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VOCM News Morning Update October 4th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. Clear skies on
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  Speaker 1: this Sunday morning, temperature only 6 degrees in Metro. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Brian Medore. A man who was holed up inside his
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  Speaker 1: house in Gander for hours has finally been taken into
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  Speaker 1: custody by the RCMP, which called in its Crime Reduction Unit.
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  Speaker 1: Police had a warrant out for 28-year-old Michael Torreville, who
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  Speaker 1: was facing several serious charges, including assaulting a peace officer.
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  Speaker 1: They surrounded the house Friday night, but he refused to budge.
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  Speaker 1: Police got a warrant and barged in, arresting him overnight
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  Speaker 1: Friday into the early minutes of Saturday. The charges include
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  Speaker 1: assaulting a peace officer, causing bodily harm, flight from police,
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  Speaker 1: possession of property obtained by crime, and four counts of
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  Speaker 1: failing to comply with court orders. He's being held for court.
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  Speaker 1: Stephenville has gotten its wings back after a several-year debacle
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  Speaker 1: that saw wishes from an entrepreneur for a booming aeronautics
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  Speaker 1: industry fizzle to the point where the airport was downscaled
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  Speaker 1: to an aerodrome. A new company has begun putting things
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  Speaker 1: back in order at the airport, which used to have
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  Speaker 1: an international designation. BTG Capital of Calgary has applied to
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  Speaker 1: the federal authorities for recertification of the facility. On Friday, BTG,
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  Speaker 1: Premier Tony Wakeham and Stephenville Mayor Bob Burns stood in
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  Speaker 1: front of about 500 people from the region who turned
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  Speaker 1: out for the grand opening. Mayor Burns is confident they
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  Speaker 1: will see the resumption of commercial flights.
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  Speaker 2: I've indicated to them, look, I'm there 100% behind you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Anything you need me to do, as I've said, this
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  Speaker 2: is my 13th year on council. and I've had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of history with the airport, running the air shows
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  Speaker 2: in the past and so on, and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: connections and contacts that we can deal with when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to getting this back up and running. But the
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  Speaker 2: day we get the passenger service back here, the people
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  Speaker 2: of this area will breathe a big sigh of relief,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm sure there will be a celebration for that
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 1: A Labrador flag will now be present at all government
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  Speaker 1: news conferences in the media center of Confederation buildings. Labrador
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  Speaker 1: Affairs Minister Leila Evans says after a recent news conference
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  Speaker 1: about the Medical Transportation Assistance Program, she received complaints about
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  Speaker 1: no Labrador flag being present in the background. In the past,
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  Speaker 1: both the provincial and Canadian flags were there for all
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  Speaker 1: to see. Evans says she spoke with the Premier. He
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  Speaker 1: agreed to have the Labrador flag present as well. Canadian
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  Speaker 1: rock singer Sass Jordan has died. She had a long
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  Speaker 1: history with Newfoundland and Labrador. She was 63. Weather forecast, St.
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  Speaker 1: John's Metro, rest of the Avalon, sunny and 14 today.
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  Speaker 1: Clarenville Central, sunny and 15. South Coast, sunshine, mid-teens, and
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  Speaker 1: the west coast, southwest coast, northern peninsula, sunny skies and
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  Speaker 1: 13 degrees. That's your newscast to this hour. For VOCM News,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medour.