Morning North

This week the story of how the Powassan Virus got it's name, the University of Sudbury is denied operational funding, Backroads Bill Steer is sidelined from the backroads for health reasons, and newspaper columnist Bonnie Kogos shares a story about a violin.

This week a look at use the fireworks in northern Ontario, Sudbury city council makes a decision the future of its fire halls, the mayor of Timmins Michelle Boileau, and two Timmins police officers receive a bravery award.

Play along with Stu from Garson as he tries to win all 5 prizes in the CBC Vault on the Morning North Mystery Game.

This week a 10 billion dollar settlement for First Nations under the Robinson-Huron treaty, an acheologist probes into the ancient history of northern Ontario, an inspiring story of a Syrian refugee in Sudbury who's just been accepted into medical school, a book about the former town of Creighton Mine, and a blind paralympian from Sault Ste. Marie makes it part of her dog training business to help find lost people.

This week northern Ontario comedian Ahren Belisle appears on America's Got Talent, the fight for First Nations police funding, the new board chair at Laurentian University, an update on the opiod crisis in Sudbury, and we meet paralympian Gilles Lafrance.

Contestant Tanya from Mattawa had a clean sweep, winning all five prizes in our prize vault on the Morning North Mystery Game. Could you have done the same? Have a listen and find out.

This week a forest fire threatens the Mattagami First Nation, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry discusses the forest fire fighting situation in the province, we look at how northern municipalities are dealing with the short term rental market, Laurentian University reveals the properties it plans to sell to the province, and we take an ATV ride with some high school students in Sudbury.

This week concerns about the preparedness of forest fire fighters in northern Ontario, a Sudbury parent wants air conditioning in schools, we look at the idea of converting office buildings into apartments, Sudbury filmmaker David Lickley talks about "Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope," and a cemetery in Sudbury hosts a barbecue.

Listener Serena from Sudbury had a tough time with this week's clues in the Morning North Mystery Game. Play along and see how many questions you could have answered correctly.

The Morning North Mystery game is a quiz based on some of the stories we cover each week. This week's contestant, Phil from New Liskeard wasn't sure he had been listening consistently enough to win any prizes but called in anyway. It worked out OK for him. He scored four of the five available prizes in the CBC Prize Vault. Have a listen and find out how many prizes you could have won.