Local MPP Michael Mantha's taking on a new role.
Already the NDP's Northern Development critic, Mantha's been handed the tourism portfolio, as well, though the mines part of his old job has been handed over to Thunder Bay-Atikokan's Judith Monteith-Farrell, who's already Natural Resources and Forestry critic.
This comes just days after Mantha was confirmed as the NDP candidate for Algoma-Manitoulin in the next provincial election, and as he's been shuffled from NDP caucus chair to party deputy whip.
A few other Northern New Democrats are seeing a change in roles, as Sudbury's Jamie West is now critic for Northern Infrastructure, Transportation, and Roads, and Timmins MPP Gilles Bisson is Community Safety and Correctional Services critic.