Another Wawa councillor's seeking re-election.
The Municipality of Wawa's now showing councillor Mitch Hatfield is seeking her third term, joining fellow councillor Cathy Cannon and newcomers Shah Mohamed, Jason North, Eric Paquette, and Brandon Smit in the race for four seats on Council, which means residents will likely need to cast ballots this fall, though they may not need to for mayor, as incumbent Melanie Pilon remains the only candidate for that position.
There is just over a week left for candidates to file for Ontario's fall municipal elections - the deadline's 2 pm next Friday, August 21st - with candidate certification to happen after that.
Potential voters are reminded to check they're on the voter's list today by going to registertovoteon.ca - after today, the only option to have the list updated will be to go to town hall and staff update it, and local municipalities warn that "just because you were on the list last election, doesn't mean you will be this time", as the process for and government bodies involved in making the voter's list have changed since 2022.