The United Nation has authorised a no-fly zone over Libya. The security council said that it will do all that is necessary –including military action- to protect civilians.

The no-fly zone establishes a ban on all flights in the airspace. The United Nations has also demanded a ceasefire, calling out for Khadafy to meet his civilians basic needs.

The Libyan leader didn’t wait to voice his disagreement. In an interview broadcast right before the security council voted on the resolution, he dismissed the United Nations, saying that he does not acknowledge their resolutions.

Parking in Montreal can be expensive, and if you get a ticket it’s even worse as many NDG residents will tell you. The latest numbers from QMI reveal the NDG-CDN borough receives the most parking tickets in all of Montreal. 

One borough councillor saw this as a sign of vitality. He also noted the extra parking difficulties NDG-CDN has with two hospitals, metro stations and Concordia. 

Police say they are not being overzealous. They say they have more parking regulations now. A ticket for failing to fill the meter can set you back $52.

Quebec’s 2011-2012 budget will see hikes in consumer fees across the board and includes some bad news for students. Tuition is one of several fees slated to rise in the oncoming years 

Raymond Bachand is the province’s finance minister.He tabled the sixty-nine million dollar budget Thursday. Bachand says the user fees will cover the two and a half per cent increase in public spending.

Read by A.J. Cordeiro 

Produced by Melissa Mulligan and Dominique Daoust 

Stories by A.J. Cordeiro Jessica MacDonald and Erica Fisher

A VIA rail train that killed three teenagers this fall had its principle headlight dimmed. On October 31, 2010, five Montreal teenagers were walking along the tracks beneath the Turcot interchange when three of them were struck and killed. The teenagers were walking away from the oncoming train and neither saw nor heard it.

It is normal procedure for trains to dim their lights when approaching highways with oncoming traffic, but this information regarding the teenagers’ death has only recently surfaced. The driver did not see the teens on the tracks until seconds before impact and so neither the whistle or bell were sounded to alert them.