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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

Over the past quarter-century, the north has only hosted three Ontario Winter Games

Over the past quarter-century, the north has only hosted three Ontario Winter Games

'To host the games, a city must show it can accommodate a large-scale, multi-sport event and assemble a strong volunteer organizing committee'
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Are city council code-of-conduct investigations worth the cost and bother?

Are city council code-of-conduct investigations worth the cost and bother?

'We need to police the integrity commissioners’ – Danny Whalen, councillor, City of Temiskaming Shores
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Soo mayor: Problem isn’t safe consumption sites, it’s Doug Ford

Soo mayor: Problem isn’t safe consumption sites, it’s Doug Ford

Sault mayor vows to continue pushing for provincial support on mental health and addictions issues
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Sault YMCA building for sale, all programs to close by May 15

Sault YMCA building for sale, all programs to close by May 15

BayToday has contacted the North Bay YMCA to see what impact this might have locally, or if a similar situation exists here. That story should appear Thursday
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North Bay, northern centres exceed housing targets for 2023

North Bay, northern centres 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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North Bay woman smashes Algoma Steel’s glass ceiling

North Bay woman smashes Algoma Steel’s glass ceiling

Danielle Baker was most recently chief human resources officer at Ontario Northland
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Sault trucker has unique way with animals, cuddles a dying moose

Sault trucker has unique way with animals, cuddles a dying moose

As the injured moose tried to drag itself off Highway 17, other drivers ran over its hind legs. Hunter Berto pulled it to the side and the dying animal rested its head in his lap
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Is that an MRI scanner in abandoned Sault Ste. Marie hospital?

Is that an MRI scanner in abandoned Sault Ste. Marie hospital?

'I've never seen anything like that before,' the videographer said after finding the device in the decommissioned Sault Area Hospital
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Anglican Archbishop: Royals are ‘like any other family’

Anglican Archbishop: Royals are ‘like any other family’

‘While they have the word Royal in front of the word family, they are like any other family who loved their mother, grandmother, and Queen’ Her diocesan responsibilities include North Bay, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and Timmins.
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