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VOCM Late-Day Update August 24 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm a Hilia artist. The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation
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  Speaker 1: will not be ordering more American liquor following the breakdown
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  Speaker 1: of Canada US trade talks over the weekend. The NLC
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  Speaker 1: says the existing inventory that was placed back on the
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  Speaker 1: shelves in December will continue to be sold off, but
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  Speaker 1: because a trade deal was not reached, the status of
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  Speaker 1: ordering more remains unchanged. Speaking on VOCM Open Line with
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  Speaker 1: guest host Linda Swain, Opposition leader John Hogan says when
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  Speaker 1: there was talk of putting American booze back on the
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  Speaker 1: shelves last week, he didn't think it was a good
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  Speaker 1: idea because things can change with President Donald Trump almost
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  Speaker 1: on a daily basis.
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  Speaker 2: I think the alcohol sales and the decrease of American
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  Speaker 2: alcohol sales in cana but has affected him and affected Americans,
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  Speaker 2: and I think we need to continue to apply that
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  Speaker 2: pressure and focus on what's important for Canadians and Newfoundlanders
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  Speaker 2: and Labradorians.
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  Speaker 1: The Transportation Safety Board says the scene of a plane
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  Speaker 1: crash near Patty's Pond on Saturday has been released to
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  Speaker 1: R and C for wreckage recovery. The two people on
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  Speaker 1: board the Merlin GT Ultra light floatplane walked away from
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  Speaker 1: the crash site. After the aircraft lost engine power while
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  Speaker 1: circling for a water landing on Saturday evening. The aircraft
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  Speaker 1: ended up in the woods. The TSB says no investigators
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  Speaker 1: were deployed to the site, but it is collecting information
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  Speaker 1: and assessing the incident. A twenty year old ATV driver
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  Speaker 1: has been charged after speeding away instead of stopping for police.
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  Speaker 1: Early Sunday morning, Clarenville RCMPSA officers conducting proactive patrols in
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  Speaker 1: the Shoal Harbor area attempted to stop a group of
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  Speaker 1: ATV users around one a m. Officers noticed one of
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  Speaker 1: the drivers performing a stunt and refused to pull over.
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  Speaker 1: The suspect was found nearby and he was arrested and
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  Speaker 1: charged with flight from police and dangerous driving. He was
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  Speaker 1: released to appear in court and his machine was seized.
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump claims that Canada has been ripping
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  Speaker 1: off the u United States for years and is slapping
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  Speaker 1: more tariffs on Canadian products starting next year. A service
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  Speaker 1: outage affecting Southern Labrador means that some Bell customers in
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  Speaker 1: the region are unable to call nine one one in
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  Speaker 1: the event of an emergency. Service was disrupted when a
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  Speaker 1: truck damaged a fiber line in the region. Bell says
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  Speaker 1: it is working on restoring service as quickly as possible.
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  Speaker 1: The current estimated time of restoration is eleven PM. Those
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  Speaker 1: who require emergency services are asked to call their local police,
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  Speaker 1: fire department or ambulance directly or show up in person.
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  Speaker 1: A full list of affected communities can be found at
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  Speaker 1: VOCM dot com. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has arrested and
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  Speaker 1: charged a man after he was clocked nearly double the
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  Speaker 1: speed limit on the tcch near Corner Brook. The RNC
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  Speaker 1: received a call about the vehicle just after two o'clock
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  Speaker 1: Friday afternoon. They say the vehicle was driving at one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and ninety kilometers an hour. They attempted to pull
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  Speaker 1: the driver over, but they did not stop, ran a
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  Speaker 1: red light and abandoned the vehicle on a gravel roadway
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  Speaker 1: near the Lewin Parkway and Pratt Street. After a brief footchase,
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  Speaker 1: the suspect, thirty seven year old Scott King, was arrested.
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  Speaker 1: They say King was wanted on two outstanding warrants at
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  Speaker 1: the time. It is alleged that He used a counterfeit
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  Speaker 1: bill at a convenience store on June seventeenth and fled
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  Speaker 1: from police in a vehicle on June twenty eighth. Now
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  Speaker 1: King is facing additional charges of flight from police in
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  Speaker 1: dangerous operation. He was held for court. That's your news.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Ahelia Artists