Morning North

This week some Halloween fun, Thornloe Cheese shuts down, Sault Ste. Marie declares intimate partner violence an epidemic, singer Crystal Shawanda reacts to an investigation into Buffy Sainte-Marie's heritage, Sudbury looks at mattress recycling, and we launch a series called "Meet me for Lunch."

Jaana from Cochrane managed to pick up 4 of the 5 available prizes in the Morning North Mystery Game. Play along and find out if you could have had a clean sweep.

This week we try to make sense of a murder-suicide in Sault Ste. Marie that left five people dead, we look at shoplifting in northern Ontario, why the Sudbury arena looks like a dump, Carley Olivier talks about being invited to training campi nthe new professional women's hockey league, and we learn about Dark Matter Day.

This week we look back at five years since the legalization of cannabis, plans for a reality show that would see the Grant House in Haileybury renovated, we ask the Minister of Natural Resources about compensation for forest fire fighters, Mike Commito of Sudbury talks about his new book about the Toronto Maple Leafs, we learn about support for people with rare forms of dementia, and we say farewell to long time Morning North Producer Jan Lakes.

Phil from New Liskeard had a good run on the Morning North Mystery Game. He managed a clean sweep of all five of the available prizes to be won. Have a listen and find out if you could have done the same.

This week the province puts more money into forest fire fighting, we talk politics with MPP John Vanthof, we check in with city councils in Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, and a feature interview with Sudbury poet Roger Nash about his latest book.

Our contestant John for this week's Morning North Mystery Game was eager to play... and rightfully so. He made a clean sweep winning all of the five prizes available from the CBC Prize Vault. Have a listen and play along.

Allison from Sudbury had a clean sweep, winning all five prizes from the CBC Prize Vault on the Morning North Mystery Game. Play along and see if you could have done the same.

This week a look at how colleges in northeastern Ontario rely on the tuition from international students, a Sudbury woman writes a scathing obituary about her father, the House of Kin marks 25 years, and reporter Jonathan Migneault finds something interesting inside the walls of his home.