Saturday, January 31, 2015

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines

Hamza Chaoui's Islamic community centre won't get permit
Village of Andrew left without fire department after volunteers resign
Lac La Biche shooting leads to attempted murder charges
Mother swept away in Puntledge River near Courtenay, B.C., dies

Hamza Chaoui's Islamic community centre won't get permit

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:47 AM PST

Controversial imam Hamza Chaoui will be denied a permit to establish his Islamic community centre in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a borough in Montreal's east end. Borough mayor Réal Ménard, who spoke at Montreal City Hall along with Mayor Denis Coderre on Saturday morning, said Chaoui was never given a certificate of occupation to begin holding meetings at his community centre.

Village of Andrew left without fire department after volunteers resign

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:12 PM PST

The people of Andrew are left without a local fire department after the village's volunteer firefighters resigned en masse, two months after the fire chief lost his job. The village council was caught off guard when the firefighters unexpectedly announced their resignation during a council meeting Wednesday. "The guys decided they could not deal with the village of Andrew," said Barry Goertz, Andrew's former fire chief. He said it took a week for the village to inform him he had been dismissed because of administrative reasons — such as not providing training records, not filing fire reports and not appointing a deputy fire chief.