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Chow follows re-election with Ford texts and council calls

CityNews' Alan Carter says Toronto's incoming council is aligned with the mayor's priorities, but provincial relations could prove more complicated.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 59,069 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (2,974).

Chow returns to city hall after re-election win

"The Premier and I had text messages this morning," Olivia Chow tells reporters outside Toronto City Hall. Re-elected and back at work, the mayor says she has also spoken with more than half of the city's councillors.

CityNews' report, "Chow returns to city hall after re-election win," moves quickly from the result to what it could mean for governing Toronto. Reporter Alan Carter describes a broader mandate for Chow, who won a majority of the vote and expanded her support since the previous election.

When anchor Cynthia Mulligan asks about the council she will work with, Carter points to progressive candidates winning open seats and defeating incumbents. Some, he reports, were handpicked by Chow. His assessment is that the incoming council will be aligned with her priorities.

The clip drew about 23,000 views in six hours, an unusually fast start for CityNews' Shorts. The station's full municipal election broadcast also attracted a much larger first-day audience than its usual longer uploads.

Carter's qualification comes at the provincial level: he says opposition to Toronto's mayor often comes from the premier's office rather than the council chamber. Chow, meanwhile, describes her conversations with councillors as an early signal that they want to work together for residents.

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The facts

Channel: CityNews
Subscribers: 603,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,101,823
Channel views, pace per day: 806,813 (on a normal day: 528,838)
Video published: October 27, 2026
Video views so far: 23,440 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 59,069

The numbers

The City Hall report is drawing views much faster than CityNews' usual Shorts. Its full municipal election broadcast also had an unusually strong first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,974

this video

59,069

subscribers

603,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

761,823,228

views per day

806,813