David Helwig
Founding News Director at SooToday.com
Journalist, aspiring opera librettist
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5 days ago |
sootoday.com | David Helwig
The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service isn't the only local agency with an overspending problem this year. City councillors will learn Monday that their public works department has been shovelling truckloads of cash trying to cope with a large number of significant weather events this past winter. "Winter control activities are overspent for the first quarter of the year," said Steve Facey, the city's manager of finance.
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5 days ago |
sootoday.com | David Helwig
A resolution to be presented to city council next week suggests the Ontario government is deadheading the unique transportation needs of the province's north. Ward 1 Coun. Sandra Hollingsworth will ask that the city push for appointment of either a deputy minister or associate minister of northern transportation. The council meeting will be livestreamed on SooToday starting at 5 p.m. Monday.
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6 days ago |
sootoday.com | David Helwig
Stephan Kinach wants an official portrait of King Charles III to be hung in the council chambers at the Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre. And the Ward 4 city councillor wants it to happen fast. At next week's city council meeting, Kinach will ask his fellow councillors to vote on returning a royal portrait to the council chambers before the King arrives in Canada on May 26 for the throne speech the following day.
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6 days ago |
sootoday.com | David Helwig
Hardly a month after city council voted to disband the Downtown Association, former Ward 1 Coun. Paul Christian was sharply critical this week of what he called the city's 'shameful' management of the downtown plaza. Council's decision on April 7 to dissolve the 49-year-old business group, bringing all downtown development services under the city's umbrella, was prompted by Mayor Matthew Shoemaker's belief that the city could do the job better. "I’m confident we can ...
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6 days ago |
sootoday.com | David Helwig
Three grand openings for upgraded city parks have been scheduled for this spring, members of the Sault Ste. Marie parks and recreation advisory committee were advised this week. Rosedale Park, recently renamed Kiwanis Park, will welcome everyone at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday May 14, recreation supervisor Jari Pihelgas told a committee meeting. "There's going to be lots of games and giveaways," Pihelgas said. "We'll have some snacks and stuff for the kids.
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