By Aastha Sethi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Fred Daniels says he will run for a second term as mayor of Fort Smith in this fall’s municipal election. Nominations for mayor and council opened earlier this week with a September 23 deadline. The Northwest Territories communities of Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Norman Wells and Inuvik are all preparing for elections on October 21. Daniels, who has been Fort Smith’s mayor for the past three years, said he wants a second term so he can push forward infrastructure projects that are either longstanding or were delayed as a result of last year’s wildfires. At the moment, he said, the town has not budgeted for beautification, which he hopes to incorporate as a theme once some existing projects are completed. “Right…
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