Monday November 7th is election day in the Yukon. Voters will be heading for the polls to elect the next territorial government.

Actually, let us backtrack for a moment. About four fifths of eligible voters will be heading for the poll because 5,284 Yukoners already voted at advance polls. Given that there are only about twenty-five thousand eligible voters in the territory this advance voting certainly shows interest is high among the electorate. And, as an aside, high turnouts at advance polls tend to be bad news for incumbent parties. 

With just a week left in the Yukon 2016 territorial election it turns out the real winners so far are those that sell advertising for a living. 

The local papers seem to be carrying nothing but paid political copy, and those radio stations that air commercials are drowning their listeners in the audio equivalent.

The Yukon 2016 territorial election is well underway. The list of candidates has been finalized. Three parties -- the governing Yukon Party, the opposition Yukon New Democrats and the third party Yukon Liberals -- are running full slates of nineteen candidates, the Yukon Greens have put forward five candidates, and there is one independent. Voting day is on Nov. 7. 

A funny thing happened when the Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski popped into the local supermarket to perhaps pick up some groceries. He called a territorial election.

This election call was no surprise. An election had to be called this month as the current five year mandate has expired. What was a bit odd was having the photo opportunity of the election call at a grocery store. The fresh produce aisle, if you must know.