We find out today who will lead our country over the next four years.

Polls for this federal election opened at 8:30 am and remain open until 8:30 pm today.

In the Churchill-Keewatinook-Aski riding the candidates are incumbent New Democratic Party MP, Niki Ashton; Rebecca Chartrand for the  Liberal Party of Canada; Lachlan de Nardi for the Conservative Party of Canada and Dylan Young for the People’s Party of Canada.

Ashton has represented the riding since 2008 and is currently in her fourth term as an MP.

Since the riding was created in 1933 it has been represented by all three of the major political parties at various points in time.

The riding covers  all of Northern Manitoba, including Churchill, Thompson, Flin Flon, The Pas, and a number of First Nations.