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VOCM News Evening Update October 16th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Medour. Two men facing drug-related charges following an
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  Speaker 2: investigation into drug trafficking in Labrador. RCMP arrested the pair
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  Speaker 2: in Northwest River on Wednesday. A quantity of suspected cocaine,
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  Speaker 2: some cash, phones, and other items were seized following a
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  Speaker 2: search of the suspects and their vehicles. 54-year-old Ashley Michelin
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  Speaker 2: of Happy Valley Goose Bay, and 51-year-old Clinton Martin, each
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  Speaker 2: facing charges of trafficking and possession. RCMP say more charges
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  Speaker 2: are possible. You can see pics of the drugs at vocm.com.
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  Speaker 2: City of Cornerbrook already taking steps to shut down the
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  Speaker 2: Civic Center in advance of a potential labor disruption. On-ice
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  Speaker 2: activities have been suspended, but things like craft fairs and
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  Speaker 2: the walking track are still on, the OCM's Zach Power reports.
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  Speaker 1: The facility hosts many activities including hockey, figure skating, and
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  Speaker 1: special events. But if CUPE Local 4386 goes on strike
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  Speaker 1: next week, Mayor Linda Chason says that it has a
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  Speaker 1: legal and operational responsibility to ensure that it can be
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  Speaker 1: safely operated or safely shut down prior to a work stoppage.
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  Speaker 1: The mayor says it's not a step that Cornerbrook wishes
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  Speaker 1: to take as reaching a collective agreement remains the priority.
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  Speaker 1: The mayor says that it offered CUPE a raise of
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  Speaker 1: 12% over four years. On the other side, the union
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  Speaker 1: wants a raise of 22% over four years. Talks with
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  Speaker 1: the help of a conciliator are scheduled to resume on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: The mayor notes that the Civic Center has specialized technical
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  Speaker 1: systems and cannot simply be turned off and left unattended. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: a shutdown involves careful planning.
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  Speaker 2: A new report from the Montreal Economic Institute finds that
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  Speaker 2: 61 nurses under the age of 35 left the workforce
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  Speaker 2: in Newfoundland and Labrador for every 100 nurses who entered
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  Speaker 2: the health care system in 2024. The think tank studied
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  Speaker 2: the supply of nurses since 2023 by examining the most
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  Speaker 2: recent data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, or CHIHI,
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  Speaker 2: and also the review trends in recruitment and retention of
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  Speaker 2: young nurses, VOCM's Richard Duggan. on that story.
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  Speaker 3: Senior policy analyst with MEI, Gabrielle Jaguer, says while the
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  Speaker 3: latest data is an improvement over the previous year, the
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  Speaker 3: ratio remains high and puts undue pressure on an already
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  Speaker 3: strained health care system. MEI says there were more than 27,000
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  Speaker 3: nursing vacancies across Canada last year, a drop from 2023,
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  Speaker 3: but roughly three times higher than 2016. This province saw
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  Speaker 3: the highest ratio of young nurses heading for greener pastures.
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  Speaker 3: That's troubling, according to Jaguer. who says long-term solutions to
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  Speaker 3: stressful working conditions must be found quickly. The best performer
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  Speaker 3: in the country, according to MEI, is British Columbia, which
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  Speaker 3: has cut the turnover of young nurses by 53% since 2014.
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  Speaker 3: Richard Duggan, VOCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.