Video Released Of Riot Cops Being Run Over

Detectives investigating the attempted murder of the policemen said the footage has been released to encourage people to come forward and identify those responsible.The officers were hit as they responded to reports of a group looting a clothing store at around 1am on August 8.One of the policemen suffered knee and leg injuries and the other sustained shoulder injuries……….

CIA eyed Canadian economy, mining during Cold War

 Sun Aug 07, 07:37 PM The Canadian Press

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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau gets a rousing cheer from his cabinet members after a vote in favour of passage of the constitution 246-24 in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Dec. 2, 1981. (Andy Clark / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

OTTAWA — The CIA secretly painted Pierre Trudeau as a politician torn between being a leader of the Third World and a genuine player with global industrialized nations, declassified records show.

The January 1982 assessment of the Liberal prime minister’s ambitions is among several detailed — and until now virtually unknown — analyses of the Canadian economy by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

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