{"id":639241,"date":"2026-04-30T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639241\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:51:08","slug":"gord-perks-calls-it-quits-toronto-councillor-looks-back-on-20-years-at-city-hall-and-the-personal-tragedy-that-fuels-his-political-passion-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639241\/","title":{"rendered":"Gord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall \u2013 and the personal tragedy that fuels his political passion &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAJBVV95cUxOT1FHdFVUbGIzV0tXUkFNNWtGd0dIdUZuRjk0eDZBNG1pUlRNT2R0V2kwRW10UE41ZHFEeWxtSGRrbndqbUhoblFGWHdpd2tvajlBZm9PY0kwaENhdUZFaEFLazdlUF9nQldiQXo4bXFoQVZBZVI0eFFOak9jdmQtazdmNng5WFJXQnRPLTVUalB5Uko5WEVGNGVyTko3eHpmYWJma1l3a25TTVBMT3RQTENoa1hHMlB4bnhhTGtpSWdPUUJlRjU5ejlCUGpQUGVIMXZtYURJcHV6c2Exd3c4bTAzZmladHJMQzNmaGRmN2hJaUtOVWxYa0hWdkVwdUxtWVY1M3hWa1JjYjFsaVlEY3ZnOHNuMEdxbHBUNGJMSGR4MEtVNldhT19lLVl6T250UnhldmNSMkZoa2w1RGxUSTBDbHA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall \u2013 and the personal tragedy that fuels his political passion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxOc3hEWmJqNEwxTlQ1ZVFodVBEbzhFMTlZX3haczZSSThDekNiVnhhTkhnVzJISlA0V21UTWtaeXItU2JQaTlYMW5xOTdWUjJ6MzNnZGlwc21IVkl5QnRKaUtNdS1WSFotZklLYk1MUmVobkxXNXhqRFlTOUI5OXVDbHB2d3ZQUHUyVnEzT3NvVGluLTdXMlBzdDFwRV9vemZSelM3TFZtY3dleW5XRndjWng0b0tfbU1ZSU9mZ1FJV2Z0NmJZWTBQd1ZlVVF3QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This Toronto councillor won\u2019t seek re-election after more than 20 years at City Hall<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CP24<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPYk9NR2tQSmJua21aeFM1LTBLRFZQTTlDVGpxS1ZhZ0RmU3BMQjdjZ3pDSkNleG9TS05qSU02SzlSa1l4WWp6XzlDYkhkUGFXSW04ZFBPblFjUm5hdE0tVTd1U1NHUktURmVoWVVBTUpPQzNRaDJTRWdMM1JqVDhTVTRnZzZRUl9SVDV0OFlOaWplVTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto Councillor Gord Perks not running in upcoming municipal election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CityNews Toronto<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQaUp6WnJZenJVMnp2YWZmdzVoRGZ3bTcwUW0yQ3RHTmxaM1VZSjlrS25hcG91Ym81TVFoYXdfNS11WW9jME52NW1tekVLU25keXpLZHVqSEg4ZnR4SEFQUFlxN2pfTXozTTBub3NwMHd6ZWV2Sl9pTFJUQkxtZUw2X29obU82aTdCZ0FHWTN3TVRvRGp2M29ob3NVNEF0ckE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Time to just be Gord Perks&#8217;: Longtime Toronto city councillor retires from politics | CBC News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPZ2NPQWl3cmtzYjY4V2NDWmxwbk9VbjBrWVdjVWtRSnkzbUpJdWZWcnlmQXRVVUFpZ0E2TGlSeF9sLTlQTWFNcmtGNTllcHg2N1hydXZlel9FT0NxMkxkQ01VNE1SRjI1Tk9ENlhoUS1WR0Z1Z3hGSl9EdlhEbzhrR1h0dGY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Longtime Toronto city councillor Gord Perks not seeking re-election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall \u2013 and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-639241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}