Morning North from CBC Radio Sudbury (Highlights)

This week we continue our coverage of the forest fires burning in northern Ontario, a custody battle over an embryo, a look at the municipal races this fall, what it means to be an "islander", and an update on the blue green algae situation in the north.

This week Doug gets some help from his friend Stu to answer a couple of questions in the Mystery Game.

We give Eric as many hints as we can to win a few prizes on the Morning North Mystery Game.

This week we have extensive coverage of the forest fire situation in northern Ontario, the story of a bear cub shot by Sudbury police, and we take a summer spin in a classic car.

This week the Sudbury police chief says they need more time to prepare for cannabis legalisation, dealing with overcrowded hospitals, a guy who says he started the "skoden" craze, we learn about the ovenbird, and we take a spin in a drag race.

Dean calls from Coniston to play the Mystery Game.

This week forest fires rage in northern Ontario, a wind and rain storm slams through Sudbury, interesting graffiti on Sudbury's water tower, the cost of the Stars and Thunder festival in Timmins, and a documentary about the transformation of Elliot Lake.

John from North Bay has a pretty lucky Friday the 13th.

This week a Syrian restaurant in Sudbury is vandalised, Gateway Casinos lays off some employees, mentoring indigenous students, an eyesore in Sault Ste. Marie, the story of some orphaned raven chicks, and we meet the new host of Up North.

Olympic figure skating champion Meagan Duhamel shares stories about skating, dogs and her eating habits.

Jackie calls from Kirkland Lake to play the game with her husband and their cat!

This week we cover the Ontario election in Northeastern Ontario. We also hear about a new facility for homeless men in Elliot Lake, and the story of a Sudbury man who had his bank account hacked.

Judi Straughan is an educator, an actor, a writer, a broadcaster and a troublemaker in Sudbury. She shares her life story with Markus.

Marie Josee does extremely well this week on our weekly current affairs quiz.

This week the Polar Bear Express derails south of Moosonee, we visit the new provincial riding Muskegowuk James Bay, an investigation into the practice of correactology, the Sudbury Wolves hire a historian, tent caterpillars invade Sudbury, and Markus eats crickets.