Results from North of Sixty for the federal election were bad, then good, then bad again.

Looking at the big media election maps, the North was coloured blue, orange and then blue as one scrolled across the continent.

Hence the bad/good/bad reference.

Two incumbents held onto their seats -- the Conservatives' Aglukkaq in Nunavut and NDP's Bevington in the Northwest Territories.

Aglukkaq was a cabinet minister in the previous Harper government, and if she gets the nod again the North will be at the cabinet table.

Even if it is a Conservative cabinet table, it is still probably a good idea to have some representation there.

Everyone should know by now that Nunavut has enough social problems to make your head spin.

For graphic descriptions of this the Globe and Mail has recently been running a series of articles that lays bare all.

Suicide rates are off the charts, substance abuse problems are fragmenting communities and there is a housing shortage that makes one wonder if Nunavut is part of this continent, let alone Canada.

But let us not forget that like any other riding in Canada there are a multitude of other issues that have to be addressed.

To their credit the local candidates for the federal election have been raising some of this 'multitude' in their campaigns.