Music: {allcanada} Report: Toronto mayor won't attend Winter Classic

Friday, December 27, 2013

{allcanada} Report: Toronto mayor won't attend Winter Classic

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It had been reported late last month that Toronto's bombastic mayor Rob Ford, who has been under scrutiny of late after admitting he used drugs, wanted to attend Wednesday's Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Well, turns out he can't make his way to Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Ford instead will hold the New Year's Levee on Jan. 1 in Toronto's city hall, according to the Toronto Star.

"The levee offers residents a chance to shake the mayor's hand. The deputy mayor and city councillors usually join him," the Star's Daniel Dale reports.

Ford had said he planned on buying his own ticket and paying for his own travel expenses to the game. However, the Star reports that the U.S. government said Ford could have been "turned back at the border because of his admission to crack cocaine use."

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