SCHOOL SAYS SORRY FOR SUSPENSION

OTTAWA (CP) -- A high school that suspended a 15-year-old student after a
police dog smelled marijuana on his jacket has apologized.

Chris Laurin was suspended after an impromptu drug search at his school
March 26. A police dog identified the scent of marijuana on his jacket, and
the Grade 10 student at St. Matthew High School in suburban Orleans was
suspended for two days -- even though police didn't find any drugs and the
vice-principal admitted she couldn't smell it.

"The school board did make a mistake in suspending me before; they have
corrected that mistake," said Chris. "I feel it was a sincere apology, and
I've been justified. And I've paved the way for other students to fight
back if they're wrongly punished."