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.

A Canadian citizen is missing in Afghanistan after travelling to the country as a tourist. The department made the statement Sunday after a news release claimed a Canadian spy had been captured. Canadian officials are working with Afghan authorities to assist the family in securing a safe release.  

The Canadian government says it strongly advises against all travel to Afghanistan. The Canadian military says no one is missing from its ranks.

It was a mighty cold evening on February 15th, so let’s just say that I was shocked beyond belief when I entered La Sala Rossa to see Biffy Clyro.  Why, you ask? Well it was weird seeing two guys sporting nothing from the waist up.  Then I remembered: ah yes, Biffy Clyro almost always come on stage topless for almost every show.  However, unlike Biffy Clyro, these guys should have covered it up – eeeesshhh.

Read by Jason Rouah

Produced by Erica Bridgeman

Stories Erica Fisher, Jaqueline Di Bartolomeo, Samah Fadil