Another 5 houses to be demolished in Saguenay, Que., due to landslide threat

The Quebec government will help pay for a new house for the Saguenay, Que., family that lost theirs when it was destroyed in a landslide on June 13, said Premier François Legault.

“I want to reassure you right away, we’ll cover the cost of reconstruction,” Legault told Erika Simard and Charles-David Bergeron-Brisson when he met them Wednesday in a parking lot below where their house once stood.

“At least financially, you’ll be OK,” Legault said.

The premier flew to Saguenay to see for himself the devastation caused by the landslide and meet some of the 192 residents who have so far been forced