Candidates in Manitoba’s largest riding race against the clock to reach northern voters – CBC

Apr 11, 2025

Health care, cost of living, education, infrastructure among top issues for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski voters

Federal election candidates in Churchill-Keewatinook Aski are racing to reach as many communities as possible before the April 28 election, but in Manitoba’s northernmost riding — and its largest by land area — that’s posing a challenge during a short campaign.

“We’re boots on the ground, literally,” said Liberal candidate Rebecca Chartrand, a business owner from Pine Creek First Nation who lives in Winnipeg.

“We’ve been in our vehicle driving to every community that we can get to,” Chartrand told CBC News while door-knocking in Pimicikamak Cree Nation, about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

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