Drivers beware.

Ford Motor Company plans to recall about 144.000 pickup trucks.

Ford said there's a risk of airbags deploying in 2005 and 2006 models of the F-150.

The company is taking action after receiving complaints from drivers across North America.

Written by: Emily Brass

The federal government announced yesterday that it is sending planes to rescue Canadians stranded in the chaos in Libya.

According to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, there are over three hundred Canadians currently registered at the embassy in the capital city of Tripoli. Of those, Cannon says ninety-one  have indicated that they want to leave the country.

Canada would share the planes with other “like-minded” countries to evacuate their citizens to cities in Europe. The first plane is expected to land in Tripoli on Thursday.

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.

News read by Samah Fadil and produced by Erica Fisher.

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

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.