President Obama called on his nations legislators to put aside their differences and quickly pass a $447 billion jobs plan he proposed Thursday night.

The president addressed Congress and asked them to put aside political gain for the good of the country.

Two men have been arrested in connection of a stabbing that left a 27 year-old woman dead.

The woman died from her injuries Thursday afternoon after being attacked outside her apartment building that morning in Dollard-Des-Ormeaux.

According to neighbours, there was a dispute between the woman and some neighbours because she would not pick up after her dog.

This is Montreal's 25th murder of the year.

Two of Canada`s cities rank the lowest worldwide in terms of driving related stress according to an IBM survey.

The survey indicates that Montreal is ranked lowest while Toronto is fifth lowest and Mexico city is highest.

Traffic has been proven to be bad for an individual`s health and may also produce negative effects in the workplace.

IBM states that approximately $30 trillion US will be spent within twenty years in order to improve international infrastructures.

Other surveys indicate that intense infrastructure investment is strongly benefitting the world`s most developped economies.

Read by Emily Brass

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by AJ Cordeiro, Sarah Deshaies, Dominique Daoust