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VOCM News Morning Update September 28th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The Canadian Medical Association is urging Canadians
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  Speaker 1: to join physicians in support of the Safe Social Media Act.
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  Speaker 1: The association has launched a national public action campaign encouraging
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  Speaker 1: Canadians to support the adoption of stronger online safeguards for children.
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  Speaker 1: President and St. John's-based dermatologist Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi says as physicians,
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  Speaker 1: they don't wait for harm before they act. He says
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  Speaker 1: children deserve to be able to use technology safely.
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  Speaker 2: The evidence is very clear. Whether we're talking about school
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  Speaker 2: performance to health issues, in particular, mental health, psychiatric disease,
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  Speaker 2: which is increasing in this population, or when we're talking
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  Speaker 2: about inattention, it can show itself as reduced sleep, and importantly,
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  Speaker 2: as rates of sexual exploitation, right? So this has increased
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  Speaker 2: by at least 1,000% over the past decade, decade and
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  Speaker 2: a half. And we know that a lot of these
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  Speaker 2: are associated with the increased time we see our youth
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  Speaker 2: online in a completely unregulated space.
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  Speaker 1: Applications for support programs for low-income households are now being accepted.
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  Speaker 1: Mahalia Artis reports.
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  Speaker 3: The Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation will begin accepting applications
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  Speaker 3: this week for a home repair program as well as
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  Speaker 3: a home modification program. Announced in the budget in May,
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  Speaker 3: the provincial government has doubled the funding available through homeowner
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  Speaker 3: support for low-income households. For home repairs, the income threshold
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  Speaker 3: is around $ 42, 000, $ 65, 000 in Labrador. The waiting time to
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  Speaker 3: reapply has also been reduced from seven years to five.
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  Speaker 3: For home modifications, the threshold is around $ 51, 000, $ 65, 000 in Labrador,
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  Speaker 3: and the other changes include eliminating the need for recommendations
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  Speaker 3: from an occupational therapist for minor renovations and upgrades, and
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  Speaker 3: removing the requirements for pre- and post-inspections for all home repairs.
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  Speaker 1: Rising fuel prices are hitting all Canadians hard, but none
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  Speaker 1: perhaps more so than those living on fixed incomes. Kimberly
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  Speaker 1: Leonard of Seniors NL says they're hearing from people across
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  Speaker 1: the province who are struggling to get around.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the cost of getting to a medical appointment,
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  Speaker 4: that's number one on the radar here. Like a lot
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  Speaker 4: of them have to travel to pick up groceries. And
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  Speaker 4: even now to the point of visiting family or taking
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  Speaker 4: part in community activities, you know, that they enjoy doing
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  Speaker 4: is even becoming more difficult.
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  Speaker 1: Leonard says the rising cost of living is forcing some
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  Speaker 1: older residents into having to make some difficult choices.
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  Speaker 4: In either buying food, buying their prescriptions. or, you know,
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  Speaker 4: going to their medical appointments. Some are choosing right now
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  Speaker 4: because of the high cost of gas for those with cars,
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  Speaker 4: and even those who have to pay people to take them.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, they have to increase that cost because of
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  Speaker 4: the high cost of gas. And, you know, some are
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  Speaker 4: choosing not to go to their medical appointments because they
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  Speaker 4: simply feel they do not have the funds for that.
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  Speaker 1: The provincial government will announce changes to its medical transportation
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  Speaker 1: assistance and medical transportation supports programs today. Labrador Affairs Minister
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  Speaker 1: Lela Evans, Health Minister Jody Wall, and Lab West MHA
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  Speaker 1: Joe Power will be at Confederation Building to announce the changes.
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  Speaker 1: The event is taking place at 1230. There's a potential
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  Speaker 1: game changer in the fight against cancer. A blood test
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  Speaker 1: that could detect the disease in its early stages has
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  Speaker 1: been recommended to the FDA for approval. The American Cancer
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  Speaker 1: Society estimates cancer will cause more than 600,000 deaths this year.
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  Speaker 1: ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darian Sutton.
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  Speaker 5: The first multi-cancer blood test seeking FDA approval currently for
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  Speaker 5: people over the age of 50. Now, the company that
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  Speaker 5: makes it, Grail, says that it can detect over 50
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  Speaker 5: different types of cancer. And the way that it does
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  Speaker 5: this is that it looks for small particles and patterns
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  Speaker 5: of DNA associated with cancer in the blood. There's huge
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  Speaker 5: potential here.
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  Speaker 1: Those who lay down their lives in the name of
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  Speaker 1: public peace and safety were honored at a ceremony at
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  Speaker 1: Confederation Building yesterday. The monument, erected in 2004, is dedicated
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  Speaker 1: to police and peace officers, 21 of whom in this
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  Speaker 1: province have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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  Speaker 1: It was an emotional day for loved ones of the fallen,
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  Speaker 1: some of whom could be seen shedding a tear. Helen
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  Speaker 1: Conway Ottenheimer, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety, says
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  Speaker 1: the 21 who have died have left a lasting legacy.
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  Speaker 1: Avengers Endgame returned to number one at the box office
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  Speaker 1: seven years after its original release, earning $ 26 million domestically
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  Speaker 1: and $ 60 million overseas and building anticipation for the upcoming
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  Speaker 1: Avengers Doomsday. The re-release branded Endgame Encore includes new end
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  Speaker 1: credit scenes and a fan thank you from Robert Downey Jr.
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  Speaker 1: and Chris Evans. Resident Evil placed second with $ 23. 3 million,
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  Speaker 1: while Heart of the Beast narrowly topped Primetime for third place.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news, I'm Sarah Strickland.