A week into the federal election campaign, and the local ticket appears to be set.
Only two parties announced candidates for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing ahead of the election call: the NDP are backing incumbent Carol Hughes for her fifth term, the Conservatives picked professional engineer John Sagman.
The Liberal Party's since announced Duke Peltier as their pick - he's currently in his fourth term as chief of Wiikwemikoong Unceded Territories, but has taken leave to run in the federal election - while the People's Party of Canada's showing professional forester and businessman Harry Jaaskelainen of Echo Bay as their candidate.
Though the Green Party website doesn't list a local candidate, the party has confirmed that it's Stephen Zimmerman, a high school teacher from Laird Township.
The nomination process is open until next Monday, August 30th - three weeks before the September 20th election day - with a complete list of confirmed candidates to be released September 1st.