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TORONTO - A Toronto high school has requested help from the city's police force to get to the bottom of a racially motivated prank that's provoked outrage in the country's online community.

OTTAWA - Controversy over Mike Duffy's Senate housing allowance has mushroomed into a bigger question — whether he's entitled to sit in the Senate at all — that now threatens to ensnare colleague Pamela Wallin.

OTTAWA - Lawyers who fought a clawback of military pensions all the way to the Supreme Court of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ are in line for a $66-million payout when a judge later this week considers a settlement agreement for thousands of disabled veterans.

HALIFAX - A $350,000 forgivable loan for a struggling Yarmouth hotel is another example of how Nova Scotia's NDP cherry-picks recipients of government handouts when it should be supporting entire industries, the opposition parties said Tuesday.

TORONTO - Newly minted Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Brad Duguid is giving an "F" to a Progressive Conservative proposal to scrap a 30 per cent break on post-secondary tuition.

OTTAWA - sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s spy chief says federal security agencies have tightened procedures following a headline-grabbing espionage scandal. But Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Dick Fadden says he can't guarantee that Sub-Lt.

TORONTO - About 70 per cent of Canadians think Kathleen Wynne's victory as Ontario's first female premier is a significant breakthrough for women in politics, a new poll suggests.

OTTAWA - Guidelines that have protected the independence of military police since the Somalia affair will be curtailed by new legislation working its way through Parliament, a civilian watchdog warns.

WINNIPEG - After taking more than a year to pay off their debt from the 2011 provincial election, the Manitoba Liberals may go right back into the red with a "Thinker's Conference" coming up soon. The meeting Feb. 21-23 has been promoted for months.