Morning North

The week the Ontario Auditor General releases her final report on the insolvency at Laurentian University, we look at the impact the More Homes Built Faster Act will have on the north, we drop in on some municipal inauguration ceremonies, a pair of international students talk about the opportunity to work longer hours, and the Elgin Street Mission offers some fine dining to its patrons thanks to Verdiccio Restorante.

Play along with Eli from North Bay as he tries to correctly answer all five questions in the Morning North Mystery Game to win prizes from the CBC Prize Vault.

Despite having a small window to listen to Morning North during her morning commute, our contestant for the Morning North Mystery Game was able to answer most of the questions correctly. She picked up four of the five available prizes. Have a listen and find out if you could have done the same.

This week the emergency room at Timmins hospital is swamped with patients, we look at the impact of insolvency at Laurentian University, a Sudbury man tries to get his laptop back using technology, we meet the makers of the best maple jelly, and an actor in North Bay makes magic on stage in Toronto in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

This week we report on the labour dispute between CUPE education workers and the province, an update on the COVID situation in the north, a look at the future of Glencore's furnace at the smelter in Falconbridge, and the world long drive golf champion.

Our Morning North Mystery Game contestant Judy wanted to win a CBC mug. She managed to win one and four other prizes, cleaning out our CBC Prize Vault. Could you have done the same? Play along and find out.

Kip from Callander tries to win some CBC prizes on our weekly game show.

Our Morning North Mystery Game contestant Jason went 5 for 5, answering every question in the game correctly. Have a listen and find out if you could have done the same.

This week we hear about the challenges at Sudbury's hospital, we examine how integrity commissioners have become an issue in the municipal election campaign, a Sudbury woman was told she couldn't pay with an old five dollar bill, an Indigenous archeologist from Sault Ste. Marie is on a mission to rewrite world history, and we play another round of the Candidate Quiz.

This week a polar bear encounter in the far north, Laurentian University's Sports Administration program celebrates 50 years, a look at online voting in the municipal election, Algoma Trad gets $1.5 million, and Sudbury mayoral hopeful Paul Lefebvre plays the Candidates Quiz.