SASKATOON – Condolences continue to pour in from around the world for former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who died Tuesday morning after battling an aggressive and rare form of cancer.
Another well-wisher, Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison reflected on a fond memory with the councillor too.
“I only had the opportunity to meet Mayor Ford once in Ottawa. We had a delightful conversation when we were talking about hockey. He loved hockey. And the movie Slap Shot, we were talking about that and how I played on that particular team and had been offered an opportunity to play in the movie and he went, ‘Oh! Really?’ and he just got really excited.”
“I said ‘we’ll get together and we’ll have a lunch and we’ll talk about it then. We’ve got business to do here today’ and unfortunately that never occurred,” he said.
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Atchison says his heart goes out to Ford’s family, who lost both a father and a husband.
The 46-year-old councillor made international headlines in the past for his racy statements and actions.
Rob Ford has dominated Twitter trends throughout Tuesday.