Toronto City Council Votes to Strip Mayor Rob Ford of Powers

Toronto City Council votes to strip Mayor Rob Ford of powers
Last week, after admitting to excessive drinking and buying illegal drugs, Ford disclosed that he is seeking medical help. But he and his family insist he is not an addict and does not need rehab. The mayor addressed some of those issues in his …
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People's Pharmacy: Should healthy people take statins?
Even a healthy person like you, with good numbers and no history of heart disease, could be a candidate for statins depending on age and blood pressure. Some estimate that the new guidelines … Statin-type drugs like Crestor can lower testosterone …
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Rob Ford remains defiant ahead of crucial council vote
Municipal law expert George Rust-D'Eye, whom Ford hired last week, said on Sunday evening that he had not received instructions from his client to try to block the meeting, but added it would be “very difficult” to seek an injunction given the short …
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A Walk on the Wild Side – Paul Kimmage meets Joe Brolly
It was in lower Drum." "What's lower Drum?" "It's a wee country place about four miles outside Dungiven, close to a place called Gortnahey . . . but anyway, this dinner was extra boisterous because Lennon had just been appointed as the new Celtic …
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