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VOCM News Morning Update September 7th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, I'm Richard Duggan. A tracker located inside of
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  Speaker 1: an item from a store helped lead the RNC to
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  Speaker 1: a suspect on Sunday. Police were called just after 4 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: to a business in the east end of St. John's.
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  Speaker 1: They say a 42-year-old man took an item that contained
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  Speaker 1: an anti-theft device, which led the officers to him. The
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  Speaker 1: man fled on foot, but he was still carrying the item,
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  Speaker 1: and police tracked him to a nearby backyard where he
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  Speaker 1: was arrested. The accused is facing charges of theft and
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  Speaker 1: breach of probation. He was held for court. Labor Day
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  Speaker 1: is a shop's closing day in the province and a
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  Speaker 1: federal holiday. That means federal, provincial, and municipal government offices
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  Speaker 1: are closed. Garbage collection in most municipalities is being moved
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  Speaker 1: ahead one day, while the Robin Hood Bay facility will
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  Speaker 1: be closed to both residential and commercial users. In St. John's,
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  Speaker 1: street cleaning operations go ahead as scheduled for this evening.
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  Speaker 1: Today is the last day for splash pad operations in
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  Speaker 1: the capital city. The labor movement, meanwhile, is celebrating the
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  Speaker 1: victories of the past and reaffirming its commitment to keep
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  Speaker 1: fighting for safer workplaces and fair wages on this Labor Day.
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  Speaker 1: Federation of Labor President Jessica McCormick says it's important to
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  Speaker 1: remain vigilant when it comes to the rights of workers.
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  Speaker 2: And many of those fights that unions and the labor
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  Speaker 2: movement fought many, many years ago which prompted the recognition
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  Speaker 2: of this holiday are still fights that workers are facing
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  Speaker 2: today when it comes to to safe working conditions, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, and union recognition.
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  Speaker 1: The province is offering free vehicle entry to all provincial
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  Speaker 1: parks today. Government made the announcement on Friday. Residents and
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  Speaker 1: visitors are being invited to take advantage of the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to explore the province's parks and hiking trails. U.S. federal
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  Speaker 1: investigators are trying to determine what caused an Amazon cargo
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  Speaker 1: jet to barrel off a runway Sunday afternoon at Miami
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  Speaker 1: International Airport, killing at least five people as it struck
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  Speaker 1: vehicles and was engulfed in flames. The plane was arriving
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  Speaker 1: from Puerto Rico when it overran the runway and plowed
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  Speaker 1: across a road used by warehouse workers and businesses that
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  Speaker 1: surround the airport. Five people were killed and five were injured,
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  Speaker 1: three of them critically. It's not clear if the pilots
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  Speaker 1: survived or if those killed were all in vehicles that
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  Speaker 1: were struck by the plane. The fiery crash trapped the
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  Speaker 1: pilots in the cockpit and some occupants in cars and
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  Speaker 1: halted hundreds of flights at Miami Airport. And the town
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  Speaker 1: of Grand Falls, Windsor is warning the loss of Deputy
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Rod Bennett. who has died after a cancer diagnosis. Bennett,
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  Speaker 1: who first served on the town council for 2017-2021, was
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  Speaker 1: elected once again last fall, this time as deputy mayor.
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  Speaker 1: A member of the Halibut First Nation, Bennett also served
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  Speaker 1: as director of operations. The town says Bennett was always
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  Speaker 1: approachable and was genuinely passionate about making his community a
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  Speaker 1: better place. They state that his contributions will be remembered
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  Speaker 1: and he will be deeply missed. For VOCM News, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Richard Duggan.