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The mayor was also spotted in Gravenhurst about 30 minutes later, where he was picking up dry cleaning. Gravenhurst is about 15 kilometres from Bracebridge.

Erine Strength was just starting her shift at Fabricare in Gravenhurst Friday afternoon when she saw a familiar face walk in.

“It was a little shocking to see Rob Ford standing at my counter,” said Strength, who has worked at the cleaners for 14 years. He was dropping off a navy suit, and was accompanied by a man, in his mid forties.

“He was good. He was happy and jovial and very polite to our staff and let us take our pictures with him and was on his way,” said Strength.

It being cottage country, Ford is not the first celebrity to come calling. Tori Spelling came in last year.

“Depending on your preference, who is more popular, I’m not sure,” said Strength. “We generally keep our cool and let them go along with their day and have their privacy. But it was Rob Ford and of course we all jumped at the chance to get our picture,” she said.

The location of the mayor has been in question ever since he announced a leave of absence in late April after being hit with a number scandals, including a new crack video, an audio recording of him making sexist, racist and homophobic remarks, and a stories about wild, intoxicated nights.

Ford flew to Chicago on a private jet on May 1, where the Ford family keeps a home, but was not able to enter the country. The Ford camp then refused to say where the mayor was until last Friday, when a doctor confirmed to the CBC that Ford was in a treatment facility.

Last week, Ford spoke to a Toronto Sun reporter and said “rehab is amazing.” That time frame corresponds to a period of four days where Ford was admitted to a hospital, before being returned to rehab.

Ford’s lawyer, Dennis Morris, told CP24 the mayor is in an inpatient program but he is not completely restricted in his movements. He would not reveal the location of the facility.

“I cannot tell you where the mayor is, unfortunately,” Morris told The Canadian Press. “The good news is, he’s in rehab, and you know, it’s always nice to leave him alone.”