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VOCM Morning Update August 12th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The RCMP is continuing its search for
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  Speaker 1: a man charged with first degree murder following the death
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  Speaker 1: of a man in Happy Valley, Goose Bay three years ago.
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  Speaker 1: Forty three year old Franz Drosh was found dead in
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  Speaker 1: the community on August fourth, twenty twenty three, and a
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  Speaker 1: homicide investigation was launched. Two months ago, a Canada wide
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  Speaker 1: arrest warrant was issued for thirty year old David Fauchet
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  Speaker 1: in connection with the case. Police believe Fauchet, who is
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  Speaker 1: originally from Quebec, may have traveled or is attempting to travel,
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  Speaker 1: to Mexico. The accused is described as being five feet
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  Speaker 1: eleven inches tall, is about one hundred and ninety pounds,
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  Speaker 1: and has brown eyes. He's believed to be driving a
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Chevy Silverado. Investigators are renewing their calls
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  Speaker 1: for information into the case and are urging anyone with
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  Speaker 1: information to contact them. The RCMP is urging the public
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  Speaker 1: to familiarize themselves with the sign that a person in
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  Speaker 1: their lives might be involved in a violent online group
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  Speaker 1: like the seven six'. Four Linda swain has more details
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  Speaker 1: in this.
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  Speaker 2: Report In, june The Royal Newfoundland constabulary warn the public
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  Speaker 2: a violent online extremists targeting children and young people following
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  Speaker 2: a recent. Investigation the group targets children through online gaming,
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  Speaker 2: platforms building trust with their targeted, victims and then coaxing
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  Speaker 2: or threatening them into dangerous or violent. Behaviors THE rcmp
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  Speaker 2: say the biggest sign that a young person has been
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  Speaker 2: targeted is the injury or untimely death of a pet or.
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  Speaker 2: Animal The mounties say that members of violent online groups
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  Speaker 2: are often children or young people. Themselves they may have
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  Speaker 2: previously been victimized or exploited by an existing, member and
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  Speaker 2: are then extorted or pressured into finding a victim of their.
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  Speaker 2: Own among the predatory tactics used are threats to publicly
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  Speaker 2: post or share explicit or violent images or, video the
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  Speaker 2: malicious posting of a victim's name or identifying information, online
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  Speaker 2: threats to family or, friends and threats to report the
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  Speaker 2: victim's activities to a full list of the warning signs
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  Speaker 2: and how to report concerns can be found AT vocm dot.
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  Speaker 1: Com there's been quite a hike in the price of most.
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  Speaker 1: Fuels gas is up six and a half, cents diesel
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  Speaker 1: jumps by twelve cents per, leader the price of furnace
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  Speaker 1: and stove oil increases by over ten cents per. LEADER
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  Speaker 1: a growing number of companies are surveilling the online activities
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  Speaker 1: of workers in an effort to track their. PRODUCTIVITY Td
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  Speaker 1: bank recently informed employees that their screen time is being,
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  Speaker 1: tracked joining other companies Like, bell which is doing the.
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  Speaker 1: Same that's raising questions about, privacy among other. Concerns local
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  Speaker 1: tech Blogger Kevin andrews says whether the use OF ai
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  Speaker 1: programs to log in employees' keystrokes and what cites their
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  Speaker 1: visiting improves productivity is debatable.
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  Speaker 3: Because you, know once employees not as they're being measured
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  Speaker 3: by their computer, activity human nature kicks. IN i, mean
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  Speaker 3: instead of, thinking you, know how CAN i get this job,
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  Speaker 3: done they may be, thinking you, know how CAN i
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  Speaker 3: make sure the computer Thinks i'm working? More and SO
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  Speaker 3: i think that's the danger of using sort of activity
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  Speaker 3: as a substitute for.
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  Speaker 1: Results SPORT nl has some big plans for its funding
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  Speaker 1: this year from the provincial. Government, yesterday the province announced
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  Speaker 1: one point two million dollars for the, group which executive
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  Speaker 1: Director Troy kroft says is their usual allotment with a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a top up to support their. Work
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  Speaker 1: croft says there are several priority areas for them to focus,
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  Speaker 1: on one of which is the idea of safe, sport.
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  Speaker 4: Dealing with maltreatment in. Sport so we do have an
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  Speaker 4: independent third party mechanism that we've implemented in our, province
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  Speaker 4: so people that experience any type of maltreatment in sport
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  Speaker 4: they have an independent mechanism they can report, to which
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  Speaker 4: is which is a big step forward for the entire
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  Speaker 4: system in the, country but certainly for our. Province so,
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  Speaker 4: again you know, people invites, people you, know gives people
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  Speaker 4: confidence that you know they can participate in a safe
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  Speaker 4: environment in any sport in this. Province so that's definitely
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  Speaker 4: a big one for.
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  Speaker 1: Us croft says there are other areas they'll be focusing
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  Speaker 1: on as, well.
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  Speaker 4: Trying to create a lot of opportunities for women and
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  Speaker 4: girls in. Sport there's lots of data out there in
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  Speaker 4: terms of dropout rates for girls participating in, sports so
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  Speaker 4: new funding this year to help support that and create
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  Speaker 4: more opportunities for women and girls to. Participate and then
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  Speaker 4: the other big one for us is which we're excited,
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  Speaker 4: about is some parasport, Funding so, again the parasport system
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  Speaker 4: in the province definitely got a little boost in this.
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  Speaker 4: Announcement so again we're able to now look ahead and
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  Speaker 4: plan to provide some additional program services for the parasport
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  Speaker 4: community in our.
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  Speaker 1: Province Sir Rod stewart won't be able to continue His
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  Speaker 1: One Last Time farewell tour following a coronary stint. Procedure
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  Speaker 1: stuart has already canceled and postponed a few performances this.
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  Speaker 1: Tour the eighty one year old was scheduled to appear
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  Speaker 1: Through september third In North. America he says he's he's
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  Speaker 1: already feeling, better but is disappointed he will not be
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  Speaker 1: able to finish the. Tour that's your. News I'm Sarah.
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  Speaker 1: Strickland