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Suaad Hagi Mohamud, the 31-year-old Toronto woman who was stranded in Kenya for three months due to a dustup with customs officials, is now suing the Canadian government for $2.5 million and asking for an inquiry and public apology. After allegedly denying a request for a bribe by an airline official on her way home from the Nairobi airport, Mohamud was tossed into Langata Women's Prison for a week on the charge of passport fraud, because the officer claimed her lips looked different than in her four-year-old passport photo. Trapped in immigration limbo, it took the Canada Border Services Agency a staggering two-and-a-half months to confirm her identity using a DNA test, even though Mohamud had been vouched for by her family, volunteered a cross-check on her fingerprints, and was carrying at least five pieces of valid identification, including an Ontario health card and driver's licence. (CORRECTION: A previous version of the story incorrectly indicated that it was an immigration official that solicited a bribe; it was a KLM airline official.)

See, all that snow shovelling was just a waste of time. Toronto is expecting record-breaking heat over the next couple of days, with highs expected to hit 13 degrees. The heat wave is expected to give dumbass radio personalities a chance to say things like, "Hey, this global warming thing is OK by me!"

Gas prices are up three cents a litre as the price of oil crossed the psychological threshold of US$100 a barrel for the first time ever. Upon hearing the news, Stephen Harper flew to the Alberta oil sands and gave a stirring speech about how victory would soon be his, whereupon he was roundly cheered by all the hosts of Mordor.