Canadian Press NewsAlert: Rob Ford apologizes to Toronto Star Reporter

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Mayor Rob Ford attends an executive committee meeting at Toronto\'s City Hall on Thursday, December 5 2013. Ford says he didn\'t intend to suggest a Toronto Star reporter is a pedophile during a televised interview with Conrad Black. Reporter Daniel Dale served Ford with a libel notice last week, demanding the mayor apologize for and retract what Dale called a "false insinuation." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

TORONTO – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has apologized to Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale, saying he did not mean to suggest the journalist was a pedophile.

Dale served a libel notice last week which demanded the mayor retract televised comments he said amounted to an accusation of pedophilia against him.

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