Todays news was read and produced by Erica Bridgeman.

The stories were written by Alina Gotcherian, Michael Moore and Michael Lemieux.

In Concordia news, ASFA’s chief electorate officer Nick Cuillerier presented his general election report to the ASFA council Thursday evening. Cuillerier proposed changes to the electoral regulations to encourage voter participation and ensure fairer elections in the future.

Among the suggestions made was the return of parties, slates, and affiliations in ASFA elections. This recommendation was highly contested by the council who ultimately voted to table the motion. Many executives agreed that the slate system had been toxic, preferring candidates to continue running solo.

While Canadiens fans are focusing on the team’s first round playoff matchup with the Boston Bruins, an ex-Habs is having a legal faceoff of his own.

Former captain Vincent Damphousse was charged yesterday with six counts of assaulting his wife, Allana Henderson. The assaults allegedly took place between 2008 and last month.

Damphousse did not accompany his lawyer to the Montreal courthouse to enter a not-guilty plea.

According to Montreal police, the former Hab is also pressing assault charges against Henderson, who is expected to be arraigned later this month.

Sixteen Mexican police officers have been arrested in connection with mass graves. The officers have been arrested for allegedly protecting gang members responsible for the murder of 126 people.

San Fernando, the city the arrested officers were from, is in the Northeastern part of Mexico close to the United States border. The mass graves were unearthed in the same area. They have been blamed on drug cartels.

The victims are said to have been public bus passengers. Officials have pinned down the Los Zetas drug cartel as a likely perpetrator of the crime.