Read by Sofia Gay

Produced by Gareth Sloan

Stories by Corentine Rivoire, Sarah E., Marcin Wisniewski and Chris Hanna 

Canada shall impose further sanctions on Libya. On Sunday Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced Canada’s sanctions will go beyond those of the  UN Security Council. On Saturday the UN Security Council unanimously voted to impose an arms embargo on Libya. It also backed travel ban on Moammar Gadhafi, his children and 10 top associates. The Council urged its members to freeze the assets of the Libyan dictator and his family members.

In Berlin, a tourist from Quebec was arrested by the German police yesterday for making a Nazi salute in from of the German parliament.

The police handcuffed him while he was being photographed by his girlfriend on the steps of the Reichstag.

After paying bail, the tourist was freed, although he risked up to six month in jail.

Any display of Nazi symbols is considered a serious crime in modern-day Germany.

With 12 nominations going into the ceremony, “The King’s Speech” took home four of the biggest awards on Oscar night, including Best Picture.

The film was also awarded the lead actor Oscar for Colin Firth’s performance. 

“The King’s Speech” director Tim Hooper and writer David Seidler also took home Oscars for the film. 

The movie is about a British monarch with a stutter whose speech therapist helps him overcome it.

Other winners included “Inception” with four Oscars, “The Social Network” with three and "The Fighter" won two. 

Quebec was well-represented, but could not bring home any gold.

To promote the release of their third album, Seeds, Hey Rosetta! (exclamation mark mandatory) is doing a North American tour. They sold out Montreal’s Le Cabaret du Mile End on Friday, February 18th.