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VOCM News Evening Update October 13th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Zach Power.
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  Speaker 1: The Fire Commissioner's Office is investigating the cause of a
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  Speaker 1: fire at a home on Ponside Road in Carbonear early
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  Speaker 1: Monday morning. The Carbonear Volunteer Fire Department attended to the
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  Speaker 1: scene and knocked down the blaze with the help of
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  Speaker 1: the Harbor Grace Volunteer Fire Brigade. RCMP say that the
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  Speaker 1: building was not occupied at the time and there were
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  Speaker 1: no injuries. Someone broke into one of the province's most
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  Speaker 1: prominent historic sites over the weekend, making off with equipment
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  Speaker 1: and fuel. An alarm sounded at the Castle Hill National
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  Speaker 1: Historic Site in Placentia just before 11 p.m. on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Placentia Whitburn RCMP say the suspect or suspects broke the
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  Speaker 1: locks on the shed and removed two tremors and several
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  Speaker 1: jerry cans filled with fuel. Police believe that the culprits
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  Speaker 1: accessed the site using an ATV and a storage trailer,
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  Speaker 1: which was later left abandoned on a nearby trail. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: with information is asked to contact the RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
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  Speaker 1: The Members' Compensation Review Committee is recommending that all MHAs
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  Speaker 1: get a pay raise of more than $ 20, 000 each next year.
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  Speaker 1: VOCM's Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 2: The committee's report looks at the yearly salaries of all
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  Speaker 2: provincial politicians, as well as the money they earn for
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  Speaker 2: additional roles they take on in the legislature. It recommends
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  Speaker 2: that the base salary for MHAs be set at $ 117, 000
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  Speaker 2: a year. a nearly $ 22, 000 increase from the current salary
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  Speaker 2: of just over $ 95, 000 a year. The report also recommends
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  Speaker 2: increases for extra roles elected officials may take on in
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  Speaker 2: the House of Assembly, including increasing the salary of the
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  Speaker 2: Speaker and Leader of the Official Opposition to $ 61, 000 and
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  Speaker 2: compensation for the Leader of the Third Party to increase
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  Speaker 2: to $ 33, 000, amounts over and above their base salary. The
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  Speaker 2: committee recommends that the changes come into effect on April
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  Speaker 2: 1st of next year. The report will now be brought
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  Speaker 2: before the House of Assembly Management Commission for consideration and
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  Speaker 2: will ultimately need to be brought to the legislature for
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  Speaker 2: a vote before being passed. A technical briefing on the
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  Speaker 2: report is set for Wednesday, October 21st at 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: and will be broadcast live on the House of Assembly's
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  Speaker 2: social media pages. Richard Duggan, VOCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: A West Coast dairy farmer says that soaring diesel prices
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  Speaker 1: are putting him in a tight situation. The cost of
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  Speaker 1: diesel has nearly doubled since last year, and Eric Spears
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  Speaker 1: of Cornerstone Farms in Cormac estimates that diesel alone will
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  Speaker 1: cost him about $ 150, 000 by year end. Growth has flatlined,
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  Speaker 1: and he's now in a position of having to conserve
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  Speaker 1: diesel to prevent a loss until he's able to raise
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  Speaker 1: prices in the new year in what is a regulated industry.
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  Speaker 3: It's a challenge. I mean, and these are costs we
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  Speaker 3: just have to keep absorbing. We're not blessed like the
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  Speaker 3: fuel station. We just get to put it up 10
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  Speaker 3: cents a litre. We have to absorb it. We don't
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  Speaker 3: get any pay raises every week.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, local business is giving back with a big
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  Speaker 1: break at the pumps tomorrow. Orange Store is dropping the
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  Speaker 1: price of all fuel by 15 cents per litre tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. That means a break
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  Speaker 1: at some North Atlantic and Petro-Canada stations across the province.
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  Speaker 1: Promotional applies to all orange stores. And that's your news.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Zach Power.