Morning North

Melanie from Copper Cliff had a perfect score this week on the Morning North Mystery Game. She wasn't sure she had listened enough but was still able to answer every question correctly to take home all five of the available prizes in the vault. Have a listen and play along to see how well you would have done.

This week the mayor of Sault Ste. Marie talks about racism, we visit a temporary homeless shelter in Sudbury, Backroads Bill has a story about a baby and some colourful rocks, we remember the internment of Italian Canadians during World War II, a woman from Espanola tries to win a million dollars in a reality TV show, and reporter Erik White gets his first haircut since the pandemic began.

Jamie from North Bay couldn't have done he any better as a contestant on the Morning North Mystery Game. He went 5 for 5 to take all the prizes we were handing out. How well would you have done? Have a listen and find out.

This week, we meet asylum seekers hoping their efforts as essential workers will help them land citizenship in Canada, a former Sudbury man shares the story of getting COVID-19 and donating his plasma to help others who might contract the disease, we look at the idea of bylaws to regulate the smell of cannabis, we visit a new store for homeless people in Sudbury, and we look at how the pandemic is affecting casinos and hairdressers.

Our contestant Diane from Massey played the Morning North Mystery Game with confidence. She made a clean sweep taking all five prizes from the Morning North vault. Have a listen to see if you could have done the same...

This week we look back at the COVID-19 outbreak at the Timmins Hospital, how emergency rooms have changed because of the pandemic, a scathing report from the military on the conditions in some Ontario nursing homes, how a lack of child care is effecting some families in the north, and a visit to the Northern Adventures in Sound Art in South River.

This week, we hear how the plexiglass business is booming because of the pandemic, a look at how tree planting will be different this year, we get a spring bug forecast, we hear about an auditory art project in Sudbury and futurist Jesse Hirsh shares his thoughts on our future.

Things were going well for our Morning North Mystery Game contestant Kip, but one question managed to stump him, preventing a clean sweep. Have a listen and find out if you could have answered all the questions.

This week we mark the two months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk to a registered nurse in Sudbury about her career in nursing, some good news about the flooding threat in Kasechewan, we check in on a business offering curb-side shopping in New Liskeard, we get an update on how children are learning at home (or not), and a heartwarming story of some swans who delight in being released from isolation.

It was a clean sweep for our Morning North Mystery Game contestant, Jay from Moosonee. Have a listen and see if you could have done the same.