For years, researchers have unsuccessfully tried to tinker with ice cream to create a healthy version of the classic treat. Their low fat and low sugar concoctions may have been better for the body, but they failed to impress the most important judges… people’s taste buds.

Fear not, health-conscious ice cream aficionados, hope may be on the way. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia are in the final taste-testing process of their quote “multifunctional ice cream.”

A trial is underway this week in the case of a young man accused of dangerous driving. The police say that speeding was a factor in a car crash that killed Cassandra Boone, 16,  over two years ago.

Her boyfriend Jacques Nicholas was 19-years-old when he was charged with dangerous driving. His Lexus slammed into a lamppost on a service road next to highway 40. Police say the car flipped over several times because of high speeds.

Nicholas attended a civilian eyewitness testimony on Monday with his mother.

New Zealand police have confirmed that  a French-Canadian woman was killed in an earthquake that shook their country last month. The quake had struck the city of Christchurch where the woman was vacationing.

New Zealand media says the woman was holidaying in the country with her sister and had planned to fly out a day after the quake. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada are unable to provide information on the woman due to the Privacy Act. They did however confirm the death of a Canadian citizen.

It's that time of year again. Get out your boxing gloves and your dirty tricks, 'cause it's CJLO's 2nd annual Battle of the Bands! Join us on March 17, 2011 at the F.C. Smith Auditorium at the Loyola campus (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.) to see six up and coming bands from Concordia University. Remember, Arcade Fire were once Concordia students too!

Entry is just $2 at the door. Drinks are super cheap courtesy of McAuslan and there will be lots of door prizes!

Doors at 6pm and the first band is on at 7pm.

Contestants include:

The Ben Cardilli Band:

Read and Produced by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo

Stories by Sofia Gay, Erica Fisher, Dominique Daoust and Aisha Samu.

Mastered by Gareth Sloan