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TORONTO - Laughing with mischievous glee, Ashley Smith knocked on the wall they shared on the segregation wing of Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institute for Women.

“I just stole the guard’s sweater!” the 19-year-old triumphantly proclaimed.

Michelle-Lynn Erstikaitis smiles for a moment, recalling how she cackled with laughter at Ashley’s audacity.