A couple local election races are continuing to heat up - just over a week before the nomination deadline.
In Wawa, Jim Hoffman's become the seventh candidate for four seats on Council, after current councillors Cathy Cannon and Mitch Hatfield, as well as Mary Harbocian, Leah Isosaari, Robert Reeves, and Sue Smith.
It remains fairly quiet for other Wawa races, with councillor Melanie Pilon currently the only candidate for mayor while longtime English Public School Board trustee Russell Reid is running for re-election uncontested.
Meanwhile, Dubreuilville has a fifth candidate for councillor: Gerard Lévesque, who was appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy in fall 2020 - he joins fellow councillors Luc Lévesque and Hélène Perth, as well as new candidates Krystel Lévesque and Julila Hemphill.
Like Wawa, Dubreuilville's other races are fairly quiet, with incumbent mayor Beverly Nantel and longtime French Language Separate School Board trustee Roger Lemoyne both uncontested in their re-election bids.
Chapleau's website still shows only a single candidate to file, Ryan Bignucolo in his third bid for mayor, while White River's reported no candidates so far.
Candidates are considered "unofficial" until certification, which happens after the nomination deadline, which is Friday, August 19th, at 2 pm.