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The vault opening, the mystery game is next on Morning North, our Friday game show, our way to look back at the week that was and reward one of our listeners for tuning in. We have five questions based on the stories that we're talking about this week on Morning North, and we're going to ask one listener all five questions. We have audio clues, clips from those stories, and we have Roger Cotebo with some verbal clues.
If you need it. For each correctly answered question, our listener wins a prize. That's the mystery. Because the prizes are locked away in the vault, which we do open after each question. We have a contestant standing by, so you're going to have to listen and play along and see what you could have won this week on the Morning North Mystery Game.
Our contestant this week is Gord from Sudbury. Good morning, Gord. Good morning. How are you doing? I think pretty well. Friday the 13th, are you superstitious? No, no, no. No, no, no. All right. Well, that's good. Well, and hopefully you're going to be lucky today, right? Well, I hope so. All right. So, Gord, what's your story? Tell me about yourself. Well, I'm retired. I'm just taking life easy, heading to the Y to do my workout.
Retired from what? I was in education. Okay, okay. And is that administration or more front line? I don't know. what you would call it. It was Director of Education. Oh, my mercy. Director of Education. Is this Gord Ewan? It is. Hey, how are you doing, Gord? We talked way back when I started back in the 90s here at CBC in Sudbury. I did a few interviews, yes, with CBC. Absolutely. And then you were with the Sudbury Wolves for a long time. What was the title there?
Well, I'm their educational advisor. Still am. So, Gord, how young are you now? I'm 83. 83. And what's your workout like at the Y there? I spend an hour and a half on the weights and on the track and just keep it in shape. Keep it in shape. All right. Well, that's good. And then when you're done with the gym, how do you spend your days? I work around the yard and just go for coffee. It takes life easy. Well, there you go. You earned it, right?
Well, I don't know. I spent 44 years with the board. That's a long time. So any travel plans for the summer? No, my daughter's in Egypt, so I'm going to go over there in September for a while to Cairo. Ever been before? No, she's been over there for a few years working in a large school over there, so I'm going over to visit her. And you're going to check out the pyramids and all that stuff?
Check out everything this hour. All right. We've got to play the game, Gord. So you know how this goes. I really appreciate your calling. Five questions, five categories. You can go in whatever order you'd like. The categories this week are... Health, transportation, critters, awards, and business. Where do you want to start?
Start with health. Let's start with health. This week we're talking about pet health and human health and a condition that's on the rise in both pets and people. We talked to Darren Stinson, a veterinarian in Sudbury. Our pets are really sentinels to... our health and certainly if you share the same environment as your dog, which all of us do, yeah, we're at risk too and you should be checking yourself regularly.
For what? What should you be checking yourself for regularly if you're out in the bush? Known as what? Do you want a clue from Roger? Yeah, give me a clue. All right. Well, their name is pretty simple. It sounds kind of like the first of the noises that a clock makes. Ticks. Oh, ticks, yeah.
That's right. Ticks that carry Lyme disease in particular is the issue right now. So, all right. With a little bit of help from Roger, you've won a prize. Let's open up the vault and see what it is. A CBC water bottle. A water bottle. There you go. Okay, great. You can take that to the gym in the morning. Okay, let's move on. You've got four other questions. Transportation, critters, awards, and business. What do you want to try next?
Oh, I take transportation. Okay, well this week we got an update on a service returning to Northern Ontario. We spoke to Al Spachak. It will be amazing. This is going to be state-of-the-art. all-weather, and I emphasize the all-weather portion of it, public transportation service, comfortable, it'll be safe, and it'll be affordable. So what will be safe, affordable, and comfortable, according to Al Spachuk? What's coming back to the north? the Northern Railroad.
That's right. Northlander passenger train. It doesn't come to Sudbury. It's going to go through North Bay, like from Toronto, North Bay up to Timmins and then Cochrane. Ever in all your years take the train when it was running, Gord? The only time I ever took a train in my life was from Sudbury to Moose Factory.
Moose to me. All right. So up to the James Bay Coast, the polar bear. The polar bear. The polar bear. Cool. All right. Well, you're two for two. You've won a water bottle, and you've won this prize. CBC t-shirt. There you go. Another good thing for the gym. Thank you. You earned it. We got critters, awards, and business. Where are we going next?
Go to awards. Awards. All right. This week, I talked to a former Sudburyan who was recently inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame, and he has his own radio show. When advertising is good, it's really good. The problem... is that most advertising is bad. To ignore them is just bad business when you're under the influence. So, Gord, this one might be a little trickier. Do you know who that is? Who hosts the program Under the Influence? No.
And I don't know if a verbal clue is going to help you at all. Roger, do you even have a clue? No, other than he's a pretty famous ad man. I'm not sure I can really help. It's literally the name of the man. You have to kind of know him. Yeah, so... On to the next one. Okay, but we still have to open up the vault. I'm sorry, Gord. That's the way it is. So, Roger, open it up real quick.
CBC button. Okay, you did not win a button. But you still have a water bottle and a t-shirt. They are yours to keep. And what did you say, Roger? I'm just wondering if you said the man's name. The answer to the question. He might want to know. Terry O'Reilly. Terry O'Reilly is the host of Under the Influence and previously Age of Persuasion. Okay, Gord, Critters in Business. What's your last category?
Business. This week, we checked in with a business owner in Sault Ste. Marie who's part of an industry that has seen business decline by... 40 to 80 percent in recent months. This is Ralph Cario. We can't pivot. We cannot sell to the domestic market. I can't sell to you unless you're traveling to the U.S. So that's devastating when the borders close, like in the pandemic or because of... You know, the rhetoric I would call it around the tariffs. So what kind of business does Ralph own?
I'm not sure. And I think, Roger, can you come up with a clue? Sure. Usually these kind of stores are only found at border crossings or perhaps airports. Liquor stars, tobacco stars. close. It's the duty-free aspect. It's the duty-free shops that are suffering right now because there's just not as much travel going across the border. Unfortunately, Gord, I have to open up the vault again. A CBC lanyard.
Okay, you didn't get a lanyard, but who needs a lanyard? You got a water bottle, you got a t-shirt, and you've got one more question. It is a question about critters. And this week I spoke to an entomologist, Amanda Rowe, about something that's been spotted in greater numbers around Greater Sudbury. this year and can bother some people, but not Amanda. Not really. I've had a lot of...
bugs on me in my past. Because I know that they're not going to hurt me. So what was Amanda talking about? The Ted's Caterpillar. You got any in your backyard? No, no, none in Anmer. Have you seen any around? No. No, no, not this year. Yeah, in New Sudbury, around Cambrian College, where I go for a walk, they're definitely marching across the road and getting run over by the vehicles.
You got that one right, Gord. You win another prize. Let's open up that vault and see what it is. CBC Mug. There you go. Okay, thank you. Championship mug. All right. Well, Gord, I appreciate it. Get on with that workout and have a great day. Appreciate you calling. Thank you very much for having me. That's Gord Ewan. He's our winner this week on the Morning North Mystery Game. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca slash podcasts.