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VOCM News Morning Update September 18th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. We're getting into record-breaking territory when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to the price of gasoline. The PUB has raised
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  Speaker 1: the price by another cent, putting it over $ 2. 20 a
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  Speaker 1: liter in almost all areas of the province. There's not
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot of change in the price of diesel
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  Speaker 1: and home heating fuels. Propane used for home heating is
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  Speaker 1: up by about two and a half cents. The Churchill
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  Speaker 1: Falls deal has passed in the House of Assembly, but
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  Speaker 1: only by a slim margin. The vote came down just
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  Speaker 1: after 7 last night. The entire PC caucus and Eddie
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  Speaker 1: Joyce voted in favor, while the Liberals, NDP, and Keith
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  Speaker 1: Russell voted against. The final count was 21-18. The decision
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  Speaker 1: comes at the end of a four-day special debate on
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  Speaker 1: the multi-billion dollar hydroelectric deal during which several experts were
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  Speaker 1: brought to the floor of the legislature for elected officials
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  Speaker 1: to question. Premier Tony Wakeham says he is very proud
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  Speaker 1: of the agreement and the work that was done to
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  Speaker 1: build off the 2024 MOU.
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  Speaker 2: The recommendations of the independent review taking that and using
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  Speaker 2: that as the foundation to do these negotiations and if
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  Speaker 2: you read through The independent review, you will see where
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  Speaker 2: references made to the premier's office having influence over decisions
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  Speaker 2: that were being made, things that were being included in
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  Speaker 2: the MOU. None of that happened. I simply said to
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  Speaker 2: the negotiating team, here's your negotiation strategy that we worked on.
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  Speaker 2: We developed it and Hydro approved it. And they went
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  Speaker 2: out and did their jobs. And they worked hard. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm very proud of what they've done.
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  Speaker 1: Now that the vote is done, Wakeham says the next
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  Speaker 1: step is to start the negotiation process towards definitive agreements.
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  Speaker 1: One of the variables in that process, however, is the
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  Speaker 1: Quebec election. Wakeham says he's prepared to work with whichever
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  Speaker 1: party takes power.
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  Speaker 2: We're prepared to sit down with any government in Quebec
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  Speaker 2: and continue on the discussions. I can't prejudge what will
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  Speaker 2: happen in the province of Quebec, but I look forward
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  Speaker 2: to sitting down with Whoever the people of Quebec decide
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  Speaker 2: is going to be there to government and following through.
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  Speaker 1: Now that the Churchill Falls MOU has passed in the
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  Speaker 1: House of Assembly, one of the priorities for government is
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  Speaker 1: trying to reconcile with the Innu Nation. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: Ahead of last night's vote on the deal, the Innu
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  Speaker 3: Nation wrote to all 40 MHAs, urging them not to
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  Speaker 3: support it. In the end, 21 members voted in favor
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  Speaker 3: of it, while 18 voted against. They say their own
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  Speaker 3: financial analysis of the agreement has identified serious concerns about
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  Speaker 3: the payments they stand to receive from developments at Gull Island. Further,
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  Speaker 3: the Innu Nation says their concerns cannot be separated from
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  Speaker 3: the ongoing dispute with the provincial government over Innu history
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  Speaker 3: in Labrador. They say it's difficult to understand how the
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  Speaker 3: government is asking the group to help them build an
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  Speaker 3: economic future on their lands while, quote, refusing to acknowledge
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  Speaker 3: the truth of their history on those lands. The group
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  Speaker 3: says they are not opposed to the prosperity that could
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  Speaker 3: come from the deal, but that the work cannot create
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  Speaker 3: generational benefits for others without also creating substantial and lasting
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  Speaker 3: benefits for Innu. In response to the letter, Premier Tony
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  Speaker 3: Wakeham says.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we know there are outstanding issues with the Innu
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  Speaker 2: that need to be resolved, and I look forward to
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  Speaker 2: sitting down with the Innu Nation and having those conversations.
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  Speaker 1: Those who run our sports programs in Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: have launched a campaign to wipe out racism on playing
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  Speaker 1: surfaces and in the stands. Beth Fagan reports.
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  Speaker 4: Noting that this province has a large Indigenous population and
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  Speaker 4: a growing number of newcomers, Sport Newfoundland and Labrador is
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  Speaker 4: working to create a culture where everyone feels safe in
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  Speaker 4: sport no matter their background. Do Your Part Stop Racism
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  Speaker 4: in Sport encourages athletes, coaches, parents, officials... and others to
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  Speaker 4: work as a team to counter hate and discrimination. Troy Croft,
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  Speaker 4: the executive director of the Umbrella Agency, says people in
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  Speaker 4: sport have a collective responsibility to speak out and expose racism.
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  Speaker 4: Valentina Nolan, executive director of the Aboriginal Sport and Recreational
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  Speaker 4: Circle of Newfoundland and Labrador, says they are aware of
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  Speaker 4: many unfortunate stories of racism. Campaign graphics and videos will
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  Speaker 4: be running on social media from now through October.
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  Speaker 1: Another award for the great Dolly Parton, but as ABC's
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  Speaker 1: Sherri Preston reports, she accepted this one posthumously.
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  Speaker 5: Well, hey, it's Dolly, and I am so honored to receive.
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  Speaker 1: At the Americana Honors and Awards Ceremony last night, Dolly
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  Speaker 1: Parton received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and she accepted it
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  Speaker 1: by video in a speech she recorded before her death.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, roots music, or what is now called Americana music,
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  Speaker 5: is what I grew up playing back in the Smoky Mountains.
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  Speaker 5: It's that same music that drew me back to East
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  Speaker 5: Tennessee back in 1997.
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  Speaker 1: Parton died last month of cancer at the age of 80.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.