{"id":85076,"date":"2024-09-11T08:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=85076"},"modified":"2024-09-11T08:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:53:07","slug":"incumbent-fred-daniels-to-seek-re-election-as-mayor-of-fort-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/incumbent-fred-daniels-to-seek-re-election-as-mayor-of-fort-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent Fred Daniels to seek re-election as mayor of Fort Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0 Aastha Sethi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Fred Daniels says he will run for a second term as mayor of Fort Smith in this fall&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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. &#8220;Right&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F09%2F11%2Fincumbent-fred-daniels-to-seek-re-election-as-mayor-of-fort-smith%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0 Aastha Sethi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Fred Daniels says he will run for a second term as mayor of Fort Smith in this fall&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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. &#8220;Right... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F09%2F11%2Fincumbent-fred-daniels-to-seek-re-election-as-mayor-of-fort-smith%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Incumbent Fred Daniels to seek re-election as mayor of Fort Smith - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/incumbent-fred-daniels-to-seek-re-election-as-mayor-of-fort-smith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Incumbent Fred Daniels to seek re-election as mayor of Fort Smith - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By\u00a0 Aastha Sethi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Fred Daniels says he will run for a second term as mayor of Fort Smith in this fall&#8217;s municipal election. 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