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VOCM Mid-Day Update August 14 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The provincial government is expanding access to
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  Speaker 1: fertility services, providing eligible hopeful parents with one time funding
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  Speaker 1: of up to twenty nine thousand dollars to access fertility treatment.
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  Speaker 1: That's up from the previous maximum up twenty thousand. The
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  Speaker 1: increase comes as the result of one point eight million
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  Speaker 1: dollars announced in the last provincial budget and brings the
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  Speaker 1: total budget for the fertility subsidy program to five point
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  Speaker 1: eight million. Beware the giant hogweed. The City of Saint
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  Speaker 1: John's has posted warnings in some public areas about an
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  Speaker 1: invasive species that can cause real problems if you happen
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  Speaker 1: to come into contact with it, Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 2: According to the capital city, the giant hogweed can cause
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  Speaker 2: health issues in people and is dangerous to the plant ecosystem.
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  Speaker 2: The plant, which is native to the Caucasus region, was
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  Speaker 2: likely brought into North America for planting in gardens. The
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  Speaker 2: city says it's usually found along roadways, stream beds, and
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  Speaker 2: on the edge of forests. The plants can grow as
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  Speaker 2: tall as fifteen feet and have hollow stems with purplish
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  Speaker 2: splotches and coarse white hair. The leaves can grow up
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  Speaker 2: to one and a half meters wide and have hairs
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  Speaker 2: on the underside. Hogweed resembles Queen Anne's lace, which is
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  Speaker 2: quite common in the Saint John's area, but as the
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  Speaker 2: name implies, is much larger. The giant hogweed has a clear,
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  Speaker 2: watery sap that can burn the skin, especially when exposed
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  Speaker 2: to sunlight. A burning rash can then form blisters. If
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  Speaker 2: you come into contact with giant hogweed, avoid touching your
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  Speaker 2: eyes or wiping the sap on your skin or clothes.
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  Speaker 2: Wash the affected area immediately, and keep out of the
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  Speaker 2: sun while seeking medical advice. In the meantime, if you
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  Speaker 2: find giant hogweed, contact the city or a landscape professional
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  Speaker 2: to identify and remove the plants.
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  Speaker 1: The town of Ganderer is expecting large crowds for a
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  Speaker 1: ceremony commemorating the twenty fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks
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  Speaker 1: on September eleventh, two thousand and one. The annual ceremony
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  Speaker 1: is usually well attended, however, this year is especially momentous
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  Speaker 1: as it marks a quarter century since the airport towns
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  Speaker 1: population suddenly swelled by thousands of stranded plain people. Mayor
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  Speaker 1: Percy Farwell says the service recognizes the lives loss and
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  Speaker 1: the extraordinary efforts of towns like Gander when North American
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  Speaker 1: airspace was closed and transatlantic flights bound for the US
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  Speaker 1: started landing from all over.
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  Speaker 3: We do services every year to commemorate the nine to
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  Speaker 3: eleven events, right so, in the case of those of
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  Speaker 3: us that were involved in the various communities and locations
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  Speaker 3: where engagement in the aftermath, we feel that we were
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  Speaker 3: blessed to have had the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Hundreds are expected to attend the ceremony at the Steel
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  Speaker 1: Community Center next month, including several special guests yet to
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  Speaker 1: be announced. Attendance is free, but those interested must have
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  Speaker 1: a ticket reserve well in advance. The first lot of
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  Speaker 1: tickets have been released, the link to which can be
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  Speaker 1: found on the town's website. That's your News. I'm Sarah Strickland.