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VOCM Mid-Day Update August 12 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Expect the skies to dim somewhat this
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  Speaker 1: afternoon as the Moon moves between the Earth and Sun,
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  Speaker 1: partially obscuring the Sun's rays. The partial eclipse will begin
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  Speaker 1: around two twenty eight this afternoon over the island, reaching
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  Speaker 1: full effect at three thirty four. By four thirty seven,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be all over. Never stare at the Sun without
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  Speaker 1: appropriate eye protection. To view the eclipse. You must wear
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  Speaker 1: eclipse glasses purchased through a reputable dealer. In the meantime,
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  Speaker 1: it's fine to walk about and enjoy your day as
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  Speaker 1: you normally would. While Newfoundland and Labrador will experience four
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  Speaker 1: partial solar eclipses between now and twenty thirty three, the
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  Speaker 1: next total solar eclipse won't pass over the island until
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  Speaker 1: May one, twenty seventy nine. Saint John's won't see a
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  Speaker 1: total eclipse until July seventeenth, twenty two. O five. The
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  Speaker 1: opposition wants the province to provide free school supplies to
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  Speaker 1: students in grades KA nine, but it's not clear if
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  Speaker 1: that's something governed will entertain. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 2: During last fall's provincial election, the Liberals promised to provide
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  Speaker 2: free school supplies to children up to grade six, with
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  Speaker 2: an estimated annual cost of three million dollars. Now in,
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  Speaker 2: Opposition leader John Hogan wants government to make the same
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  Speaker 2: commitment and suggests that the benefit be extended to students
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  Speaker 2: up to grade nine. In its response to VOCM News,
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  Speaker 2: the Department of Education mentions a variety of budget items
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  Speaker 2: like increases to the child Benefit, tax cuts, fee freezes
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  Speaker 2: and other financial supports, as well as ongoing consultations for
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  Speaker 2: the planned poverty reduction strategy. However, it makes no mention
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  Speaker 2: of school supplies, nor does it provide a direct response
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  Speaker 2: to the opposition suggestion. Government suggests that residents provide feedback
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  Speaker 2: to the ongoing poverty reduction consultation process, the deadline for
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  Speaker 2: which is the end of the month. The full statement
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  Speaker 2: can be found online at VOCM dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Toyota is recalling over eleven thousand cameras sold in Canada
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  Speaker 1: over the last year or so. Some of the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five, five twenty six models may encounter issues with
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  Speaker 1: the seven inch combination meter, which may deactivate the turn signal,
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  Speaker 1: hazard lamps and certain warnings such as the seatbelt reminder.
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  Speaker 1: The advisory is part of a larger global recall involving
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  Speaker 1: over six hundred and fifty five thousand Toyota camerys. Those
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  Speaker 1: driving affected vehicles will be notified by the automaker by
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  Speaker 1: October two. Great white sharks are continuing to swim the
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  Speaker 1: Gulf of Saint Lawrence off the coast of Newfoundland. A
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  Speaker 1: number of Great white sharks outfitted with responders are being
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  Speaker 1: monitored by US based research group O Search. Quint a
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  Speaker 1: nine foot mail has done a lot of traveling in
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  Speaker 1: recent weeks, having rounded the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula,
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  Speaker 1: making his way all the way down into White Bay
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  Speaker 1: as far as Jackson's Arm before heading back to the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Belle Isle and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
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  Speaker 1: He pinged just north of the Il Dee la Madeleine yesterday. Meanwhile, Webster,
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  Speaker 1: a ten foot mail, appears to be taking a much
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  Speaker 1: more leisurely pace. He pinged off Portland Creek as recently
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  Speaker 1: as Monday. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.