Concordia Fine Arts professor Geneviève Cadieux has won the 2011 Governor General’s Award in Visual & Media Arts. The eight winners were announced on Tuesday in Toronto.

Cadieux is a Montreal photographer and the only Quebec recipient of the award this year.

Concordia President Fred Lowy praised Cadieux and said the recognition of her work is well deserved. Lowy also mentioned Cadieux’s instrumental role in developing the University’s highly regarded photography program.

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Mayor Tremblay was unable to answer many questions about the investigation report on auditor general Jacques Bergeron at Monday’s council meeting. He said the city is still waiting on the report that city comptroller Pierre Reid is putting together.

Leaders of Vision Montreal and Projet Montreal said they were against this report. They say it should not be submitted to council because of the way the information was obtained.

Libya’s leader plans to hold his ground. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi will stay in power regardless of the popular uprising in his country.The protests are now in their second week. Gaddafi will stay in the capital Tripoli and not flee to Venezuela as speculation suggested.

Protestors are trying to end his 41 year rule. Fighter jets have bombed portions of the city according to witnesses. Pro-government mercenaries are also said to be firing on civilians. Nearly 300 people have reportedly been killed so far.

State television denounced allegations of government brutality as lies and rumours.

To protest the special legislation passed by the Quebec government, ten chief and assistant chief prosecutors have resigned.

The settlement put forward to provincial government lawyers offers a six percent raise over five years. The Quebec Treasury Board President hoped for a twenty-two percent pay increase.

To ease discontent, the government announced that it will hire more people to improve the working conditions.

Lawyers who defy the legislation face daily fines that go from one hundred dollars to five hundred dollars.