From CBC: Clinton fans lineup for blocks

Clinton fans lineup for blocks

Toronto — Hundreds of people were lined up on the streets outside a downtown bookstore Thursday morning to attend a book signing by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Armed with sleeping bags and lawn chairs, fans began lining up around 4 p.m. Wednesday in the hopes of getting a signed copy of the book.

Clinton is scheduled to sign copies of his best-selling autobiography My Life at the Indigo Books store at 55 Bloor Street West at 11 a.m. Thursday.

He is expected to sign about 1,000 copies of the book.

By 6:30 a.m. the lineup stretched down Bay Street snaked through local streets and ending ay Yonge Street and Bloor Street West.

The ex-President is expected to arrive under tight security early Thursday morning to conduct media interviews before heading to the event.