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VOCM News Afternoon Update October 2nd · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Provincial health ministers are warning of a
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  Speaker 1: fiscal cliff coming as $ 1. 2 billion in federal funding for
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  Speaker 1: mental health, addictions, and home care is due to expire
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  Speaker 1: in March. The ministers met virtually this week to impress
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  Speaker 1: on Ottawa the importance of having the funding continue. Provincial
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  Speaker 1: Health Minister Jody Wall says the province just announced two
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  Speaker 1: health care projects that could be directly affected by a
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  Speaker 1: cut to federal funding. They include the expansion of services
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  Speaker 1: at Humberwood and the opening of the new long-term care
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  Speaker 1: beds in Cornerbrook.
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  Speaker 2: So we do foresee the impact if the funding is
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  Speaker 2: not renewed because there's a lot of good things going
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  Speaker 2: on here in the province with respect to health care.
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  Speaker 2: And we can certainly have those bilateral agreements, if they
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  Speaker 2: are renewed, we can certainly make sure that we continue
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  Speaker 2: with those, providing those services for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
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  Speaker 1: Recent pictures and video taken in the Goose Arm area
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  Speaker 1: on the province's west coast have fueled speculation about the
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  Speaker 1: continued infiltration of wolves onto the island from Labrador. Linda
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  Speaker 1: Swain reports.
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  Speaker 3: The Department of Forestry says the first cases of Labrador
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  Speaker 3: gray wolves on the island were officially documented in 2008
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  Speaker 3: and 2012. The province's Wildlife Division has collected genetic information
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  Speaker 3: from about 500 carcasses since 2013, with four on the
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  Speaker 3: island confirmed to be Labrador grey wolves and five identified
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  Speaker 3: as coyote-dog hybrids. The department has also detected evidence of
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  Speaker 3: some wolf DNA in 28 animals, although it's difficult to
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  Speaker 3: say when the interbreeding occurred. The department says, based on
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  Speaker 3: available information, the wolf population on the island is likely small,
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  Speaker 3: and while evidence suggests that wolves on the island have
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  Speaker 3: interbred with coyotes, the wolf genetics are likely to remain
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  Speaker 3: diluted because of the island's large coyote population. In the meantime,
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  Speaker 3: coyote pups can stay with their parents for more than
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  Speaker 3: a year, and reports of packs of coyotes in Newfoundland
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  Speaker 3: are likely to be family groups. Wolf packs are far
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  Speaker 3: more complex. consisting of several generations staying together for life
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  Speaker 3: and hunting and defending territory as a single unit.
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  Speaker 1: A giant digital advertisement in Times Square promoting the new
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  Speaker 1: Netflix series Below, which was shot in this province, has
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  Speaker 1: some people wondering how much the province spent on the ad.
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  Speaker 1: The answer is nothing. The billboard is framed as a
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  Speaker 1: tongue-in-cheek tourism promotion saying visit Newfoundland and Labrador and showing
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  Speaker 1: actor Josh Hartnett teasing, all our fishermen look like this,
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  Speaker 1: don't yours? The provincial government says it did not provide
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  Speaker 1: any financial contribution to the campaign, but was aware of
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  Speaker 1: the ad and approved the use of the government logo
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  Speaker 1: for the promotion of the Netflix series. The province, meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: is delighted with the exposure, saying productions like Below puts
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  Speaker 1: the province, its culture, and landscapes in front of global audiences.
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  Speaker 1: The series premieres October 8th. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.