Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has named his top policy advisor Mark Towhey as his new chief of staff.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admits he was "probably" driving while reading on the city's busy Gardiner Expressway.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's brief stay in hospital this week was a transparent affair with several media updates, contrary to a historical reluctance by Canadian politicians to divulge details of their health.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford remains in hospital as he receives care for what his office says is "an irritation in his throat and stomach" that has aggravated his asthma.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has checked himself into an Etobicoke hospital with an unspecified ailment. His office says it expects him to make a full recovery.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was certainly in the mood to play at the unveiling of the new Underpass Park under the Gardiner Expressway.

Garbage pickup in Toronto's west will be carried out by a private contractor as of next week, fulfilling a key promise of Mayor Rob Ford.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is set to present a "special gift" to Hollywood comics Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis during a promotional event for their forthcoming film The Campaign, a comedy that chronicles the misadventures of two political rivals ahead of an election.

Mayor Rob Ford's office and Toronto's Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs have both released statements playing down a photo showing a smiling Ford with a man wearing a military uniform and alleged to be a neo-Nazi musician.

The natural reaction to a series of brazen shootings in Toronto this summer is a call for government action. But many say that policing is not the only answer.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will host Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a so-called gun summit – the latest attempt by politicians and civil servants to hash out a plan to stop weapons use in Canada's most populous city.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he will ask Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty for between $5-10 million in additional funding to hire police officers at a meeting to discuss gun violence in the city.

The prevention of gun violence will be the topic of conversation when Toronto Mayor Rob Ford meets with the city's police Chief Bill Blair, Premier Dalton McGuinty and other members of the provincial government Monday.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's decision to approach the Prime Minister's Office for help following Monday's shooting that left two dead and 23 others wounded has elicited reaction from two federal ministers.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he has approached the prime minister's office for help with his push to banish people who have been convicted of gun crimes from living in the city.

Ford and Honda have announced large product recalls affecting tens of thousands of vehicles in Canada.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford released a statement early Tuesday morning on the shootings in Sacrborough that left 2 people dead and 19 injured.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has named Earl Provost to serve as his acting chief of staff.

A Calgary MP says members of his own party have tried to hush him up over his criticism of federal funding for a memorial to Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor considered a communist hero in China.

As Toronto council wraps up for the summer, here's a look at five of the most significant developments at city hall over the past six months.

Organizers say the Toronto Pan Am Games will be the largest sporting event in Canadian history, but three years from its opening ceremonies there are concerns about whether the city will be ready, John Lancaster reports.

TTC Chair Karen Stintz says Mayor Rob Ford is going to have to choose between building subways in Scarborough and keeping taxes low as she prepares to present a scaled-down version of her OneCity transit plan in council this week.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told reporters Sunday that he is proud of the staff that he works with, though he didn't say much about the pending departure of one of his senior advisers.

Mayor Rob Ford's second chief of staff since he was elected two years ago is stepping down.

The chair of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's task force on homelessness says it's time to crack down on shelters and get homeless people off the streets.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has responded to a councillor's criticism that he's a "part-time" mayor by saying he "works harder than any person" at city hall.

Mayor Rob Ford insists he didn't commit a downtown driving faux-pas last week, after a TTC streetcar operator admonished him for allegedly cruising past the tram's open doors.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford drove past the open doors of a streetcar, causing the TTC operator to confront him, the head of the transit union alleges.

A law expanding the power of Canadians to make a citizen's arrest and streamlining self-defence provisions is set to take effect, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Wednesday.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford skipped attending a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall on Monday, the second straight year the mayor has not attended the kick-off to the city's Pride celebrations.