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VOCM Late-Day Update August 10th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Mahelia Artist. Police are seeking the public's help in
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  Speaker 1: their investigation into a gas and dash in Gambo Friday evening.
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  Speaker 1: They say the driver of a gray Honda Ridge Line
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  Speaker 1: filled up at the ESSO on j R. Smallwold Boulevard
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  Speaker 1: around six thirty and took off without paying. The driver,
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  Speaker 1: who was captured on surveillance, is described as having a
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  Speaker 1: small build, wearing gray sweatpants, a sweatshirt and a hat.
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  Speaker 1: Glovertown RCMP are asking anyone with information to contact them
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  Speaker 1: or crime stoppers. Work is under way to have a
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  Speaker 1: Saint John's Welcome sign situated outside Mary Brown's Center as
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  Speaker 1: a way to help residents form an opinion on where
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  Speaker 1: it should be placed for good. The eighty thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: sign has been sitting in storage for the last year
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  Speaker 1: after plans to erect it in Bannerman Park were shot
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  Speaker 1: down by the public. Mayor Danny Breen says it will
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  Speaker 1: be going outside the Mary Brown Center for now while
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  Speaker 1: they await feedback from residents on a permanent location. Any
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  Speaker 1: feedback can be submitted through Engage Saint John's until September eighteenth.
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  Speaker 1: The RCMP has laid charges of impaired driving against a
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  Speaker 1: dirt bike driver following a collision in Mount Pearl in June.
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  Speaker 1: Happened on June twenty second at the intersection of Richard
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  Speaker 1: Nolan Drive and Pitts Memorial. The twenty two year old
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  Speaker 1: driver of the machine was sent to hospital with serious
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  Speaker 1: but non life threatening injuries. Last Friday, the r and
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  Speaker 1: C charged the man with impaired driving. He was also
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  Speaker 1: issued several tickets and he has been released to appear
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  Speaker 1: in court at a later date. The Federal Conservatives are
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  Speaker 1: calling on Ottawa to extend its gas tax holiday. In April,
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  Speaker 1: the federal government announced its temporarily suspending the fuel excise
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  Speaker 1: tax to help Canadians with the rising cost of gas
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  Speaker 1: and diesel. The pause is in effect until Labor Day.
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  Speaker 1: While in Saint John's last week, leader Pierre Pouliev said
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  Speaker 1: people in Newfoundland and Labrador are still struggling with the
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  Speaker 1: high price of fuel. He believes it has contributed to
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  Speaker 1: high price of groceries and other goods in this province.
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  Speaker 1: A Saint John's based company has big plans for developing
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  Speaker 1: a marine port and industrial subdivision near the tip of
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  Speaker 1: the Great Northern Peninsula so that it can become a
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  Speaker 1: player in Arctic preparedness and response.
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  Speaker 2: Brian Madoor reports, Great Northern Port Inc. Says Kremaa Harbor
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  Speaker 2: is ice free for seven eight months of the year
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  Speaker 2: and while it lies within the municipal boundaries of the
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  Speaker 2: town of Saint Anthony, it says Saint Anthony Harbor is
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  Speaker 2: not the ideal location for servicing the new Arctic. The
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  Speaker 2: company says as the Far North opens for more commercial
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  Speaker 2: and domestic traffic, they'll be further demand for emergency support
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  Speaker 2: and search and rescue GMP, says Clemayer. Harbert Marine Port
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  Speaker 2: will provide a range of services such as wharf, fueling,
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  Speaker 2: warehouse and laydown areas, as well as maintenance and repair requirements.
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  Speaker 2: The infrastructure to be built will include a large warehouse,
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  Speaker 2: a fuel tank, farm, emergency response building service, dock and
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  Speaker 2: access road upgrades. It hopes to begin work next year
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  Speaker 2: and finish in twenty twenty nine.
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  Speaker 1: Registration is now open for this false session of Becoming
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  Speaker 1: an outdoors Woman workshop hosted at Camp Emanuel and Lewisport.
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  Speaker 1: Becoming an outdoors Woman is a three day workshop for
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  Speaker 1: those who are eighteen plus and identify as female. More
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  Speaker 1: information can be found at ste I'm in your Nature
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  Speaker 1: Parks website. I'm the Halo Artist.