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VOCM Mid-Day Update August 13 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Struckland. A new report from the Canadian Pediatric
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  Speaker 1: Surveillance Program is highlighting the dangerous and deadly risk e
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  Speaker 1: bikes and e scooters pose to Canadian children. Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 2: Ten children died from accidents involving the devices in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five. Twelve were admitted to intensive care, while twenty
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  Speaker 2: six required at least two days in hospital. Forty seven
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  Speaker 2: percent of injuries involved a head, while other common injuries
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  Speaker 2: included the limbs, spine, and torso. About a third of
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  Speaker 2: cases required surgery. Kids between the ages of ten and
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  Speaker 2: fifteen accounted for nearly forty two percent of those injured.
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  Speaker 2: Eighteen percent were between the ages of five and nine. Overall,
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  Speaker 2: sixty percent of injuries involved boys. In some of the
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  Speaker 2: more serious cases, the incident involved an unsupervised rider who
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  Speaker 2: was on a roadway, sidewalker path and was not wearing
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  Speaker 2: a helmet. The report notes that incidents involving e bikes
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  Speaker 2: and e scooters were more common in the spring and summer,
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  Speaker 2: as well as the first two months of the year.
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  Speaker 2: Link to the full report can be found at VOCM
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  Speaker 2: dot com.
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  Speaker 1: The opposition says it's concerning that news on a possible
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  Speaker 1: agreement reached on a new MoU on Churchill Falls expansion
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  Speaker 1: has once again come from the Quebec media rather than government.
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  Speaker 1: Lapress broke the news last night, suggesting that a deal
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  Speaker 1: has been reached. According to the publication, Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: will gain a larger share of the energy produced over
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  Speaker 1: the life of the fifty year agreement, but that the
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  Speaker 1: remainder of the original MoU remains essentially the same. Premier
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  Speaker 1: Tony Wakem has long said that he would not bow
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  Speaker 1: to quote artificial deadlines, but it was well understood in
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  Speaker 1: Quebec that the deal had to be reached before a
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  Speaker 1: fall provincial election is called. Opposition leader John Hogan says
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  Speaker 1: he's concerned that once again Quebec is controlling the narrative
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  Speaker 1: on what he says is the most important deal Newfoundland
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  Speaker 1: and Labrador will ever have.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he certainly campaigned on being open and transparent.
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  Speaker 3: As we said, it's the most important deal and Labrador
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  Speaker 3: will ever have in its history. It's important to get
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  Speaker 3: it rice and it's important that there's all communication with
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  Speaker 3: the people of the province about the status of the deal.
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  Speaker 3: Set on numerous occasions that we and I won't oppose
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  Speaker 3: for the sake of opposing, and we certainly won't oppose
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  Speaker 3: a good deal between Anahydro and hy trickle back. As
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  Speaker 3: I said, it's the most important deal that this province
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  Speaker 3: is faced. We need to get beyond the nineteen sixty
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  Speaker 3: nine contract. We need to move forward, and we hope
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  Speaker 3: there's a deal, and we hope there's a good deal
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  Speaker 3: in place. We look forward to seeing the final details
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  Speaker 3: on it next week and we'll see what the Premier
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  Speaker 3: has to say if in fact there is a deal.
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  Speaker 1: It's Miracle treat Day at Dairy Queen locations across Newfoundland
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  Speaker 1: and Labrador today. Only one hundred percent of proceeds from
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  Speaker 1: the purchase of any DQ blizzard will go towards the
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  Speaker 1: Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation. Jennessa Ward manager of Donor Engagement,
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  Speaker 1: says the funds help to provide care to children throughout
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  Speaker 1: the province.
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  Speaker 4: See it's a day where the community comes together. I'm
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  Speaker 4: so grateful to be able to give back to the
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  Speaker 4: community and support the Janeway Foundation and to kind of
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  Speaker 4: rally the Dairy Queen teams and our whole community to
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  Speaker 4: support Jawite kids.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland,