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VOCM News Afternoon Update October 17th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. It is a
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  Speaker 1: soggy Saturday in Metro. I'm Brian Medore. Canadian Food Inspection
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  Speaker 1: Agency has recalled an item which is distributed across the country.
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  Speaker 1: The products are from a brand that uses Chinese characters.
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  Speaker 1: Festival Moon Cake and Chinese Cake written on the packaging.
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  Speaker 1: The products may contain an undeclared allergen, namely peanuts. It
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  Speaker 1: should be thrown out or returned to the place of
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  Speaker 1: purchase if anyone with it has a sensitivity to peanuts.
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  Speaker 1: The 103 Search and Rescue Squadron from Nine Wing Gander
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  Speaker 1: are going to be doing exercises in the metro region
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  Speaker 1: over the next week or so. That means there will
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  Speaker 1: be extensive cormorant helicopter flights and significant military activity around St.
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  Speaker 1: John's and Conception Bay. SAR exercises place Canadian forces personnel
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  Speaker 1: and equipment in scenarios that test their skills, and proficiency.
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  Speaker 1: The 20th annual Cape to Cabot Road Race taking place tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: The grueling 20-kilometer trek sees participants running from one historic
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  Speaker 1: landmark to another, from Cape Spear to Cabot Tower on
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  Speaker 1: top of Signal Hill. The race starts at 8 o'clock
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow morning. Because of that, there are a few related
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  Speaker 1: road closures in St. John's. Between 7.45 and 11 a.m.,
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  Speaker 1: there will be numerous road closures along the route. A
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  Speaker 1: full list can be found online at rnc investigating after
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  Speaker 1: a Memorial University employee was assaulted while working in their
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  Speaker 1: office in the St. John's campus yesterday. Memorial University has
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  Speaker 1: notified staff of the incident. Munn says the victim is
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  Speaker 1: safe at home and is being offered supports. The university
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  Speaker 1: says video footage of a person of interest has been
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  Speaker 1: supplied to the RNC and campus enforcement will increase patrols
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  Speaker 1: months as staff, students, and visitors are being advised of
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  Speaker 1: the incident so that they can take appropriate precautions while
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  Speaker 1: on campus alone. And along the way, a province-wide core
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  Speaker 1: staffing review in the health care system has been completed.
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  Speaker 1: The Registered Nurses Union confirmed that it has received the
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  Speaker 1: report and is discussing it with government. The union negotiated
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  Speaker 1: the review back in 2019, but it took seven years
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  Speaker 1: before coming to fruition last year. The review examines staffing
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  Speaker 1: levels at six sites in the province in a range
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  Speaker 1: of disciplines, including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed practical nurses,
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  Speaker 1: and personal care attendants. Up next, your weather forecast.