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VOCM News Morning 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: rainy Saturday morning in Metro. I'm Brian Medore. That big
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  Speaker 1: lotto jackpot did not go last night, despite a buying
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  Speaker 1: frenzy at lotto booths and outlets just about everywhere. That
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  Speaker 1: means there's another chance to cash in on a King's
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  Speaker 1: Ransom Tuesday night. The top prize in the lotto max,
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  Speaker 1: $ 90 million. There was a $ 100, 000 winner in the Stephenville
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  Speaker 1: area last night on the tag component. The federal energy
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  Speaker 1: minister says he has been directed by Prime Minister Mark
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  Speaker 1: Carney that his main job was to get the Churchill
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  Speaker 1: Falls expansion and Gull Island projects online. Tim Hodgson was
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  Speaker 1: in St. John's Friday speaking to more than 150 energy
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  Speaker 1: executives and industry leaders about the sector's prospects. He says
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  Speaker 1: if both sides focus on securing a deal, the provinces
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  Speaker 1: of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador can achieve a win-win.
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  Speaker 1: But the provincial liberal energy critic Fred Hutton says, whatever
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  Speaker 1: way you slice it, Newfoundland and Labrador will get a
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  Speaker 1: smaller piece of the pie. The Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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  Speaker 1: and Labrador has certified a class action on behalf of
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  Speaker 1: passengers on board Air Canada Flight 2259, which landed hard
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  Speaker 1: at Halifax in December 2025 after the plane's landing gear collapsed.
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  Speaker 1: The flight had taken off from St. John's International earlier
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  Speaker 1: that evening. Officials at YYT later confirmed that debris was
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  Speaker 1: found on its runway after the flight took off. Stephen
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  Speaker 1: Barnes of Bob Buckingham Law says they want to understand
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  Speaker 1: what went wrong that night and to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: passengers have an opportunity to be fairly compensated for what
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  Speaker 1: they went through. A third team has dropped out of
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  Speaker 1: the under-18 AAA Hockey League, reducing the league from five
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  Speaker 1: teams to just two. The Western Kings recently announced that they, too,
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  Speaker 1: are pausing for the 26-27 season following the departure of
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  Speaker 1: the Central Impact and the Tri-Penn Osprey. In a video
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  Speaker 1: update posted to social media, League Vice President Darren Halloran
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  Speaker 1: says they're working on a plan to finish out the
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  Speaker 1: remainder of the season with a two-team system. In sports,
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  Speaker 1: the regiment win last night in the queue, and tonight,
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  Speaker 1: Montreal-Toronto both in action. Montreal entertains Buffalo 8.30, same time
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  Speaker 1: for Toronto and the Islanders. Cleveland-Tampa Bay postponed last night.
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  Speaker 1: Game four goes tonight, 9.30 our time. Up next, your
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  Speaker 1: weather forecast.