ABOVE: Crowds protest Rob Ford at city hall. Sean Mallen reports.
TORONTO – Close to 100 people gathered at Toronto’s City Hall Wednesday urging for Mayor Rob Ford to resign.
Organized by SaveToronto.ca, the rally asked people to voice their concerns by writing slogans and messages on the walls in Nathan Phillips Square.
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Written in chalk, messages like “get help” and “take a step down” were seen across the cement wall.
On Tuesday, Toronto’s embattled mayor offered an emotional apology for his “mistakes” hours after admitting he has smoked crack cocaine while in office, but said he has no plans to step down.
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This is not the first time the wall has been used by Torontonians as a means of sharing a message. In 2011, hundreds of people gathered at Nathan Philip Square and wrote tributes to the late NDP leader Jack Layton.
– with a file from The Canadian Press
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