The city’s transit authority rejected a proposal on Tuesday. Instead it will proceed with its original shuttle-bus arrangement regarding the Villa Maria metro station. The orange line metro cars won’t be stopping at the station for three months due to renovations. This decision is due to costs and limited availability of extra buses in its fleet.

Its official: the Atlanta Thrashers are moving to Winnipeg.

True North Sports and Entertainment hosted the press conference at the MTS centre, the arena where the team will play their games. True North has been in talks with Atlanta Spirit, the owner of the Thrashers, for weeks and has said a formal announcement would be made as soon as the deal was finalized.

Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz was delighted to learn of the news which he says will be excellent for not only the city, but for the entire NHL.

Blackfield… coming to Montreal? It was hard to contain the excitement! Finally, this amazing union of Porcupine Tree’s Steve Wilson and Israel’s most prominent rock musician, Aviv Geffen, were coming and I was stoked.

A mayor of one of the towns hardest hit by flooding called the federal government’s response in the Richelieu Valley "lame". He also called out Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accusing him of not giving enough attention to Quebec.

Water levels have risen to record highs in the valley for weeks, tarnishing homes and stranding residents.

Leader of the Official Opposition Jack Layton agrees that more needs to be done to help flood victims.  He will plea their case to the Prime Minister when parliament resumes on June 2.

News read and produced by Erica Fisher.

Stories written by Chris Hanna, Erica Fisher and Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo.