Trois-Rivières Mayor Yves Lévesque to announce resignation

The mayor of Trois-Rivières, Yves Lévesque, will announce he is stepping down late on Thursday morning, the city’s spokesperson, Yvan Toutant, has confirmed.
Trois-Rivières city councillors were called to a meeting at city hall before noon where the resignation announcement will be formally made. Lévesque was first elected mayor in 2001.
In October, Lévesque took a medical leave that was recommended by his doctors.
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