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VOCM News Late-Day Update September 15th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: Good evening, I'm Linda Swain. A 32-year-old man has been
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  Speaker 2: charged after a frightening incident in Corner Brook yesterday afternoon
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  Speaker 2: in which a businessman was attacked and stabbed near the
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  Speaker 2: Valley Mall. VOCM's Beth Fagan reports.
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  Speaker 3: RNC were called around 5.30 and the victim, a 37-year-old man,
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  Speaker 3: was rushed to hospital with serious stab wounds. The suspect
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  Speaker 3: fled on foot before police arrived, but Greg Musacanda was
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  Speaker 3: tracked down and arrested in the Valley Road area around
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  Speaker 3: 7 o'clock last night. Musacanda appeared in court today on
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  Speaker 3: charges of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing
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  Speaker 3: bodily harm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose,
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  Speaker 3: disguise with intent, and break and enter. Victim Doug Payne
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  Speaker 3: says he suffered a number of wounds, including one to
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  Speaker 3: his neck, his shoulder and his side, but he's recovering.
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  Speaker 3: RNC have released an image of a man who was
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  Speaker 3: seen dressed all in black with his face obscured in
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  Speaker 3: hopes of establishing a timeline of events leading up to
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  Speaker 3: the attack. Police are appealing for any information or video
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  Speaker 3: footage of the man captured in the image. Beth Fagan, VOCM,
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  Speaker 3: Local News Now.
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  Speaker 2: Quebec is getting more money from the federal government as
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  Speaker 2: part of the Churchill Falls deal because it is assuming
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  Speaker 2: more risk. That's according to officials with Natural Resources Canada.
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  Speaker 2: A total of $ 10 billion has been set aside by
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  Speaker 2: Ottawa as part of the deal. Quebec will see $ 6. 5
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  Speaker 2: billion of that, with the remaining $ 3. 5 billion coming to
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  Speaker 2: this province. Liberal MHA Elvis Loveless asked why Quebec gets
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  Speaker 2: more during debate in the House of Assembly this afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Director General with Natural Resources Canada, Sharon Katz, says the
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  Speaker 2: federal money will go to those who are making the investments.
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  Speaker 4: A large portion of those costs are being borne by
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  Speaker 4: Quebec as a key risk taker. in this situation.
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  Speaker 2: Loveless pressed on, asking whether the negotiating team could have
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  Speaker 2: aggressively pursued having the majority of the funding given to
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  Speaker 2: this province.
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  Speaker 4: The federal funding benefits both jurisdictions as the projects will
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  Speaker 4: get built as a result, you know, not as a result,
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  Speaker 4: because the federal funding is also there to support these projects.
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  Speaker 4: As I believe yesterday, one of the other witnesses mentioned,
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  Speaker 4: Gull Island is going to be a huge asset for
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  Speaker 4: the region, 2,700 megawatt dam. and the federal government is
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  Speaker 4: pleased to be a party to that and supporting that project.
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  Speaker 2: The Newfoundland Regiment has released its roster ahead of its
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  Speaker 2: season opening game this Friday at the Mary Brown Center.
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  Speaker 2: Here's VOCM's Zach Power.
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  Speaker 1: Fifteen of the 23 players named to the roster are
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  Speaker 1: returning for their second year, including four players selected during
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  Speaker 1: the QMJHL draft. The Regiment are adding a third Newfoundlander
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  Speaker 1: to its ranks. Middle Cove native Damian Norris will join
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  Speaker 1: center Ben Vich and defenseman Quinn Norman to the team.
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  Speaker 1: Regimen take on the St. John Seadogs in their home
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  Speaker 1: opener at 7 p.m. this Friday. A full list of
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  Speaker 1: their roster can be found at vocm.com. Zach Power, VOCM.
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  Speaker 1: Local news now.
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  Speaker 2: Your weather forecast is next.