Stacie Smith, owner of Flowers North, announced her candidacy for Yellowknife city council in the upcoming municipal election.

In a post to her personal Facebook page this week, Smith wrote she will vie for a seat when nominations open on Aug. 31.

SA国际影视传媒淚 am a born and raised Yellowknifer. I am a business owner and I am First Nations. I work predominantly in the downtown core of Yellowknife. The social issues that present themselves on a daily basis need to be addressed instead of glazed over,SA国际影视传媒� she wrote.

SA国际影视传媒淚t takes a village to raise a child but it also takes a community and the sense of community to sustain them,SA国际影视传媒� wrote Smith.

Taxpayer dollars should be used to benefit the majority and be SA国际影视传媒渃ustomized for our unique Northern way of life,SA国际影视传媒� she wrote.

Yellowknife is no southern metropolis, said Smith, and southern models are not entirely SA国际影视传媒渇unctionalSA国际影视传媒� in a Northern context, she said.

Indigenous peoples are not represented adequately on city council, wrote Smith.

SA国际影视传媒淚n a city that is largely Indigenous there should and need to be Indigenous faces on our city council.

I am not afraid to speak my mind and be the voice for others,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

SA国际影视传媒淚 would be proud to represent my home town!SA国际影视传媒�