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With her transition team in place, Lafayette Mayor President-Elect Monique Boulet is focusing on conversations with the community before she takes the reins.

With her transition team in place, Lafayette Mayor President-Elect Monique Boulet is focusing on conversations with the community before she takes the reins.

With her transition team in place, Lafayette Mayor President-Elect Monique Boulet is focusing on conversations with the community before she takes the reins.

With her transition team in place, Lafayette Mayor President-Elect Monique Boulet is focusing on conversations with the community before she takes the reins.

Gore, Que. is one of scores of Canadian municipalities whose budgets are being squeezed by climate change. As high inflation eats away government revenues, cities and towns are increasingly being battered by historic fires, flooding, heat and ice storms, and having to dispense additional sums to guard against severe weather.

In Canada, cities and towns are increasingly having to dispense additional sums to guard against severe weather and clean up in its aftermath.

Municipal officials are warning they'll be unable to absorb growing weather-related costs without more government money.

On November 21, while examining the collapsed structure, investigators say a male victim was discovered in the burnt rubble. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Anthony Taylor.

Fire station #2 located at 1013 Mudd Avenue will be closed starting Thursday, October 19, 2023 for a major renovation. The $1.5 million renovation will take 6 months to complete.

Scott Fire Chief Chad Sonnier said, though the area has gotten rain, the ground is still very dry.