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VOCM News Evening Update October 21st · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Bedore. Provincial government is taking its websites and
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  Speaker 1: some online services offline as a precautionary measure due to
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  Speaker 1: what is being described as a newly disclosed global cyber
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  Speaker 1: security vulnerability. It says technical teams are assessing the situation
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  Speaker 1: and working to restore affected services. It's working with federal, provincial,
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  Speaker 1: and territorial partners on the situation. All websites and services
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  Speaker 1: are being assessed on an individual basis to determine which
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  Speaker 1: ones can remain available. MyGovNL is not affected at this time,
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  Speaker 1: the OCM News following that situation. A company building a
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  Speaker 1: spaceport in southern Newfoundland says it has signed a $ 20
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  Speaker 1: million contract with the Department of National Defense. NordSpace says
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  Speaker 1: the 10-year agreement gives the federal government priority access to
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  Speaker 1: the company's dedicated launch pad on the Buren Peninsula. NordSpace
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  Speaker 1: says the money covers the cost of maintaining the facility,
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  Speaker 1: but it does not cover the cost of launching rockets.
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  Speaker 1: The company announced last week it was entering the second
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  Speaker 1: phase of construction of that launch facility, which is near St.
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  Speaker 2: Lawrence.
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  Speaker 1: A metro area lawyer raising the alarm about the number
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  Speaker 1: of sexual assault nurse examiners in the province. There are
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  Speaker 1: only two nurses available in the province 24-7 who are
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  Speaker 1: trained for that kind of work. One in St. John's
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  Speaker 1: and one in Cornerbrook. That is a serious concern for
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  Speaker 1: lawyer Lynn Moore. NLHS says those figures are not entirely
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  Speaker 1: accurate and updated numbers will soon be made available. Moore
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  Speaker 1: told VOCM Open Line with Brian Callahan the numbers she
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  Speaker 1: understands them leave a serious gap in rural parts of
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  Speaker 1: the province.
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  Speaker 2: Very important for the administration of justice that people have
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  Speaker 2: access to someone who's been trained in trauma-informed practices to
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  Speaker 2: help someone through what is a pretty invasive and unpleasant
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  Speaker 2: gynecological examination after a sexual assault. And, of course, when
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  Speaker 2: that has to be done, it has to be done
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  Speaker 2: in a very timely fashion or else the biological evidence
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  Speaker 2: is lost.
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  Speaker 1: She says it's troubling that more specially trained nurses are
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  Speaker 1: not available.
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  Speaker 2: Especially given Newfoundland has one of the highest rates of
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  Speaker 2: sexual violence in the country, and the fact that this
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  Speaker 2: service is not available is very discouraging.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, Premier Tony Wakeham agrees that increased access to sexual
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  Speaker 1: assault nurse examiners is needed.
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  Speaker 3: My minister talked about that recently, and absolutely, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: that's something that needs that. Look, We ought to be
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  Speaker 3: doing and working on improving, making our community safer, making
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  Speaker 3: our workplaces safer. And that should be a goal for
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  Speaker 3: no matter what government's in power, and it's something that
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  Speaker 3: we certainly have to look at. But I look forward
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  Speaker 3: to working with the people in the industries to make
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  Speaker 3: that happen.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.