Toronto Elects New Mayor, Ending Troubled Era of Doug Ford

Residents of Toronto, Canada have elected a new mayor to replace outgoing Mayor Rob Ford, who has garnered international headlines for his drug and alcohol use and publicly boorish behavior.   With 100 percent of the vote counted, conservative candidate John Tory won Monday's election with over 40 percent of vote, defeating Doug Ford, Rob Ford's brother, who gained 33 percent of the vote.  A third candidate, left-leaning Olivia Chow, finished with just 23 percent....

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