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VOCM Morning Update July 22nd · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Two fishermen are dead after running into
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  Speaker 1: trouble off the Bayvert Peninsula. The two parish near the
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  Speaker 1: small community of Harbor Rown yesterday afternoon. Another person was rescued.
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  Speaker 1: Area mh Linn Paddock says the loss resonates with those
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  Speaker 1: right across the province. In a post of Facebook, Premier
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  Speaker 1: Tony Wakem says his thoughts are with residents and family
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  Speaker 1: members of the deceased, as well as the survivor. A
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  Speaker 1: man has been arrested and charged in connection with a
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  Speaker 1: sexual assault earlier this year in Saint John's RNC was
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  Speaker 1: called on April eleventh to reports of a sexual assault
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  Speaker 1: at a home downtown. On Monday, forty two year old
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  Speaker 1: Daniel Morrissey was charged with sexual assault, making harassing phone
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  Speaker 1: calls and preaching a court order. The accused was held
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  Speaker 1: for court. Quebec Premier Christine Frischett says an agreement on
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  Speaker 1: hydro development for Churchill Falls will come very soon. Canadian
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  Speaker 1: premiers are meeting this week in Pei and are set
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  Speaker 1: to speak with Prime Minister Mark Karney tomorrow. Premier Tony
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  Speaker 1: Wakem says his negotiating team will continue to work with Quebec,
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  Speaker 1: while for Ship believes the deal will come sooner rather
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  Speaker 1: than later.
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  Speaker 2: I will get the opportunity to meet with Premier Wakem
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  Speaker 2: in order to discuss the agreement current agreement that is
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  Speaker 2: being negotiated, and I'm pretty confident that we will get
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  Speaker 2: to a conclusion of this agreement pretty soon.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, the opposition Liberals are pressing for more information from
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  Speaker 1: the PCs on the status of negotiations on the development
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  Speaker 1: of Churchill Falls. Opposition leader John Hogan says government is
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  Speaker 1: not being transparent enough on the file, saying people from
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  Speaker 1: this province shouldn't have to rely on updates from Quebec
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  Speaker 1: to find out what's happening. Hogan says Wakem is quote
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  Speaker 1: hiding behind closed doors on the deal. Canadian premiers seem
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  Speaker 1: to be divided on their ideas about US tariffs and
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  Speaker 1: Canada's response. US President Donald Trump signed numerous executive orders
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  Speaker 1: earlier this week, ordering a fifty percent tariff on a
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  Speaker 1: variety of goods with no exemptions under Kuzma, after saying
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  Speaker 1: he has no plans to put US liquor back on shelves,
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  Speaker 1: Premier Tony Wakem believes tariffs on either country are not
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  Speaker 1: the answer.
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  Speaker 3: Well, the challenges is tariffs don't work for anyone. They
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  Speaker 3: don't work for the people in the United States, they
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  Speaker 3: don't work for the people in Canada. So I think that,
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  Speaker 3: as I've said before, you know, Canada and US, we
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  Speaker 3: have more that brings us together than we do separate us.
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  Speaker 3: So tariffs are not effective for anyone. But I think
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  Speaker 3: that the Prime Minister has taken this on and he's
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  Speaker 3: we're going to stick together as a country and we're
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  Speaker 3: going to move forward.
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  Speaker 1: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says reciprocal tariffs are needed. If
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  Speaker 1: a deal can't be reached.
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  Speaker 4: We need to hit him back as hard as we can.
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  Speaker 4: I'm tired of the bully trying to take our lunch
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  Speaker 4: money all the time. We always seem to be on
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  Speaker 4: our back heels. We need to be on the offense,
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  Speaker 4: not constantly on the defense. With President Trump, we need
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  Speaker 4: to stand up to the bully and we need to
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  Speaker 4: hit them tariff to tariff.
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  Speaker 1: Canada will celebrate the opening of the new Ontario to
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  Speaker 1: Michigan Bridge without the United States. Government, says it would
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  Speaker 1: be inappropriate to hold a joint celebration with the US
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  Speaker 1: after Donald Trump's latest tariff threats. A Canada only celebration
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  Speaker 1: is expected to be held on Friday, and the bridge
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  Speaker 1: is still scheduled to open next Monday. Sources with knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of the events say the decision was made yesterday and
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  Speaker 1: attendees were notified that afternoon. There's little movement when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to gasoline, but all other fuels are a bit
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  Speaker 1: more expensive. Today. Diesel increases by nearly three cents per liter.
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  Speaker 1: Furness and stove oil are up by just shy of
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  Speaker 1: two and a half cents. Gas is down by a
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  Speaker 1: fraction of a cent with the warmer weather. Finally, here,
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  Speaker 1: Saint John's Regional Fire Department is reminding residents that safety
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  Speaker 1: needs to be a top priority before you strike a match.
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  Speaker 1: Whire inspector Jeanine Murphy says the first thing to do
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  Speaker 1: is to check your community's rules on outdoor fires, because
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  Speaker 1: the regulations quld change from town to town.
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  Speaker 4: Just because the fire ban is lifted as well, it
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  Speaker 4: doesn't mean everybody has permission to burn. They still need
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  Speaker 4: to be checking the fire hazard map.
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  Speaker 1: Powerball ticket sales have begun today in the United Kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: It gives players across the Atlantic a chance at winning
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  Speaker 1: the same massive jackpot US players already play for with
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  Speaker 1: the same minuscule odds. The expansion was first announced in
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  Speaker 1: April and marks the first time a lottery outside the
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  Speaker 1: US contributes to the Powerball jackpot. Tonight's draw will be
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  Speaker 1: the first Powerball draw open to players in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.