Ford Nation upset by mayor’s cancer diagnosis

By News Staff

Posted September 17, 2014 7:13 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Mayor Rob Ford’s supporters were saddened by the news on Wednesday that he had been diagnosed with malignant liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

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