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David Helwig

David Helwig

David Helwig's journalism career spans seven decades beginning in the 1960s.

His work has been recognized with national and international awards from groups including the Canadian Association of Journalists, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, U.S. Free Press Association, New York Festival of Radio, Radio Television News Directors Association of Canada, Canadian Community Newspapers Association, Digital Publishing Awards (Canada), Canadian Onllne Publishing Awards and the Michener Awards Foundation.

Helwig launched Village Media's news operations as founding editor in 2002.

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Recent Work by David

Northern Ontario School of Medicine supports bid for Sault campus

Northern Ontario School of Medicine supports bid for Sault campus

City council will be asked on Monday to provide $75,000 toward the cost of preparing a business case and funding proposal
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Sault, Sudbury, North Bay exceed housing targets for 2023

Sault, Sudbury, North Bay exceed housing targets for 2023

All four northern Ontario municipalities with housing-start targets exceeded them in 2023
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Sault, Sudbury, North Bay exceed housing targets for 2023

Sault, Sudbury, North Bay exceed housing targets for 2023

All four northern Ontario municipalities with housing-start targets exceeded them in 2023
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Heated sidewalks on Sault city council agenda

Heated sidewalks on Sault city council agenda

Reykjavik, Iceland heats its sidewalks. So does Edmonton. Should the Sault?
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Algoma resumes steel production after blast furnace repairs

Algoma resumes steel production after blast furnace repairs

Company also revealed it discharged coke oven gases directly into the atmosphere every day from Jan. 21 to Feb. 12
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One quarter of Algoma Steel workers face temporary layoff

One quarter of Algoma Steel workers face temporary layoff

This is following the weekend pipe collapse at its coke-making facility.
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Sault won’t extend sidewalk that ends in the middle of a block

Sault won’t extend sidewalk that ends in the middle of a block

It stops dead at Greenwood Cemetery
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'Safe and anonymous': Infant surrender site proposed for the Sault

'Safe and anonymous': Infant surrender site proposed for the Sault

Babies would be left in a temperature-controlled bassinet in exterior wall of a fire station in Sault Ste. Marie
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Sudbury man's death at Algoma Steel still under investigation

Sudbury man's death at Algoma Steel still under investigation

Damien Bryant, 21, died June 15 after cleaning a coke-oven gas line
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North denied access to new power generation, Sault mayor warns

North denied access to new power generation, Sault mayor warns

‘They are crippling our economic development capacity’ - Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker
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