

Chris Fox, CP24.com





Rob Ford is undergoing treatment at GreeneStone Clinic in Bala, the facility confirmed today with the mayor’s consent.

The news comes three days after a woman driving Ford’s Escalade was pulled over and charged with impaired driving several kilometres from the cottage country rehabilitation facility.

The mayor was not in the vehicle at the time and it is not known why the woman, identified by police as 36-year-old LeeAnne McRobb, was behind the wheel.

“On behalf of GreeneStone Clinic Muskoka Inc., we confirm that Rob Ford is undergoing treatment at our facility. We are releasing this information with Mr. Ford's consent,” a statement from the clinic reads. “We ask that the public and the media respect the privacy of all the patients at GreeneStone, to ensure they receive the most comprehensive and effective treatment,”

According to its website, GreenStone Clinic is located in a “resort setting” and is equipped with “holistic spa services” and a “full suite of fitness and recreation facilities.”

The clinic, which opened in 2009, can accommodate up to 36 patients at a time and some of its rooms include “fireplaces, jacuzzi tubs, balconies, patios and views of either woodlands or the Sunset Bay on Lake Muskoka.”

“GreeneStone is a place where you can heal, rest and recover while under the care of a multidisciplinary team of skilled and experienced professionals,” the clinic's website reads. “Our physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, nurses, nutritionists and physical fitness experts work collaboratively to produce the best treatment outcomes for you."

Ford announced a leave of absence to seek treatment for substance abuse issues on April 30 and little has been heard from him since, though he was spotted doing some errands in both the Bracebridge and Gravenhurst areas last week.

Though nothing is known about the type of treatment Ford is seeking or how long he will remain in rehab, his lawyer Dennis Morris did tell CP24 on Thursday that he won’t be returning to the day-to-day business of running the city anytime soon.

“I guarantee it will be a period of time longer as these things don’t go away in a few days,” he said. “Let’s hope he stays there for as long as he needs and see if it works.”

Mystery surrounds McRobb

While Ford’s whereabouts is now known, some mystery still surrounds McRobb.

On Wednesday a woman believed to be McRobb told an attendant at the lot where Ford’s Escalade is impounded that she was a former patient at GreeneStone, but when asked by a Moose FM reporter why she was in possession of Ford’s vehicle she replied “That’s for me to know” before walking away.

“I feel bad for her family being caught up in this scenario,” Bill Miller, who owns a bait and tackle shop near where McRobb was pulled over, told CP24 on Friday. “It is just another development in the Rob Ford saga that has dragged a local individual into it and until we know the full story it is hard to have an opinion.”

Miller told CP24 that McRobb works at a local TD bank branch and has seemed “very pleasant” during his brief dealings with her.

Miller, however, refused to speculate on why McRobb may have been in rehab or how she ended up borrowing Ford’s vehicle.

“I spend my time in my shop and there we discuss fishing instead of newsworthy events,” he said.

McRobb is expected to appear in court on June 17 in Bracebridge.

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