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VOCM News Evening Update October 23rd · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medore. One of the top goaltenders in the
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  Speaker 1: NHL is headed to the East Coast in a blockbuster
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  Speaker 1: trade which involves Bay Roberts native Dawson Mercer. Connor Hellebuck,
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  Speaker 1: who helped the St. John's Icecaps to a Calder Cup final,
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  Speaker 1: has won Vezina trophies and backstopped the United States to
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  Speaker 1: a gold medal at the Olympics last winter over Canada
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  Speaker 1: with that memorable performance. He hasn't played all season due
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  Speaker 1: to a dispute with the Winnipeg Jets, but today the
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  Speaker 1: Jets shipped him to New Jersey for Mercer, Alexander Command,
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  Speaker 1: Nick Bukestad, and goaltender Nico Dawes. Mercer won gold with
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  Speaker 1: Team Canada at the World Juniors in 2020, followed by
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  Speaker 1: a couple of silver medals. He has yet to score
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  Speaker 1: this season, but has over 100 goals in his NHL career.
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  Speaker 1: Further details on the affordability measures announced yesterday are now emerging.
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  Speaker 1: Government is knocking 15% off our electric bills, one of
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  Speaker 1: two steps taken yesterday to reduce the cost of living.
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  Speaker 1: The other involved an increase in the oil heat subsidy
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  Speaker 1: to $ 1, 000.
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  Speaker 2: From $ 500.
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  Speaker 1: Finance Minister Craig Pardee told VOCM Open Line with Brian
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  Speaker 1: Callaghan that the electricity break, which applies to the first 2,000
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  Speaker 1: kilowatt hours of usage each month, will cover consumption in December, January,
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  Speaker 1: February and March.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to March 31st, so it'll be their April
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  Speaker 2: bill that would indicate their discount, their savings in March.
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  Speaker 2: So we looked at it as a winter affordability, cover
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  Speaker 2: those months, and that would bridge us until the Churchill
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  Speaker 2: Falls Agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland Power, whose task it is to deliver the rebate,
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  Speaker 1: says bills will include a line with the rebate as
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  Speaker 1: a credit. No application is required. Contact information on the
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  Speaker 1: oil supplement can be found at vocm.com. Final stretch of
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  Speaker 1: the Team Guzhoo extension, finally open to traffic. Rain and
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  Speaker 1: wind forced the ceremony, marking the long awaited milestone, to
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  Speaker 1: be moved indoors, Admiralty House in Mount Pearl. The section
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  Speaker 1: of highway from Kenmount Road to Topsail Road was paved
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  Speaker 1: back in 2018, but the last stretch has taken years
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  Speaker 1: to complete. The highway link required the installation of two roundabouts,
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  Speaker 1: an overpass, and the reconfiguration of of Brookfield Road. The
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  Speaker 1: link means that residents of the southern shore can now
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  Speaker 1: connect directly to the outer ring road. Minister Barry Patton.
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  Speaker 3: There's more than roads and pavement infrastructure.
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  Speaker 1: It's about people.
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  Speaker 3: It's about a parent trying to get home early to
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  Speaker 3: spend more time with the family. It's about a student
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  Speaker 3: trying to get to university to get to class. It's
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  Speaker 3: about someone trying to make a medical appointment at a
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  Speaker 3: nearby hospital. Or just somebody simply trying to get to
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  Speaker 3: work earlier, especially if you work at a confederation building
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  Speaker 3: like a lot of people I know do.
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  Speaker 1: And the provincial government is gradually restoring its web links
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  Speaker 1: and pages after shutting its website down earlier this week.
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  Speaker 1: The shutdown was necessary after a global vulnerability was found
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  Speaker 1: in the program behind many websites around the world. That's
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  Speaker 1: your news. I'm Brian Medour.