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Ottawa - Prime Minister Paul Martin got a late start for his first meeting with other Western Hemisphere leaders Sunday, as bad weather in Ottawa delayed his departure for the Summit of the Americas in Monterrey, Mexico. Martin had been scheduled to leave at 10 a.m. EST, but steady snow and icy conditions postponed his lift-off for nearly two hours. The Prime Minister appeared unfazed as he chatted and joked with reporters while ground workers completed the standard safety procedure of de-icing the aircraft prior to take-off. Barrie, Ontario - Police tactical units and K-9 dog teams are still searching the inside of the former giant Molson's brewery for bombs and booby traps after police uncovered what they say is the largest and most elaborate indoor marijuana grow operation in Ontario. More than 100 officers from combined forces swarmed the massive three-storey building on Big Bay Point Road yesterday while police helicopters hovered nearby. Ten people were arrested on the site and taken into custody and police are tracking more suspects. Throughout the day and into the night officers went in and out of the building, carrying special equipment, while officers blocked off the area from the public. Pierre Trudeau, not Lady Margaret Thatcher, "discovered" Mikhail Gorbachev and at the height of the Cold War tipped him as the Soviet Union's emerging leader, according to a new biography of the former British prime minister.
