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Canada’s mission in Libya has been extended for three months by the House of Commons. The only Member of Parliament to vote against the Conservative motion was Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.

Canada has nearly seven hundred people working to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya. It is part of a NATO mission to protect citizens from a bombing campaign by Moammar Gadhafi.

Numerous amendments were proposed to the government’s resolution. One of them is an increase in humanitarian aid by preventing and prosecuting rape as a tool of war. 

Defense Minister Peter Mackay said the NATO mission is weakening the infrastructure around Gadhafi. Libya’s leader of forty-one years is said to be losing support.

Mackay said withdrawing the Canadian Forces from the NATO-led mission at this point would send the wrong signal. He thinks it would have dire consequences for the citizens of Libya as well as undermining the core Canadian values of freedom, democracy and human rights. 

It has also been announced that the Canadian government is officially recognizing the National Transitional Council of Libya as the legitimate representative of Libyan citizens.   

Living in Montreal can be challenging, especially when you move into your first apartment building. You will never be able to know what kind of people live right next to you. Do you knock on every door to introduce yourself? Probably not. Therefore, you grin and bear the feeling that someone who you live next to could be plotting your demise.

Good Neighbours is based on the novel “Chère Voisine” by Christine Brouillet, and Jacob Teirny, who directed Good Neighbours, has been itching to adapt it for a while now. It is a crime thriller with elements of film noire.

The film is set in 1995 in Montreal, around the same time as the Referendum. Victor (Jay Baruchel) arrives from Ottawa and has moved into the apartment building with our other two protagonists, Louise (Emily Hampshire), and Spencer (Scott Speedman). He is awkward, annoying and likes to have many conversations at the same time. The plot revolves around the N.D.G. killer, who chokes and rapes women. Louise becomes obsessed with these murders and the mysterious energy in the film is magnified. Who do we think is the closest neighbour to being normal? Why is Spencer always smiling like a creepshow? The audience starts to unfold the mystery of finding out who the killer is, and the director Tierny, takes us on a slow, bizarre and unusual pace.

The characters are really what made this film memorable. They are strange, disturbing and funny; you really don’t want to take your eyes off of them. The audience reacted very loudly when they found out what each character was like. Spencer, being in a wheelchair from a car accident leaves him bitter, very sarcastic and dry; Louise loves alcohol and really loves felines; and Victor is an obsessive man who is kind of lonely.

I loved being able to recognize Montreal and N.D.G. on the screen with my fellow Montrealers. The camera movements were not your typical, everyday Hollywood mainstream camera movements; some shots were very original and caught my eye. The camera gets really up close and personal with the characters, which helps with their development.

All in all, this film is an entertaining one, and you should go see it and support local filmmaking. Montreal is constantly being recognize for up and coming films and filmmakers, and as a person who lives in this wonderful city, you are obliged to do your part and support your own freaky, weird neighbours.

3 out of 5 stars

-Andrea Boulet

News read by: Sofia Gay

Produced by: Alina Gotcherian

Stories written by: Chris Hanna, Sofia Gay, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo

McLaren’s Jenson Button won what he called a "helluva" race at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. 

The 42nd edition of this race was the first one this year where racers had to drive in the rain. The rain forced organizers to stop the race for over two hours. Parts of the course at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve were under several centimeters of water. 

It was Button’s 10th Formula One win and his first of the season. Button was in last place at one point. But he was able to make a comeback after Red Bull driver Sebastien Vettel made a wide turn in the final lap. 

Button finished the race is just over four hours. Vettel finished three seconds after him, securing him a second place finish. Mark Webber finished third, and Michael Schumacher finished fourth, just four-tenths of a second from third place.