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The Mystery Game is next on Morning North, our way to look back at the week that was and reward one of our listeners for tuning in. We've come up with five questions based on the stories that were on Morning North this week. We've got audio clues, clips from those stories. and Roger Corvo standing by with a verbal clue, if you need it. For each correctly answered question, our listener wins a prize. That's the mystery. The prizes are locked away in the CBC vault.
which we open after each question. One of the prizes itself is a mystery. Don't know what it is, but it's new. One listener can win up to five prizes, and we do have a contestant standing by, so you just get to play along and see what you could have won this week on the Morning North Mystery Game. Our contestant this week is Josh, who lives in Timiskaming Shores. Good morning, Josh.
Hi, good morning. How are you doing? I'm doing very well. It's a nice sunny day here in Tamiskaming and enjoying the sun. And is all the ice off all the lakes up there? Yeah, Lake Miskaming, the ice is off. It's nice to see the water after the winter for sure. For sure, for sure. What do you do up there, Josh? Actually, I work remotely. I'm in the renewable energy industry. Oh, meaning what?
I build a lot of solar and wind energy projects. All right. And which is, I don't know if we should say more profitable, but which keeps you busier, the solar or the wind? Well, you know, they complement each other quite well, if I could say. All right. Do people, is this like a commercial use? Are you talking for individuals?
It is a commercial, yeah. It's an industrial utility-sized project that I work on. Okay, so like a business that might throw a few solar panels on the top of a roof. I've seen even a car dealership here in Sudbury has that. Yeah, these are more like, actually, here in Tamiskaming Shores, there is a larger facility that will power a subdivision or small cities, things like that. Wow. That sounds cool. And what do you do for fun there, Josh?
You know, I love getting into nature. There's a lot of really great, you know, provincial parks in our area. Cap Kigawan up in Englehart is definitely a favorite of mine. It's a little early to go to a provincial park, isn't it? Well... That provincial park, they do have some cross-country skiing there, and that's like a little secret in the winter, so you can enjoy it in the winter. And then in the spring, it's all the melt, and the water is rushing, lots of waterfalls. It's really beautiful.
I won't tell anyone. Good enough. We've got the mystery game. I hope you're listening to the radio. A couple of questions might be a little tricky, but we've got five questions for you. Five different categories. And don't forget about Roger because he can help you with the clue if you need it. The categories this week are politics, health, education, municipal politics, very specific there, and medicine. Where do you want to start?
I guess we'll start with the first one, politics. Politics, okay. Yesterday on our report from Queen's Park, I spoke with Donna Skelly, who is the first woman to ever hold her position. I am genuinely overwhelmed and humbled to be given this... opportunity and it really is an incredible opportunity. So what is Donna Skelly's position at Queen's Park? She is the first woman speaker. That easy. And you've won a prize. We're going to open up the vault and see what you've won.
A CBC pen. A CBC pen. There we go. Good to sign all those contracts. Okay, we've got health, education, municipal politics, and medicine. Where are we going next? Let's try health. Let's try health. Bridget Hagen is heading home to Wawa after spending the last five months in hospital in Sudbury. My arm was basically...
the hardest thing for me to understand that I had lost because what my brain knew and what my eyes saw were two different things. Bridget suffered some serious injuries while she was at work in Wawa last night. December. What happened? There was an attempted bank robbery, from my understanding. Yeah, she was shot
It was a random act of violence. A shooter found dead on the scene. Bridget very brave in sharing her story. And if you folks missed that story, a really compelling interview with our reporter Ive DeFore, you can... listen in on our website, cbc.ca slash Sudbury. And there's a full story there as well with photos. So people can check that out. So Josh, you are listening to the radio clearly this week. You're two for two. You've won a CBC pen and you have won this.
A CBC water bottle. Ah, the new prize, a water bottle. There you go. A new one. A new one. I think that's the first person to win a CBC water bottle. So, Josh. You can write a one on it with a marker on the bottom and say this is the first CBC water bottle ever won on the mystery game. Three more questions. Education, municipal, politics, and medicine. What do you want to try?
You know, I think we did the health one. Maybe we'll do the medicine one now just to kind of run with us. Run with us. Let's see what you can do. And this, I don't know, there was a discussion about this question in the office yesterday, but our health doctor, Peter Lynn, spoke about a sensitive subject this week. But if you're caught
pushing really hard and when you're pushing you're also pushing more blood into those veins so now the cushions are getting bigger and bigger and if the veins get stretched too much they can't go back to their normal size they fill up with too much blood so the cushions are too big and they start looking like So Josh, do you know what Dr. Lin was talking about? I do, it was a very informative session I had to share the news and it's talking about hemorrhoids have to share the news.
Well, you know, there's a lot of educational things that are put on the radio, your radio specifically. And so I feel it's important for me when I'm interacting with people to potentially share that news because it's a good help. Well, I appreciate you spreading the news about Morning North. And that was a very informative talk with Dr. Lin. And Roger had a great clue that he came up with and he was so proud of. Roger, do you want to share the clue that we didn't get to use?
It rhymes with asteroids. So, asteroids was the answer. Okay, you've won a pen, you've won a water bottle, and now, Josh, you have won this. CBC mug. A CBC mug. Yeah. All right. Two more questions. Education and municipal politics. What do you want to try next? I would be curious about education then. Okay, our reporter Kate Rutherford took a wider look this week at the budget crunch.
colleges and universities in the north. One school is facing losing half their students. Nairn Cameron is chair of the geography program which is not taking any new students next year. feel really sad and I feel really concerned about our partnerships. also the community and our students. It's a tricky question. Which school could be losing half its students next year?
You know, I do recall the episode, and I want to say it's Laurentian, and that would be my guess, but I could be incorrect on that. You are incorrect on that. It's Algoma University is the one that's facing losing half their students. So I'm sorry, Josh, but we have to open up the vault. CBC button. You did not win a CBC button.
Well, you sound disappointed. I'm sorry about that. But you've still got a pen and a water bottle and a mug. And you've got a question about municipal politics. Yesterday, I'd afford... told us about special powers given to some people in the North, including Sally Hagman and Peter Chirico. Yes, we have them. Will I use them?
Not unless our full council decides it's something that we need to do or the majority of our council. We thank the province for offering this, but in the case of our community, we're good. So who's getting special powers from the province? Am I able to let me on Roger for this one? Absolutely. Roger, you got a clue? Well, hopefully this helps. I think it could. but it's the top elected official in the city. Yeah, that is kind of giving it away. Go ahead, Josh. Any idea? Would it be Mara?
Yeah, it's called strong mayors. The province is giving mayors more power to stimulate homes being built and infrastructure. And so they can now veto some bylaws. They can assume the power. of the chief administrative officer. They can hire some staff without council's approval. But most of the mayors that we heard from this week in the north aren't interested in putting those powers into...
But four out of five, not bad. Josh, you've won the mug and the pen and the water bottle, and you've won this. A CBC ball cap. Ah, CBC ball cap. Okay, so your first time playing the mystery game, how did it go? You know, I feel very good about the performance. I'll have to still continue to listen through the weeks to try to get better over time if I call in again.
nothing to sneeze at. You did an awesome job and clearly you're listening and I really appreciate you doing that and I appreciate you spreading the word about Morning North as well. That's really good of you. You're welcome, yeah. Okay. We'll have any plans for the weekend? I'm actually heading to Sudbury. My fiancée, she's actually going to get a special ultrasound, so we're going to get our first look at our new upcoming. Oh, congratulations. And you're doing it on Mother's Day weekend.
Yes, yes, sir, yeah. Well, wish you all the best. Congratulations, and I appreciate you listening. Have a great weekend. Thanks, Josh. Yeah, thank you. You too. Take care. Bye-bye. That was Josh Impin to Miskaming Shores, and he's our big winner this week on the Morning North Mystery Game. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca slash podcast.