Morning North from CBC Radio Sudbury (Highlights)

This week we ask the question, "Is Northern Ontario getting its fair share" from the province. The train between Cochrane and Toronto, the Northlander, makes its final journey. We look at the rift on Sudbury City Council.

This week we launch as series about transit in Northern Ontario, we look into cell phone recycling, the Sudbury shopping hours issue goes to referendum, MPP Gilles Bisson reports from Queen's Park, we look at the implications of the Put Students First Act, we get a report on split classes, and Dr. Gretchen Roedde shares stories about treating women and children around the world.

This week a look at cancer research in Northern Ontario, reaction to a controversial new school in Mattawa, we look at student drinking at Laurentian University, an employment program in Sudbury gets cut, MPP France Gelinas reports from Queen's Park, and we hear about plans for a new park on Sudbury's Ramsey Lake.

This week an interview with the Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon as they visit their hometown of Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury Police Chief Frank Elsner talk about citizens intervening in crimes, we looking at the federal riding changes proposed for Northeastern Ontario, MPP John Vanthof on our report from Queen's Park, we check out the Stobie Restaurant in Desbarats, Backroads Bill Steer takes us to a cave near Wawa, we learning about "boosting" at the Paralympic Games, and a Sturgeon Falls man says he found a meteorite he witnessed crashing into the Earth 33 years ago.

This week we hear about the tuition paid by medical school students, MPPs are called back to Queen's Park early to legislate teachers to work, we visit the new residence at Laurentian University, we talk about the last Northlander train to Cochrane, kinesiologist Greg Wells talks about Olympic performances, Markus takes a ride with a women's 8 rowing crew, Iona Reed marks 50 years since winning the world accordion championship, we visit the Spanish River Inn restaurant, and Backroads Bill Steer tells us about a couple of mysterious holes in Northern Ontario.

This week we hear of accusations of racism at Ontario Northland, meantime we get reaction to the cancellation of the train from Toronto to Cochrane, we get details of the class action lawsuit following the Elliot Lake mall collapse, we meet a food bank worker in Elliot Lake, a Sudbury entrepreneur launches a petition, bedbugs continue to infest Sudbury, Kevin Vincent tells us about his new book on highgrading gold, and Backroads Bill Steer tells us about the ghost town of Dalton Mills.

This week we chat with Sudbury Olympian Devon Kershaw, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine receives its accreditation, we look at low water levels in the Great Lakes, a fishing controversy on Lake Nipissing, a study into the skilled labour shortage in Sudbury, we check out heritage buildings in the North, how to deal with an earwig infestation, we make a garden donation to the foodbank, and Backroads Bill Steer takes us to a lookout worth looking for.

This week on the podcast: Can a private company make money with the ONR? An update on the OPP investigation at the Elliot Lake Mall, Rainbow Camp...and much more!

This week on the Morning North podcast...former Ornge CEO Chris Mazza speaks, above ground blasting concerns in Sudbury, Olympic gold medalist Adam Kreek, be careful what you buy at a garage sale...and much more!

On this week's podcast...we find out about problems at the helipad at Health Sciences North, unusual critters northern farmers are seeing because of the heat, why park wardens in Ontario are now sporting bulletproof vests...and much more!

This week on the Morning North podcast... the latest on the situation in Elliot Lake, a safety guide for pregnant women who work in the mines, Backroads Bill Steer... and much more!

This week we had extensive coverage of the collapse of the parking roof at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, we also look at the City of Subury's proposal to preserve a roasting bed into a world heritage sight, citizens share their concerns about the future of Bell Park, and the Morning North is infested with a bug.

This week we dig into the finances at Health Sciences North, we learn of changes to welfare in Ontario, reaction to the coroner's report on bicycle safety, a neat story about a photograph of the Queen, a crocodile is killed in Kapuskasing, we meet a couple of Sudbury football stars named to team Canada, and we launch a trading game.

This week a Sudbury couple is charged after leaving their dog in a hot car for two hours, we learn of a class action lawsuit over faulty hip replacements, a Sudbury father shares the trauma of losing his son in a violent murder, the town of Capreol wants to become a history railway community, we check out a huge mining conference in Sudbury, tour a website designed to help workers and employers connect, we shuffle a deck of Dynamic Earth's new mineral trading cards, and we tour the Morning North garden.

On this week's podcast... allegations continue to swirl around Ornge, we hear from a northern Ontario paramedic who quit in 2009 because of what he saw... who to call when there's a bear in your backyard?...first African restaurant to open in Sudbury...and much more.