance methods to lose police In the course of the investigation former mayoral staffer Chris Fickel was interviewed by Toronto Police and suggested that Lisi was the source of marijuana and cocaine for Ford 94 Police reveal existence of video In a press conference held after the release of the documents Toronto Police Chief Blair reveals that the police recovered a copy of the video from the hard drive of a computer seized during the Project Traveller raids According to Blair the video s contents are as described in the media reports Lisi is charged with extortion related to the video and is to appear in Toronto Court later in the day Lisi s hearing is held the next day Blair states that the video will come out in court and that the contents are disappointing 95 Lisi tell investigators that Blair is going to get his 89 At his City Hall office Ford briefly addressed the media Everyone has seen the allegations I wish I could come out and defend myself but I can t It s before the courts That s all I can say right now No reason to resign I am going to go back and return my phone calls and be out doing what the people elected me to do and that s save taxpayers money and run the great government that we ve been running the last three years 96 Toronto newspapers Toronto Sun The Globe and Mail National Post and the Toronto Star all call on Ford to resign A same day public opinion poll conducted by phone of Torontonians showed that while 44 approved of the mayoral job Ford was doing 60 wanted him to resign 97 The news that the video has been found by the police is reported internationally 98 November Edit November 1 Dennis Morris Ford s lawyer appears on various media outlets denying that Ford is smoking crack cocaine in the video 99 Doug Ford urges the public release of the video Let s see the video the Chief said there s a video and I believe the Chief Rob hasn t been charged with anything he hasn t broken a law and he s been convicted he s been convicted by the media 100 Sandro Lisi is released on 5 000 bail 101 The Toronto Region Board of Trade calls for Ford to take a leave of absence 102 Councillor Kelly 2012 November 2 Ford refuses to speak to reporters and calls police when media follow him 103 Ford meets with deputy mayor Norm Kelly who passes on recommendations from Councillors and staff for Ford to take leave of absence After the meeting Kelly tells the Toronto Sun that Ford will address the scandal on his weekly radio show 104 November 3 On his weekly radio show Ford apologizes for making mistakes but plans to continue as mayor and run for re election in 2014 There s no one to blame but myself and I take full responsibility for it I m the first one to admit friends I am not perfect I have made mistakes I have made mistakes and all I can do right now is apologize for the mistakes Ford also publicly asks Police Chief Blair to release the video to the public I believe that this video I want the police chief Bill Blair to release this video for every single person in the city to see 105 Referring to the content of the video Ford responded When the video is released I am going to explain to the best of my mind what is in that video or videos 106 November 4 Rob Ford is uninvited from the November 6 Police Chief s Ball an event hosted by Chief Blair to raise funds for Victim Services Toronto 107 Ford appears on 640 CFMJ s morning show with John Oakley Ford denies using drugs I can assure you I can assure you Johnny that I do not use drugs I drink don t get me wrong I m the first one to enjoy a few cocktails Some of the parties I ve had you know I shouldn t have went to the Danforth you know inebriated I shouldn t have had a pretty I would say a wild St Patrick s Day party in my office I shouldn t have done that That s the past The past is the past 108 November 5 Doug Ford calls on Police Chief Blair to resign calling him biased against Rob Ford 107 Ford asks Police Services Review Board Chair Alok Mukherjee for a meeting but is turned down stating that a meeting with Doug Ford would be viewed as interfering with a police investigation 109 A Global News poll is released its results nearly the same as the previous week with 59 wanting Ford to step down while 43 approved of the job Ford is doing 110 Ford admits to smoking crack cocaine At midday Mayor Rob Ford admits to have smoked crack cocaine saying Yes I have smoked crack cocaine but am I an addict No Have I tried it Probably in one of my drunken stupors probably approximately about a year ago 111 Responding to why the admission took so long Ford says I wasn t lying You didn t ask the correct questions 7 At the end of the day Ford held a scheduled announcement reiterating an apology to the City of Toronto He said I kept this from my family especially my brother Doug my staff my council colleagues because I was embarrassed and ashamed and added To the residents of Toronto I know I have let you down and I can t do anything else but apologize and apologize and I m so sorry I know I have to regain your trust and your confidence He concluded the announcement by stating he will stay in office and will run for re election 8 112 Vice magazine publishes an article claiming that Amin Massoudi Ford s communications director had hired a hacker to delete a copy of the crack video on a file sharing site Massoudi denies the claim in emails to Maclean s and to Vice 113 The news puts Rob Ford and Toronto in the international media 114 and that evening Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert Jimmy Kimmel Craig Ferguson and Jay Leno all mentioned him on their late night shows 115 November 6 Brooks Barnett Ford s policy advisor resigns 116 Former wrestler The Iron Sheik appears at City Hall to arm wrestle Ford as a form of intervention 117 November 7 Another video appears in the media depicting Ford in a tirade in which he shouts I need fuckin ten minutes to make sure he s dead amongst other threats The context of the threats and the video are unknown 118 The video had been shopped around to various media outlets before being purchased by the Toronto Star for 5 000 Ford states that he was extremely inebriated in the video All I can say is again I ve made mistakes It s extremely embarrassing The whole world s going to see it You know what I don t have a problem with it But it is extremely embarrassing but I don t know what to say but again I am apologizing Again when you re in that state I hope none of you have ever or will ever be in that state 119 The Mayor s mother and sister Diane Ford and Kathy Ford do an exclusive interview with CP24 Diane says that it s not acceptable behaviour but doesn t believe he should resign 120 Former wrestler Brutus Beefcake shows up at City Hall to offer to be Ford s angel of mercy and is removed by security 121 For the third night running Ford was lampooned by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Jimmy Kimmel once again mentioned him Dr Drew Pinsky Dr Drew On Call featured a panel discussion commenting I m worried the guy s going to die 122 November 8 The Fords weekly radio show is cancelled permanently by mutual agreement of CFRB and the Fords 123 Lawyers apply in court for the release of crack video and further pages of the search warrant requests in the Lisi case 124 In interviews with CBC s The Fifth Estate and CityNews Toronto s Avery Haines Mohamed Farah claims he was the person who tried to broker the deal to sell the crack video and says there was more than one video He says that he was offered cash and threatened by organized crime figures to turn over the video to them Farah was charged with possession of the proceeds of crime and firearms offences in Project Traveller 125 A billboard appears along the Gardiner Expressway in support of Ford the City announces it will investigate an unauthorized use of its logo 126 The billboard which misspelled responsibility spelling it responsiblity and used the City of Toronto logo without permission was removed by the afternoon of November 9 127 November 11 At a ceremony for Remembrance Day Ford was greeted with boos from the audience and scorn from Veterans attending At least one Veteran blatantly refused to shake his hand 128 A Ford spokesperson says he will appear in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade despite his assurances to organizers he will not 129 130 131 132 November 12 In court the two videos of Ford in the possession of the police are revealed to be different length videos of the same event The first video is 90 seconds long the second is shorter 133 Judge Nordheimer views the videos and reserves judgment whether to release them to Muhammad Khattak or his lawyer for viewing Khattak one of the men shot had been arrested in Project Traveller raids for drug dealing Khattak is seeking to make it clear that he was not involved in recording the video or attempting to sell it Ford appears at a United Way fund raising event at City Hall signing 1 000 bobbleheads in his likeness After bobbleheads run out Ford autographs t shirts Many of the bobbleheads are put up for auction on the Internet 134 Toronto Santa Claus Parade organizers send a letter to Ford s Chief of Staff Earl Provost asking that Ford consider returning to his original decision of not appearing in the parade suggesting that his presence would be a distraction from the anticipated fun and enjoyment that children will have on Parade Day The letter was read the next day on television channel CP24 by Ron Barbaro co chair of the event 135 136 Councillor Denzil Minnan Wong in 2012 November 13 15November 13 Council asks Ford to take a leave of absence At a Toronto City Council meeting Ford admits to having purchased illegal drugs within the past two years Thirty of the 44 Councillors entered a petition to Council asking Ford to step down 137 An anti Ford rally is organized outside City Hall during the meeting The Council was considering Ford s behaviour and voted 37 5 for Ford to take a leave of absence Council also voted for Ford to apologize for misleading council co operate with the Police apologize for letter of reference for Lisi and communicate with Council instead of the media 138 139 Ford states that he is not a rat but pushes for mandatory drug testing for all Councillors by December 1 paid for by himself Chair Frances Nunziata ruled Ford s motion out of order 140 Council proceedings were shown live in the US on CNN 141 coverage including a Ford quote mocking his commitment to substance issues I said it wouldn t happen again and it has never happened again at the Air Canada Centre was published internationally 142 143 Ford appeared to confront Councillor Denzil Minnan Wong on the council chamber s floor both times the Speaker stopped the debate Councillor Maria Augimeri separated the two and Councillor Ford held the Mayor s arm 144 Judge Nordheimer orders the release of the rest of the blacked out items in the documents detailing the surveillance of Ford and Lisi 145 The new content was based on interviews with Ford staffers who detailed drunk driving sexual harassment staffers buying liquor for the Mayor the Mayor taking Oxycontin and the Mayor consorting with prostitutes One of the new staffers David Price a friend of Ford was hired by Ford at 130 000 per year twice the salary of his immediate predecessor 146 147 As Doug and Rob Ford leave City Hall they warn the press to be careful what you write about the allegations 148 An Ipsos Reid poll is released showing that 76 of Torontonians want Ford to step down or resign Of the 76 41 suggest Ford retire from politics altogether while the remaining 35 agree with the idea that Ford should take a leave of absence before running for re election in 2014 The remaining 24 agree with Ford staying on as mayor 149 November 14 Ford threatens legal action against his former staffers and a waiter at the restaurant of the 2012 St Patrick s Day night party calling their allegations outright lies not true 150 Ford also specifically denied the allegations of sex and a comment about oral sex made to a staff member and that a woman who attended the St Patrick s Day night party was a prostitute It hurts my wife when they call a friend of mine a prostitute Alana is not a prostitute She s a friend And it makes me sick how people are saying this He added The last thing is former staffer Olivia Gondek It said I want to eat her pussy I ve never said that in my life to her I would never do that I m happily married I ve got more than enough to eat at home 151 152 Ford later admits to driving after taking a drink I might have had some drinks and driven that s absolutely wrong he told the National Post s Natalie Alcoba To other reporters Ford said I m not perfect Maybe you are but I m not I m sure none of you have ever had a drink and gotten behind the wheel 153 Ford s remarks are made while wearing a Toronto Argonauts football jersey The club issues a press release stating that it is disappointed that Ford made his remarks while wearing the jersey 154 Ford makes a noon time appearance before the press with his wife Renata He apologizes for the graphic language he used and asks that the media leave his family alone 155 Ford also states that he is getting assistance from health care professionals Councillor John Parker states that Ford was using his wife as a convenient prop 156 An Ipsos Reid poll commissioned by CTV News CP24 and Newstalk 1010 Radio finds that 62 of Toronto voters would not vote for Ford under any circumstances In potential municipal election scenarios against Olivia Chow John Tory Karen Stintz and David Soknacki Ford would place no better than third Ford s job approval rating among Torontonians did not change at 40 and was higher in the former suburbs of Etobicoke and Scarborough 157 158 The Sun News Network cable television network announces that Rob Ford and Doug Ford will host a new Ford Nation television show starting November 18 2013 159 Ford Motor Company tells Bloomberg News reporters that they did not authorize Mayor Ford s use of their logo in Ford Nation t shirts 160 Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announces that the Government of Ontario is ready to intervene if City Council is unanimous in requesting it and if all three provincial parties agree The intervention would be in the form of new powers to be used by Toronto City Council 156 Ford s antics were once again publicized on late night shows by Jon Stewart David Letterman Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Fallon Stephen Colbert and Jay Leno 161 City spokespeople confirm that school trips to City Hall in the next week will be redirected to the City of Toronto Archives for safety concerns 162 163 164 165 November 15 Toronto City Council votes to strip Mayor Ford of executive committee and emergency powers Ford states that he will challenge the action in court 166 Before the council meeting Ford gives each of his staff a 5 000 raise 167 Councillor Minnan Wong said he was considering the concept of asking the province to consider the mayor s seat vacant and moving up the date of the election for mayor but noted he doubted there was an appetite 168 On Ford s admission of drinking and driving Newfoundland distillery Iceberg Vodka releases a general statement describing the practice as unacceptable and inexcusable behavior Ford is listed in police reports as having drank the alcohol in a city park with Alexander Sandro Lisi 169 Karen Stintz John Tory Olivia ChowThe four candidates in the election scenarios November 16 Ford is lampooned in the cold open of Saturday Night Live being portrayed by Bobby Moynihan 170 Exiting Deco Labels on Saturday evening Councillor Ford sees what he believes is a Toronto Police surveillance vehicle this incident is mentioned on Ford Nation filmed the next day 171 November 17 Ford records interviews with US television networks CNN and Fox News Channel To Fox News Ford states that one day I do want to run for Prime Minister and reiterates he has no plans to step down as Mayor The Fords also record the first episode of their Ford Nation television program 172 Councillor Pam McConnell 2011 November 18 Toronto City Council votes to strip Mayor Ford of executive and budgetary powers and assign them to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly and the City Clerk Ford and his brother Doug get into a verbal altercation with members of the public in the Council chamber Ford compares the moves by Council to invading Kuwait and promises to fight the whole Council in the next municipal election 173 During the meeting Ford knocks down Councillor Pam McConnell while his brother was arguing with a spectator Reports suggest McConnell was left with a fat lip from the altercation 174 175 Judge Nordheimer denies the request by Khattack to view the crack video Nordheimer describes the two videos in the possession of the police as separate but what is revealed in the second video relates back to the first video 176 After the council meeting Ford does an interview with CBC s Peter Mansbridge stating he is finished with drinking If you don t see a difference in me in five months then I ll eat my words I ve had a come to Jesus moment if you want to call it that I ve let my dad down I know he s upstairs watching this 177 The first episode of Ford Nation featuring Rob and Doug Ford debuts on Sun News Network 178 Its first airing is seen by 155 000 viewers with another 45 000 in a repeat Western Canada broadcast and 65 000 video downloads It becomes the all time top rated program on the network The Ford brothers state they believe they remain under police surveillance 171 November 19 A police document released in the extortion charge against Lisi details further information about the video The document states that Ford is consuming what appears to be a narcotic and the Mayor was apparently in the company of several individuals at the time of the recording and that the video was made surreptitiously in February 2013 The case alleges that Lisi made threatening phone calls to Liban Siyad and Mohamed Siad in May 2013 179 Sun News Network cancels Ford Nation after one episode The production took eight times the resources of a normal hour on the network Sun News invites the Fords to appear on their other shows given the record ratings for their program 180 Canadian government Employment Minister Jason Kenney calls for Ford s resignation 181 182 The call caused Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty who considers himself a personal friend of Ford to swear at Kenney and have to be physically restrained by colleagues 183 November 20 An analysis of the Ipsos Reid poll shows that support for Ford has dropped to 16 in his home base of Etobicoke the same as downtown while he is more popular in the former York and East York 30 and Scarborough 27 areas of Toronto The data also showed that 44 of respondents without a high school diploma support Ford while only 17 of university graduates do Those earning less than 40 000 per year are twice as likely to support Ford as those with higher incomes 184 November 25 Hampton Florida s mayor Barry Layne Moore is arrested by the county sheriff on charges of possession of drugs and selling drugs According to the Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith This isn t Toronto We will not tolerate illegal drug activity in my jurisdiction by anyone to include our elected officials 185 November 27 Justice Ian Nordheimer rules that the remaining content in the documents of the Ford and Lisi investigation are to be released to the public on December 6 The delay in the release is to allow for appeals to higher courts 186 November 28 Canadian news magazine Maclean s chooses Ford as Newsmaker of the Year 187 Doug Ford tells Newstalk 1010 that he and his brother are readying a YouTube show for launch around Christmas 188 He also says that he and his brother have been approached by American production companies about appearing in their own reality TV show 189 December Edit December 4 Transcripts of wiretaps related to the Lisi investigation are released Taped conversations allege that Ford offered 5 000 and a new car in exchange for the video weeks before the stories about the video are published by Gawker and the Toronto Star In other conversations Mohamed Siad discusses selling the video with Siyadin Abdi for 150 000 to the Star or the other website In another Elena Basso calls Siad to say that Ford is at 15 Windsor Road and Siad should bring drugs That same evening a conversation alleges that Ford is using heroin Both Rob and Doug Ford decline to comment on the new allegations 190 December 5 Rob Ford takes part in The Sports Junkies a sports radio show on Washington D C radio station WJFK FM Asked about the latest revelations Ford describes them as an outright lie He refuses to answer any question on the topic saying they should ask his lawyer 191 December 6 Toronto Sun publishes an interview with Councillor McConnell who says headaches shoulder pain and neck pain persist even after spending a lot of time with chiropractors and massage therapists Ford knocked over McConnell during a November council meeting She tells The Sun that she has not ruled out legal action 192 December 9 In an appearance on television with Conrad Black Ford claims that the police used Lisi as a prop to get him although Ford declined to explain his meetings with Lisi Ford also said that he was mad at Police Chief Blair saying I definitely think this is political Am I happy with the chief No I m not right now Ford stated that he was no longer drinking and offered to take a urine test although Black pointed out Rob there is absolutely no need to do a urine test right now 193 Ford also insinuated that Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale whom he confronted behind his home is a pedophile 194 saying Daniel Dale is in my backyard taking pictures I have little kids He s taking pictures of little kids I don t want to say that word but you start thinking what this guy is all about 195 December 11 Police Chief Blair states that the investigation of Ford was not politically motivated or connected to a Ford demand for a 10 budget cut in the police budget of 2012 Blair is also asked about Project Brazen 2 the investigation of Ford but only comments that he cannot comment on an ongoing investigation 196 December 12 Responding to Ford s accusations that he is a pedophile reporter Daniel Dale serves Mayor Ford a notice of libel threatening a lawsuit if he does not apologize 197 Ford in a press conference when asked about the insinuation said I stand by my words what I said with Conrad Black adding If you watch the interview you ll know what I said 198 2014 EditJanuary Edit January 21 The Toronto government releases 5 000 pages of Ford staff e mails from the dates when Gawker publicized the video CNN reporter Paula Newton first asked the mayor s office about the video at 11 15 a m on May 16 before Gawker published its blog entry that evening She later spoke with George Christopoulos about the video The e mails showed that the whereabouts of Ford were not known that evening and most of the next day 199 A new video surfaces of Rob Ford intoxicated rambling in a restaurant in Rexdale about counter surveillance and Police Chief Bill Blair He uses a heavy Jamaican accent while doing so and appears to utter the Jamaican patois profanity bumbaclot multiple times 200 201 Ford later admitted that he was drinking in the video 201 Ford refused to answer a reporter s question if he was using drugs that night 202 203 Later in the day a second video emerged which showed Ford meeting with Sandro Lisi a friend of Ford s who has been charged with extortion in connection with the crack video 204 Ford s antics were also lampooned by television comedian Jimmy Kimmel 205 January 23 On the game show Jeopardy the Jeopardy board included the following 800 clue under the category Scandal In 2013 Rob Ford mayor of this 4th largest city in N America first said he smoked weed not crack then yes ok crack too A contestant correctly replied What is Toronto 206 January 29 In an interview with The Toronto Sun Ford denies allegations he was involved in the death of Anthony Smith who was shot to death March 28 2013 207 208 209 Another story reemerged in the media relating to the 2012 jailhouse beating of Scott MacIntyre a known drug dealer who was allegedly beaten to keep secrets about Ford s drug use MacIntyre has filed a lawsuit against Ford 209 210 February Edit February 26 Chief Blair reveals in interviews with Toronto media that when Lisi was arrested on October 31 Lisi told investigators that Doug Ford would file a conflict of interest complaint against the Chief saying your boss is going to get his this weekend 89 The following week Doug Ford started making complaints about Blair to the media Doug Ford would go on and file the formal complaint in February 2014 Ford responded that he would add the latest comments by Blair to his complaint Ford maintained that he did not tell anyone that he would file the complaint when Lisi was arrested in October 2013 211 February 27 Rob Ford challenges the police chief to arrest him Ford tells reporters if he s going to arrest me arrest me I ve done nothing wrong and he s wasted millions of dollars I want him to come clean and say how much money did it cost the taxpayers for surveillance on me and the planes that he had to rent 212 March Edit March 3 Ford is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live in Los Angeles Kimmel proceeds to ask questions and lampoon Ford on his substance abuse alleged racism drunk driving alleged homophobia and alleged domestic abuse Ford responded to Kimmel saying I wasn t elected to be perfect Ford later complained that the interview was a set up 213 214 215 March 5 Oversight of the ongoing Toronto Police investigation into Ford and Lisi entitled Brazen 2 is transferred to the Ontario Provincial Police OPP The transfer is done at the request of Police Chief Blair 216 March 19 Police documents describing the video of Ford smoking crack are unsealed At one point Mayor Ford holds the glass cylinder in his mouth lights the lighter and applies the flame to the tip of the glass cylinder in a circular motion After several seconds Mayor Ford appears to inhale the vapour which is produced then exhale the vapour 217 Reporters attempt to get comments from Mayor Ford who runs through the lobby of Toronto City Hall to his office without commenting on the revelations Jimmy Kimmel later described it as a one man stampede 218 April to November Edit April 30 A second video of Ford smoking crack cocaine reportedly recorded in the early hours on Saturday April 26 emerges and is reviewed by reporters from The Globe and Mail The Globe releases a description and a screenshot from the video Ford s lawyer announces Ford will be taking a leave of absence from his campaign temporarily to enter rehab 10 May 1 Ford leaves town for a rehabilitation program 13 Initially intending to check into a facility in Chicago Ford voluntarily turned back at the border and entered the GreeneStone rehabilitation facility in Bala Ontario 12 219 June 30 Ford returns to office after a two month leave of absence in rehab 14 15 September 12 Ford suddenly withdrew his candidacy for mayor His brother Doug Ford takes his place 220 September 17 The media confirmed that Ford was diagnosed with cancer 221 November 30 Ford s term as mayor ends 222 2015 EditApril to May Edit April 16 Ontario Court justice orders Lisi to be tried for extortion in Superior Court May 8 Ontario Court justice dismisses drug charges against Lisi and second person Originally charged October 1 2013 88 2016 EditMarch Edit March 22 Rob Ford dies at the age of 46 18 months after being diagnosed with pleomorphic liposarcoma cancer 223 March 22 Ford s office made an official statement about Ford s death 224 August Edit August 11 The original video of Ford smoking crack was released by the Toronto Police Service after the extortion charge against Sandro Lisi was dropped 16 Ford s mayorship staff EditTwenty office staff reported to Rob Ford on May 16 2013 In the months following the report of the video eleven staff left his office and were replaced On November 19 eleven of the current staff were transferred to the deputy mayor s office Mark Towhey chief of staff fired May 23 30 George Christopolous director of communications quit May 27 37 Isaac Ransom special assistant communications quit May 27 37 Brian Johnston policy advisor amp council relations quit May 30 43 Kia Nejatian executive assistant to the mayor quit May 30 43 Michael Prempeh special assistant quit May 31 45 Christopher Fickel acting executive assistant to the chief of staff quit June 26 63 Carley McNeil special assistant event coordinator confirmed no longer working August 8 78 Brooks Barnett policy advisor amp council relations quit November 6 116 Sanjin Petrujkic senior policy advisor amp director of council affairs promoted to deputy chief of staff amp director of council relations transferred to deputy mayor s office November 19 225 Earl Provost director of stakeholder amp council relations promoted to chief of staff transferred to deputy mayor s office November 19 225 Brendan Croskerry special assistant promoted to executive assistant to the chief of staff transferred to deputy mayor s office November 19 quit Early 2014 225 Rob Krauss special assistant promoted to policy advisor amp council relations transferred to deputy mayor s office November 19 225 Victoria Colussi special assistant remained with the mayor s office as manager protocol and events November 19 225 Xhejsi Hasko special assistant remained with the mayor s office November 19 226 Dan Jacobs special assistant promoted to executive assistant to the mayor remained with the mayor s office as chief of staff November 19 225 Jonathan Kent special assistant remained with the mayor s office November 19 225 Christine Maydossian special assistant remained with the mayor s office November 19 225 David Price director of operations and logistics terminated November 20 227 Thomas Beyer special assistant remained with the mayor s office November 19 225 resigned March 7 2014 for medical reasons 228 See also EditCrazy Town The Rob Ford Story 2014 biography by Robyn Doolittle Rob Ford conflict of interest trial Crisis communicationNotes Edit Star Investigations October 31 2013 Rob Ford video scandal Police have the video that appears to show mayor smoking crack Blair says Toronto Star Retrieved October 31 2013 Pagliaro Jennifer September 22 2018 Rob Ford confidant Sandro Lisi running for school trustee in Etobicoke Toronto Star Retrieved September 23 2018 He pleaded guilty the following year to threatening assault and criminal harassment of a young woman whom he punched in the eye He was sentenced to 90 days in jail on top of 45 days he had spent in pretrial custody Election rules do not prevent candidates with criminal records from running for office a b c d Gillis Charlie June 13 2013 Connecting dots Rob Ford 15 Windsor Rd the photo and the alleged video Maclean s Retrieved June 13 2013 National Post Editorial Board October 31 2013 National Post editorial board For the good of Toronto Rob Ford must step down National Post Editorial October 31 2013 City Hall still needs fiscal conservatism but Rob Ford needs to stand down Toronto Sun Editorial October 31 2013 Mayor Rob Ford has nowhere left to hide Editorial Toronto Star a b Rob Ford Yes I have smoked crack cocaine Toronto Star Toronto Star November 5 2013 Retrieved November 5 2013 a b IN HIS WORDS Mayor s full apology about admitted crack cocaine use CP24 com November 5 2013 Retrieved November 5 2013 Rob Ford stripped of key powers in council vote CBC News November 13 2013 Retrieved December 14 2021 a b Rob Ford takes leave as recent drug videos emerge The Globe and Mail GreeneStone rehab clinic confirms Rob Ford getting treatment Toronto Star a b Rob Ford 100 in rehab after turning back at U S border Toronto CBC News a b McGuire Patrick February 18 2014 I m Not Convinced This Is the End of Rob Ford VICE Canada Retrieved May 2 2014 a b Toronto Mayor Rob Ford offers public apology to Toronto I was wrong CTV News a b Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Returns to Work After Rehab NBC News a b Bridge Sarah Seglins Dave August 11 2016 Rob Ford crack video released after charge withdrawn against Sandro Lisi CBC News Mahoney Jill March 20 2014 A second video describes filming the first The Globe and Mail p A10 a b Rob Ford may have tried to buy crack video for 5 000 and a car new police wiretaps Canada com November 4 2013 a b c Poisson Jayme Donovan Kevin August 2 2013 Rob Ford Crack Scandal Man Who Showed Rob Ford Crack Video Caught Up In Police Raids Toronto Star Doolittle Robyn Donovan Kevin May 17 2013 Rob Ford in crack cocaine video scandal Toronto Star CBC Staff with files from The Canadian Press and Steven D Souza May 17 2013 Toronto Mayor denies crack cocaine allegations CBC News Cook John May 23 2013 Rob Ford Crackstarter Update Gawker permanent dead link McArthur Greg White Patrick Hui Ann June 5 2013 In Etobicoke locals find a clue to Rob Ford photo mystery The Globe and Mail Toronto Benzie Robert Donovan Kevin May 30 2013 Rob Ford video scandal Mayor Ford said he knew where video was sources say Toronto Star Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd Retrieved March 23 2016 The Canadian Press May 18 2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford cancels weekly radio show CBC News a b Videos watch Jon Stewart Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno weigh in on the Rob Ford crack allegations Toronto Life May 22 2013 Archived from the original on June 8 2013 Retrieved June 12 2013 Criger Erin May 21 2013 1 in hospital after Etobicoke shooting City TV Dale Daniel May 22 2013 Mayor Rob Ford dismissed as Don Bosco football coach Toronto Star Rob Ford crack scandal Transcript of Doug Ford s statement Toronto Star May 22 2013 a b Dale Daniel Benzie Robert May 23 2013 Rob Ford crack scandal Toronto Mayor s chief of staff Mark Towhey fired Toronto Star Mark Towhey Fired Because He Told Rob Ford To Get Help Reports Huffington Post May 24 2013 Hui Ann May 24 2013 Gawker stands by story despite mayor s statement The Globe and Mail Toronto Dale Daniel Benzie Robert Gillis Wendy Moloney Paul May 24 2013 Rob Ford crack scandal I do not use crack cocaine mayor says Toronto Star Batra Adrienne May 25 2013 Who s advising him Mayor Rob Ford s political staff unfairly criticized amid latest scandal Toronto Sun McDermott Vincent May 30 2013 Fort McMurray man arrested in connection with alleged Rob Ford video Fort McMurray Today a b Dale Daniel May 26 2013 Rob Ford There s no video reporters are a bunch of maggots Toronto Star a b c d Peat Don May 27 2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologizes for calling reporters maggots Toronto Sun a b Donkin Karissa June 4 2013 Rob Ford crack scandal Video might be gone Toronto Star Johnson Andy May 27 2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford loses two more senior staffers CTV News Mayor Rob Ford s popularity unaffected by drug allegations and denials poll finds Toronto Star May 27 2013 Houpt Simon May 28 2013 Toronto Sun editor was given pitch for Ford video but declined The Globe and Mail Peat Don May 28 2013 Mayor Rob Ford s aide sought out alleged crack video Toronto Sun a b c Kupferman Steve May 31 2013 Two More of Mayor Rob Ford s Staffers Depart Torontoist O Toole Megan May 30 2013 Rob Ford drama takes a surreal turn in the unit where drug dealers may have stashed alleged crack video National Post a b Rider David May 31 2013 Mayor Rob Ford suffers a sixth resignation from his staff Toronto Star Fox Chris May 31 2013 Suspect in King Street homicide remanded into custody CP24 Visser Josh May 31 2013 Who is Slurpy Social media hunts mysterious Rob Ford lookalike who turned down phoney crack video National Post Global News staff June 1 2013 Anti Rob Ford rally takes over Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto Global News Bogert Nicole May 29 2013 Rally asking Ford to resign garners huge support online Global News Livingstone Andrew June 3 2013 Rob Ford crack scandal More than half of Toronto residents believe Ford video exists poll finds Toronto Star a b Donovan Kevin Doolittle Robyn Poisson Jaime June 5 2013 Rob Ford crack video scandal Here s the house where the photo was taken Toronto Star Wallace Kenyon June 11 2013 Rob Ford crack video scandal Media lawyers granted interim access to search warrants linked to second suspect Toronto Star a b Rider David June 12 2013 Nick Kouvalis tells Mayor Rob Ford to get healthy Toronto Star Moloney Paul June 12 2013 Rob Ford s brother Doug raring to help re elect him but won t run for council again Toronto Star Star staff June 13 2013 Massive police raid launched in Toronto Toronto Star a b Poisson Jayme Doolittle Robyn June 14 2013 Dixon Road raids help complete infamous Rob Ford photo Toronto Star Vennavally Rao John June 13 2013 Extended Chief Blair provides update on raids CTV News Parness Naomi June 13 2013 EXCLUSIVE Police knew of alleged Ford video before story surfaced CTV News Peat Don June 13 2013 I have nothing to hide Mayor Rob Ford Toronto Sun Anonymous On Rob Ford s Alleged Crack Video It s In Our Crosshairs Huffington Post June 14 2013 Poisson Jayme Donovan Kevin October 17 2013 Mayor Rob Ford wrote letter to court supporting good guy pal Sandro Lisi in June Toronto Star Now staff June 17 2013 Gawker is looking for charities to receive Crackstarter funds Now a b Dale Daniel June 26 2013 Staffer who helped Rob Ford with football teams resigns Toronto Star Retrieved June 27 2013 Benzie Robert Pagliario Jennifer June 26 2013 Attorney General can t clarify which law keeps Bill Blair mum on Rob Ford Toronto Star O Toole Megan June 26 2013 Meet Neil better known as Slurpy the Rob Ford lookalike at centre of scrapped plot to film fake crack video National Post 680 News staff June 27 2013 Man charged with killing Anthony Smith pleads guilty to manslaughter 680 News Pazzano Sam June 27 2013 Man linked to Ford scandal pleads guilty in Anthony Smith shooting death Toronto Sun Retrieved June 27 2013 Seglins Dave July 2 2013 Rob Ford scandal prompts court fight over drug gun warrants CBC News Pagliaro Jennifer July 2 2013 Project Traveller Police used wire taps in guns sweep Toronto Star Pagliaro Jennifer July 2 2013 Project Traveller Search warrant information in gang sweep to stay secret until after Aug 27 Toronto Star White Patrick July 10 2013 Man identified in Rob Ford photo out on bail The Globe and Mail Toronto Magi K July 18 2013 Gawker announces which charities are getting Crackstarter fundraising money Toronto Star Retrieved August 22 2013 White Patrick July 19 2013 Search warrant sheds light on murder of alleged drug dealer seen in photo with Rob Ford The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved August 22 2013 Powell Betsy July 26 2013 Crown drops murder charge in Anthony Smith case against Hanad Mohamed Toronto Star Retrieved July 30 2013 Poisson Jayme July 30 2012 Monir Kassim man in photo with Mayor Rob Ford released on bail Metro News Toronto Retrieved August 22 2013 Pizzano Sam Peat Don August 2 2013 Man stabbed over alleged Rob Ford crack video Toronto Sun Poisson Jayme August 7 2013 Rob Ford crack scandal Man who tried to sell video appears in court Toronto Star a b Moloney Paul August 8 2013 Mayor Rob Ford loses another staffer from his office Toronto Star Retrieved August 8 2013 Senger Emily August 12 2013 Rob Ford roundup Party on the Danforth and a new character emerges Maclean s Kupferman Steve August 15 2013 Duly Quoted Warren Kinsella Torontoist White Patrick August 17 2013 Police questioned Ford s former staff about alleged video The Globe and Mail Toronto Donovan Kevin Poisson Jayme August 16 2013 Police probe Mayor Rob Ford friends who sought crack video Toronto Star The Canadian Press August 20 2013 Rob Ford crack stories subject of press council complaints CBC News Retrieved August 22 2013 Donovan Kevin Wallace Kenyon November 21 2013 Rob Ford police investigation Domestic assault call at Ford home sidetracked police sting Toronto Star Star and Globe defend their Rob and Doug Ford stories CBC News September 9 2013 Retrieved October 10 2013 Donovan Kevin October 2 2013 Mayor Rob Ford s friend Sandro Lisi who sought video one of two arrested in Etobicoke Toronto Star Retrieved October 2 2013 White Patrick McArthur Glenn October 2 2013 Arrest of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford s friend part of broader probe The Globe and Mail Retrieved October 12 2013 a b Hasham Alyshah May 8 2014 Rob Ford friend Sandro Lisi cleared of all drug charges Toronto Star Retrieved January 4 2016 a b c Pagliaro Jennifer February 26 2014 Chief Bill Blair says Sandro Lisi warned of a Doug Ford attack after crack video discovery Toronto Start Retrieved February 27 2014 Staff October 7 2013 Sandro Lisi s hunt for cellphone allegedly belonging to Rob Ford sparked probe Metro News Ladurantaye Steve May 22 2013 Press Council dismisses complaints against The Globe s Doug Ford investigation he dismisses the findings The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved October 16 2013 Poisson Jayme Donovan Kevin October 24 2013 Ford photo taken outside what cops call drug house Toronto Star p A1 White Patrick Hui Ann Mcarthur Greg October 31 2013 Evidence that led to the arrest of Rob Ford s friend for drugs to be released this morning The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved October 31 2013 Rob Ford alleged crack video the focus of investigation drug trafficking search warrant documents say National Post October 31 2013 Rob Ford video scandal Police have the video that appears to show mayor smoking crack Blair says Toronto Star October 31 2013 Retrieved October 31 2013 Proskow Jason October 31 2013 Mayor Ford Global News Mayor Rob Ford s approval rating ticks upward with news of crack video Toronto Star November 1 2013 Rob Ford bombshell allegations spur saucy headlines CBC News October 31 2013 Rob Ford wasn t smoking crack on video lawyer says CBC News November 1 2013 MacDonald Grant November 1 2013 Doug Ford Let s see the video 640 Toronto The Canadian Press November 1 2013 Alexander Lisi friend of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford granted bail in extortion case Vancouver Sun Archived from the original on January 15 2014 Retrieved March 23 2016 Toronto Region Board of Trade statement on Mayor Rob Ford Press release Toronto Region Board of Trade November 1 2013 Archived from the original on November 3 2013 Retrieved March 23 2016 Toronto Sun Staff November 2 2013 Rob Ford calls Peel police on trailing media Toronto Sun Rob Ford to address scandal on radio show Kelly says conclusion of their conversation to be revealed Toronto Sun November 3 2013 Dale Daniel November 3 2013 Mayor Rob Ford says he made mistakes but plans to stay Toronto Star Ford asks for video s release apologizes for mistakes CP24 com October 3 2013 Retrieved November 3 2013 a b Doug Ford says mayor was uninvited from police gala says Blair should resign City News November 5 2013 Retrieved March 23 2016 Tucker Erika November 14 2013 Rob Ford s apologies Stop us if you think you ve heard this one before Global News Toronto Ontario Doug Ford calls on Toronto police chief to step down CBC November 5 2013 Retrieved November 5 2013 Frisk Adam November 5 2013 Majority say Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should resign poll Global News Retrieved November 5 2013 Church Elizabeth Rogers Kaleigh Mahoney Jill November 6 2013 Yes I have smoked crack cocaine says Mayor Rob Ford The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved November 5 2013 Armstrong James November 5 2013 Mayor Rob Ford won t resign after crack cocaine admission Globalnews ca Retrieved November 5 2013 McGuire Patrick Rob Ford s Office Hired a Hacker to Destroy the Crack Tape Vice Retrieved November 6 2013 Canadian The November 7 2013 Anything else The very latest on Rob Ford Need to know Maclean s Retrieved November 7 2013 Rob Ford gets advice from Jon Stewart You need help Toronto Star November 6 2013 Retrieved November 7 2013 a b Visser Josh November 6 2013 Rob Ford s policy advisor quits after crack cocaine admission National Post Toronto ON WWE Wrestler Iron Sheik Challenges Mayor Rob Ford To A Fight Huffingtonpost ca November 6 2013 Retrieved November 7 2013 Warmington Joe I need f in 10 minutes to make sure he s dead New Rob Ford video surfaces Toronto amp GTA News Toronto Sun Retrieved November 7 2013 Mahoney Jill November 7 2013 New video of extremely inebriated Toronto Mayor Rob Ford surfaces The Globe and Mail Robbie s not a drug addict sister mother defend Mayor Rob Ford CTV News Ctvnews ca November 7 2013 Retrieved November 8 2013 Brutus Beefcake thrown out of Toronto City Hall CityNews Citynews ca Retrieved November 7 2013 Rob Ford Take 3 on Jon Stewart s The Daily Show Toronto Star November 8 2013 Retrieved November 11 2013 NEWSTALK 1010 Ford brothers agree to end weekly radio show CTV News November 8 2013 Mulholland Angela November 8 2013 Judge offers no decision on release of key Ford video CTV News Retrieved March 23 2016 Warmington Joe November 8 2013 Rob Ford crack video broker says there were threats and money involved Ottawa Sun Retrieved November 8 2013 Rob Ford Supportive billboard pops up on Gardiner Toronto Star November 9 2013 Retrieved November 11 2013 Nowlan Sarah November 9 2013 Rob Ford billboard with two major flaws spotted in Toronto s west end The Globe and Mail Toronto ON Retrieved November 11 2013 Veteran shuns mayor at Remembrance Day service CP24 com November 11 2013 Retrieved November 15 2013 Dale Daniel November 11 2013 Ho ho or no no Confusion reigns over Rob Ford s participation in Santa Claus parade Toronto Star Toronto ON Retrieved November 12 2013 Deschamps Tara Church Elizabeth November 11 2013 Rob Ford s role in Santa Claus parade up in the air The Globe and Mail Toronto ON Retrieved November 12 2013 Peat Don November 11 2013 Mayor Rob Ford on Santa Claus parade Order the candy canes Toronto Sun Toronto ON Retrieved November 12 2013 Ohlheiser Abby November 11 2013 Rob Ford Is Not Going Anywhere According to Rob Ford The Atlantic Wire New York NY Retrieved November 12 2013 McArthur Greg November 12 2013 Crown confirms both Rob Ford videos in police possession show same incident The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved November 12 2013 McKnight Zoe November 13 2013 Rob Ford themed burgers dogs t shirts capitalize on crack scandal Toronto Star Tu Thanh Ha November 13 2013 Rob Ford asked not to lead Santa Claus Parade The Globe and Mail Toronto ON Retrieved November 13 2013 Dixon Sam November 13 2013 Mayor Ford Urged Not to March on Santa Claus Parade Oye Times Toronto ON Retrieved November 13 2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admits to having bought illegal drugs CBC News November 13 2013 City Council Agenda November 13 2013 City of Toronto Retrieved November 13 2013 Castilo Mariano November 13 2013 Toronto City Council asks Mayor Ford to take leave CNN Peat Don November 13 2013 Mayor Ford wants mandatory drug tests for councillors Toronto Sun Alcoba Natalie November 13 2013 Toronto councillors aim to strip Mayor Rob Ford of emergency powers amid drug scandal National Post Toronto ON Retrieved November 14 2013 I really effed up The Telegram London November 14 2013 Retrieved November 14 2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford faces city council Fox News November 13 2013 Church Elizabeth Rogers Kaleigh Mahoney Jill November 13 2013 Key moments from Mayor Rob Ford s hard day at City Hall The Globe and Mail Toronto ON Retrieved November 16 2013 Boesveld Sarah November 13 2013 Judge orders release of redacted court documents in drug case of Rob Ford s friend Alexander Lisi National Post Toronto Ontario Retrieved November 13 2013 Rob Ford did drugs partied with escort on St Patrick s Day police document alleges Toronto Star November 13 2013 Boesveld Sarah Humphreys Adrian Edmiston Jake Kuitenbrouwer Peter Rob Ford court documents reveal staffers thought prostitute was in his office mayor was driving drunk National Post Toronto Ontario Mayor tells media to be very careful about what they write City News Toronto November 13 2013 Chen Marcia November 13 2013 Vast majority of Torontonians want Ford to step down City TV Mahoney Jill Hui Ann Thanh Ha Tu November 14 2013 Rob Ford vows legal action against former staffers for outright lies The Globe and Mail Toronto Ontario Shah Maryam November 14 2013 Ford denies oral sex allegations Sun News Network Archived from the original on November 16 2013 Craggs Ryan November 14 2013 Rob Ford Suing Former Staffers Over Accusations Makes Explicit Denials VIDEO AUDIO Huffingtonpost com Retrieved November 15 2013 Wolfe Wylie William November 14 2013 Rob Ford admits to drunk driving will sue people who spoke to police Canada com Crude Rob Ford comments disappoint Toronto Argonauts CBC News November 14 2013 CTVNews Staff November 14 2013 Mayor Rob Ford apologizes for lewd language says he s getting support CTV News a b Visser Josh Alcoba Natalie November 14 2013 Rob Ford says he is receiving help from health professionals but Ontario premier suggests province will step in National Post Ton That Corinne November 14 2013 Poll 62 of Torontonians wouldn t vote for Ford in 2014 under any circumstance CTV News Visser Josh November 14 2013 Rob Ford faces unlikely road to re election as mayoral rivals Stintz Chow and Tory all best him in new poll National Post Toronto Ontario Rob Ford Doug Ford To Get Sun News Show Huffington Post November 14 2013 Ford asks Rob Ford to stop using trademarked blue oval logo Toronto Star Toronto ON November 13 2013 Retrieved November 14 2013 Rob Ford Letterman devotes Top 10 List to Mayor Jon Stewart Colbert Leno leap in again Toronto Star November 15 2013 Retrieved November 16 2013 Rogers Kaleigh November 14 2013 Toronto cancels school trips to City Hall citing safety worries The Globe and Mail Toronto ON Retrieved November 16 2013 Peat Don November 14 2013 City Hall deemed unsafe for school tours amid Rob Ford scandal Toronto Sun Post Media Retrieved March 23 2016 Stanglin Doug November 15 2013 Toronto mayor sorry for crude remark seeks help USA Today McLean VA Retrieved November 16 2013 Gilles Rob November 14 2013 Toronto councilors look to strip mayor of powers The Seattle Times Seattle WA Associated Press Archived from the original on June 11 2015 Retrieved March 23 2016 Rob Ford stripped of key powers in council vote CBC News November 15 2013 Peat Don November 19 2013 Mayor Rob Ford s week one for the books Toronto Sun Toronto ON Retrieved November 19 2013 Peat Don November 15 2013 Councillor not ruling out snap election to oust Mayor Ford Sun News Network Toronto ON Archived from the original on November 18 2013 Retrieved November 16 2013 Iceberg Vodka distances itself from Rob Ford CBC News November 15 2013 Retrieved February 9 2014 VIDEO Rob Ford gets impersonated in opening of Saturday Night Live canada com O canada com November 13 2013 Retrieved November 17 2013 a b Peat Don Jeffords Shawn November 19 2013 Full Episode Rob Ford comes clean Sun News Network Toronto ON QMI Agency Archived from the original on November 21 2013 Retrieved November 19 2013 Hui Ann November 18 2013 Rob Ford launches media offensive in bid to control his message The Globe and Mail Toronto Ontario Janus Andrea Commisso Christina November 18 2013 Mayor Rob Ford stripped of powers in Toronto council vote CTV News VIDEO Rob Ford bowls over Councillor Pam McConnell during epic council meltdown O Canada Ottawa Citizen Ottawa ON November 18 2013 Retrieved March 23 2016 Rob Ford Knocked Over a Lady in a City Council Meeting Updated New York Magazine New York NY November 18 2013 Retrieved November 19 2013 National Post staff November 18 2013 Judge dismisses application from lawyer of man in notorious Rob Ford photo to view crack video National Post Rob Ford says he s quit drinking has had come to Jesus moment CBC News Toronto ON November 18 2013 Retrieved November 19 2013 FULL EPISODE Rob Ford Comes Clean Toronto ON News Network November 18 2013 Archived from the original on November 21 2013 Retrieved November 19 2013 Donovan Kevin November 19 2013 Rob Ford Narcotic video made in February police say Toronto Star Ford Nation TV Show Cancelled After One Episode Toronto Star Toronto ON November 19 2013 Retrieved November 19 2013 Proussalidis Daniel November 19 2013 Employment Minister Jason Kenney urges Rob Ford to step aside Toronto Sun Toronto ON Retrieved November 19 2013 Mackrael Kim November 19 2013 Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney calls for Rob Ford to resign The Globe and Mail Toronto ON Retrieved November 19 2013 Flaherty says Kenney crossed into his turf in criticizing Toronto mayor Global News December 15 2013 Retrieved December 16 2013 Oved Marco Chown November 20 2013 Ford Nation doesn t live in Etobicoke according to Ipsos Toronto Star Florida mayor arrested on drug charges Athens Banner Herald November 26 2013 Pagliaro Angela November 27 2013 Judge orders entire police document about Mayor Rob Ford and Lisi be made public Toronto Star Mayor Ford is Maclean s Newsmaker of the Year CityNews November 28 2013 Rob Ford readies YouTube show CBC News November 29 2013 Retrieved February 9 2014 Ford brothers to host online Ford Nation show cp24 November 29 2012 Strapagiel Lauren December 4 2013 Rob Ford may have tried to buy crack video for 5 000 and a car new police wiretaps O Canada Vancouver Sun Retrieved March 23 2016 Panetta Alexander December 5 2013 Ford talks football pivots around pointed questions with radio Sports Junkies City TV News Davidson Terry December 6 2013 Councillor lucky to be alive after Rob Ford hit may sue Toronto Sun Retrieved February 9 2014 Peat Don December 9 2013 Rob Ford to Conrad Black Cops used Lisi as prop Toronto Sun Gee Marcus December 10 2013 Rob Ford Conrad Black and the death of decency The National Post Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands by comment which appeared to suggest reporter is a pedophile Need to know Maclean s December 10 2013 Retrieved February 9 2014 Alcoba Natalie December 12 2013 Rob Ford investigation not payback for budget cuts Police Chief Bill Blair says National Post Toronto Retrieved December 12 2013 Dale Daniel December 12 2013 Rob Ford Daniel Dale tells us why he s taking legal action Toronto Star Retrieved February 9 2014 Rob Ford stands by every word despite Toronto Star legal threat over pedophile claims about reporter National Post December 10 2013 Retrieved February 9 2014 Dale Daniel January 21 2014 23 things to know from 5 005 pages of Rob Ford aides emails Toronto Star Retrieved January 22 2014 New video of Rob Ford drunk swearing in Jamaican Blogto com January 21 2014 Retrieved February 9 2014 a b Hui Ann Church Elizabeth January 21 2014 Mayor Rob Ford confirms he was drinking in new video shot last night The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved February 9 2014 Defiant Rob Ford attacks council on drinking tax hikes CBC News Retrieved January 22 2014 Donovan Kevin Doolittle Robyn Brazao Dale January 21 2014 Rob Ford admits to drinking after expletiveladen video shows Toronto mayor rambling Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd Toronto Star Retrieved March 23 2016 Second Rob Ford video surfaces from the Steak Queen Toronto Star Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd Retrieved March 23 2016 Rob Ford has pulled another nugget out of his bag of crazy Jimmy Kimmel jokes of Jamaican laced rant Video National Post The Canadian Press January 22 2014 Retrieved March 23 2016 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford becomes a Jeopardy clue CBC News January 24 2014 Retrieved February 9 2014 Mayor Ford I had nothing to do with Anthony Smith s murder Toronto Sun Retrieved February 9 2014 Alamenciak Tim January 29 2014 Rob Ford distances himself from photo with murdered Anthony Smith Toronto Star Retrieved February 9 2014 a b McGuire Patrick January 29 2014 Rob Ford Says He Did Not Have a Hand in Killing Anthony Smith VICE Canada Retrieved February 9 2014 Mcarthur Greg Kari Shannon January 29 2014 Jailhouse beating meant to keep Rob Ford s secrets lawsuit alleges The Globe and Mail Toronto Retrieved February 9 2014 Peat Don February 27 2014 Doug Ford threatens new complaint against Bill Blair Toronto Sun Janus Andrea February 27 2014 Arrest me Ford tells police chief in ongoing war of words CTV News Rob Ford ridiculed on Jimmy Kimmel Live Toronto CBC News Cbc ca Retrieved March 19 2014 Rob Ford Jimmy Kimmel was just doing his job Toronto amp GTA News Toronto Sun Retrieved March 19 2014 Ford on Jimmy Kimmel Live I wasn t elected to be perfect Toronto Star March 3 2014 Retrieved March 19 2014 OPP taking oversight role in Rob Ford related probe Project Brazen 2 CTV News March 5 2014 Puzic Sonja March 19 2014 Unsealed documents describe alleged Rob Ford crack video CTV News Tucker Rebecca March 20 2014 Jimmy Kimmel skewers one man stampede Rob Ford after mayor s hot dog fuelled rampage through city hall The National Post Archived from the original on March 20 2014 Retrieved March 20 2014 GreeneStone rehab clinic confirms Rob Ford getting treatment Toronto Star Hui Ann Church Elizabeth Lum Fred September 12 2014 Rob Ford drops out of mayoral race Doug Ford running in his place The Globe and Mail Inc The Globe and Mail Retrieved March 23 2016 Babbage Maria Mehta Diana September 17 2014 Rob Ford Tumour Diagnosis Doctors To Provide Update Today Huffington Post Canada The Canadian Press Retrieved March 23 2016 Rob Ford for mayor in 2018 Councillor plotting return thestar com December 10 2014 Retrieved March 18 2016 Mulholland Angela March 22 2016 Rob Ford s illness shone spotlight on rare cancer liposarcoma CTV News Bell Media Retrieved March 23 2016 White Patrick Gray Jeff March 22 2016 Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford remembered as a rare political actor The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail Inc Retrieved March 23 2016 a b c d e f g h i Powell Betsy Mendelson Rachel Eastwood Joel November 20 2013 The Locks have been changed Toronto Star p A1 Office of the Mayor toronto ca retrieved November 29 2013 Church Elizabeth Hui Ann November 20 2013 Ford loyalist Dave Price no longer working for City Hall The Globe and Mail Toronto Goldsbie Johnathan March 8 2014 Rob Ford loses last longtime staffer Now retrieved April 29 2014External links EditProject Brazen ITO documents on Scribd Rob Ford section Toronto Star Rob Ford section Globe and Mail Search results for Rob Ford Toronto Sun Rob Ford Crack Scandal Timeline coverage timeline Toronto Star Keenan Edward The emerging Ford drama in chronological order Toronto Star Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of Rob Ford video scandal amp oldid 1162245818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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