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Get ready to have some fun. The mystery game is next on Morning North. And you can play along. from your vehicle, from your home, from your kitchen, wherever you're listening to Morning North. Maybe you've got the AirPods on out for a morning stroll. This is how our...
Game show works. We've got one contestant who's called in, standing by right now, and we're going to ask that contestant five questions based on what was on Morning North this week. We've got some clues. Roger has easy clues. We've got some audio clues to help our listeners. For each correctly answered question, our listener wins a prize. They're all locked away in the CBC vault, which we will open after each question to see what our listener wins.
Could have won. But you can win up to five prizes on the mystery game we play every Friday at this time. And you get to play along wherever you're listening to Morning North here on CBC Radio 1. This week's contestant is from Sault Ste. Marie. It's Heidi. Good morning, Heidi. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. How are you doing?
Not too bad. I'm a little nervous. Oh, don't worry, Heidi. What's the best thing that happened to you this week so far? Well, we're on the countdown to the last day of school. All right. And are you what? Teacher, principal? No, I'm an elementary school secretary. Secretary. Do you want to say what school? Shout out to all the students at which school? At Our Lady of Lourdes in Sault Ste. Marie. And how many students, do you figure? Well, about 340.
And is that elementary? Yeah, it must be elementary. It is elementary. It's a small neighborhood school that has exploded pretty much. Why? What happened? No, it's just... As neighborhoods change, you know, the nonas and the nonos move into apartments or move away, and the homes then get recycled into small families. So, yeah, we've picked up a lot of students in the last...
three, four years. And did you have international families as well, like from immigration coming to the school now as well? Yes, yes, we do. We've got from around the world. And they're fitting in very nicely and teaching the kids, I think. Excellent. Appreciation for other cultures. Heidi, are you the ones that the parents call in the morning to let them know, my kid's sick, they're not coming into school today, all that kind of stuff? Do you have to take all those calls first thing? Yes.
When they call. When they call. And there's answering, there's a system too. I remember we used to get calls like a voicemail message that said, you know, your son or daughter isn't in class. Do you have all that system set up as well? We do, yes. We have school messenger, and it makes those calls twice a day, and it does help a lot. I guess, I guess. What's the best thing about your job, though, as secretary?
I love the kids. You know, they keep me young. I've been doing this for 37 years. And, yeah, I started in secondary school. Through circumstances, moved to elementary and was a little nervous when I started. But, yeah, they're lovely. They are lovely. And they make you laugh, I'm sure, right? Oh, yeah. Do you have any, I don't know, 37 years? Can you share a memory, a story, something that's happened in all those years that when you reflect on your career as a secretary stands out?
I should have taken notes because I could write a book. I want to hear a story. Give me a story. Oh, a specific story. Well, back in secondary... I was the vice principal secretary, so I was the one who assigned what we called jugs, which were detentions, and I fielded all the attendance stuff. So I would get... students showing up with notes and of course being the mystery lover that i am um i could usually spot a fake note at 30 paces so
Two boys came in separately about 10 minutes apart with notes indicating that they had medical appointments and that they would be leaving. So something just didn't sit right. What eventually happened was the phone would ring and one of the boys would say, does my mom know? That's all he said. I said, yes. Okay, I'll be walking back now. He walked in eventually, and...
He just walked in, took out his driver's license and his car keys, put them on the counter and said, you may as well have these. I'm never going to see them again. He got caught. The boys had skipped, gone to one of the McDonald's and got in a car accident in the parking lot. So, yeah, it was quite a day. Oh, no. Poor guys. Yeah, well, the mums had spoken. They knew each other. And when the one mum called me, she said, I'm taking north, she's taking east.
We're going to find them. But they had never done anything, and it was their graduation year, and it was near the end of June. Right. And, you know... Life's like that, right? Oh, absolutely. Everybody has to have a high school story. Exactly. You have lessons that you learn and you learn from and hopefully no one's hurt or anything like that. Yeah, exactly. All right. So when do you retire, Heidi?
Well, I could have gone two years ago, but I think it's going to be another three or four years. Wow. Amazing. Well, maybe for your retirement, we'll have you back on and you can share some more stories. You can call it Mystery Gaming. Okay, let's play the game. Five categories, five questions. These are your categories. You can go in whatever order you would like. like politics, sports, education, news, and money. Where would you like to start?
Let's just run the category. Okay, we'll start with politics. That's at the top of my list here. And yesterday on our report from Queen's Park, we spoke with Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources about several things, including the forest fire season, Bill 5, and growing... up in a political family. It was great. I think it really prepared me for what I'm doing now being able to see.
Politics from the inside at a young age and growing up around Queen's Park. So the Minister of Natural Resources' father was at one time the Premier of Ontario and they shared the same name. Who is the Minister of Natural Resources? Mike Harris, Jr. No need to be nervous. You got it right. You knew who it was and you win a prize. Anything you're hoping for in the vault, Heidi? Well, I have to have a CPC mug. You have to have one. Well, let's open up the vault and see what you've won.
CBC button. A button. Not a mug. But you've got four more chances and you've got a sports question next. The Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, and we talked to a couple of fans in the Sudbury area. One of them, Patti Wagner, got a tattoo of her favorite team's logo on her neck. It's quite large, actually. Takes up quite a bit of room there, but it was well worth it. Why? Why did you do it? Because this is our year. So what team does Patty Wagner cheer for?
Oh, boy. Fourth question. Not my bailiwick at all. But I do believe it was a Western team, but I think I need a little bit of assistance. Roger's here with Clue. Roger? Okay. Do you know any hockey team names at all? Uh, yeah, a few. All right, then this should help you. This team functions like a very well-oiled machine. Oh, so it is Edmonton. Yes, it is.
The Edmonton Oilers. And I don't think that's a fair clue because oil is in the answer, but that's okay. We're going to give it to you, Heidi. You have won a CBC button and you won this. A CBC ball cap. A ball cap? Not a mug. But there's still a chance. Three chances. Education is the next category. That's right up your alley. But you kind of needed to hear this interview because it was with Alexandra Wilson-Z.
who had some news to share with her dad recently. Her dad happens to be a teacher where she attends at Manitoulin Secondary School. He was in the middle of teaching. I was like, hey, can I talk to you for a second? He was like, what's wrong? Because I looked like I had just been crying. So he thought something bad happened. And then I showed him my phone. I'm like, look at this email. And then we were both crying and celebrating. So what news did Alexandra share with her dad?
I shared that story after I heard it with co-workers yesterday. It was beautiful. She won, I believe, a $70,000 scholarship from TV. That's exactly it. That's sort of the highlights for the school, right? When it's a secretary or anyone really at the school, when some student gets that kind of achievement. Absolutely. And you remember those stories like lifelong.
Absolutely. All right. Well, just like you'll remember this, right, Heidi? The mystery game. Okay, let's open up the vault, see what else you've won. CBC Mug. There you go! That's your scholarship. It's worth $70,000, I'm sure, at least in some currency. So you've got a mug and a ball cap and a button, and you've got two more questions. And here, this one's right from your community.
Yeah, I mean, it doesn't make any sense. It seems like, in my opinion, he's doing something now to prove that he is... A person who sticks to his word and not only sticks to it, but goes even further than it makes sense to do. So as of Wednesday of this week, Donald Trump doubled the tariff on Canadian steel. What is the tariff now? How much? It's 50%. Yes, it is. You're perfect. There's nothing to worry about, Heidi. Nothing to worry about.
Thank you. You've got one more question, but you've got another prize that you've won. Let's open up that vault. A CBC pen. A pen. There you go. You can show that off in the office. Money is the last category, and there are some oversized... colorful coins hidden around Sudbury this month to raise awareness around a certain cause. Crystal Pigeon Way brought one of these coins into our studio. It's all made out of yarn. The background is gray and it has some...
signage on it to tell the community a little bit more about yarn bombing and also how you can find our event on Facebook. So four of these large coins are around Sudbury promoting an organization that supports a certain group of people. Who? of the deaf-blind community. Clearly, you are listening to the radio. Every morning. Perfect. I really appreciate that. And to show our thanks, let's see if it's the CBC car. Let's open up that vault.
A CBC water bottle. Water bottle's okay. Absolutely. A water bottle, a pen, a mug, a ball cap, and a button. You're going to be decked out, Heidi. What are you going to do this summer? R&R. I suppose. And while you've got a few more weeks, what are these last weeks going to be like at school? Oh, there's a lot to get done in a very short span of time. And we're contending with the...
air quality, so indoor recesses and school field trips and all kinds of things. Is it smoky right now in the Sioux? Not right now, but on Wednesday when we had our West Zone track meet, it had to be called because of the air quality advisory. They get to finish the events on Tuesday, hopefully. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. Well, have a great weekend. Really appreciate you calling, and thanks for listening to Morning North this week.
Thank you all. Have a great day. You too. That is Heidi from Sault Ste. Marie. She's our winner this week on the Morning North Mystery Game. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca slash podcasts.