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VOCM Morning Update July 15th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Provincial officials have confirmed a case of
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  Speaker 1: rabies on the island in a bat in the Trinity
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  Speaker 1: Bay area, leading to warnings to the public about precautions
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  Speaker 1: to take if encountering a bat. Mahalia artist reports.
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  Speaker 2: It's only the second case of rabies in a bat
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  Speaker 2: in the province, the first having occurred in Cartwright in
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  Speaker 2: two thousand and four. Rabies is a fatal disease in
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  Speaker 2: mammals that is usually spread by the bite of an
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  Speaker 2: infected animal. Government officials say there is no elevated risk
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  Speaker 2: to the public or animal health at this time, and
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  Speaker 2: rabies can naturally occur in healthy bat populations at a
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  Speaker 2: very low level. The province says the recent case serves
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  Speaker 2: as an important reminder that rabies is always a risk
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  Speaker 2: wherever bats are present, and to always treat any interaction
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  Speaker 2: with a bat seriously and take the appropriate precautions to
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  Speaker 2: avoid close contact with the flying mammals. Pet Owners are
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  Speaker 2: being encouraged to vaccinate their animals against rabies, and people
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  Speaker 2: are being asked to avoid and report animals that show
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  Speaker 2: signs of having rabies that include strange behavior, staggering, frothing
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  Speaker 2: at the mouth, choking or making unusual noises. The Canadian
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  Speaker 2: Food Inspection Agency is reporting thirty six positive rabies cases
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  Speaker 2: in bat so far this year, including twenty three in Ontario,
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  Speaker 2: four in Quebec, four NBC, five in Saskatchewan, and the
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  Speaker 2: most recent case in Trinity Bay.
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  Speaker 1: The town of Labrador City has officially lifted its state
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  Speaker 1: of emergency. The order was put in place after a
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  Speaker 1: wildfire threatened the community and forced the evacuation of several homes.
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  Speaker 1: While crews continue to monitor wildfire's burning near the Quebec border,
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  Speaker 1: all remaining evacuation alerts in the area have also been lifted.
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  Speaker 1: Officials say they're now working to remove some of the
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  Speaker 1: fire breake infrastructure that was installed around the town. Port
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  Speaker 1: of Bascar CMP are investigating a suspected case of arson
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  Speaker 1: near a Newfoundland Power substation near the community last week.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency crews were called to a small brush fire just
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  Speaker 1: before eleven o'clock on Friday night along the tch west
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  Speaker 1: of the town. The blaze was extinguished by the Port
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  Speaker 1: of Bass volunteer Fire Department. Police believe the fire may
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  Speaker 1: have been set intentionally, and are asking anyone with information
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  Speaker 1: to contact them or Crime stopperers. One man was arrested
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  Speaker 1: and charged after an arm robbery in Mobile Monday evening
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  Speaker 1: led police on a pursuit that ended in Conception based
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  Speaker 1: South Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 3: Fairland, Darcy and p were contacted about an armed robbery
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  Speaker 3: at a convenience store on the Southern Shore Highway in Mobile.
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  Speaker 3: Two people wearing masks entered the store, pointed a firearm
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  Speaker 3: at staff, and left the scene in a black Acura
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  Speaker 3: Integra with a small quantity of money. Witnesses reported that
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  Speaker 3: the car was heading in the direction of Saint John's
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  Speaker 3: and it was found abandon a short time later in CBS.
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  Speaker 3: Officers with the RNC and their police dog unit provided
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  Speaker 3: assistance and one suspect was tracked to a nearby property
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  Speaker 3: and arrested without incident. Thirty six year old Darrel McDonald
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  Speaker 3: is facing a list of charges including break and entry,
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  Speaker 3: use of a firearm in committing a robbery, pointing a firearm,
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  Speaker 3: and disguise with intent. He was scheduled to appear in
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  Speaker 3: court today. A search is underway for the second suspect
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  Speaker 3: and police are seeking any witness information or video footage.
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  Speaker 3: Between seven and nine thirty pm Monday night, from a
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  Speaker 3: number of areas, including mobile, the Southern Shore Highway, Whitless
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  Speaker 3: Bay Line, TCH, Fox Trap Access, and Farmland Lane.
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  Speaker 1: In CBS, all fuels are a little more costly this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Gas is up by a cent, inching closer to the
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  Speaker 1: two dollars a lid mark again. Diesel on the island
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  Speaker 1: increases by four point eight cents and jumps seven point
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  Speaker 1: four cents in Labrador West. Furnace oil is up by
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  Speaker 1: about four cents per liter stove oil and lab West
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  Speaker 1: increases by about seven cents. Officials in Michigan are eyeing
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  Speaker 1: lettuce as the possible cause of a cyclospora outbreak in
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  Speaker 1: the state. Infections from the diarrhea inducing parasite are surging,
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  Speaker 1: with the state level data suggesting twenty twenty six is
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  Speaker 1: already the worst year for reported cases of cyclospora in
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  Speaker 1: the United States. More than thirty states have reported infections
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  Speaker 1: this year, with current data showing the number of infections
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  Speaker 1: has surpassed the record mark of forty seven hundred set
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  Speaker 1: in the US in twenty nineteen. While health officials have
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  Speaker 1: not yet definitively identified what is causing the infections, Michigan
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  Speaker 1: is blaming lettuce or Salad Greens, a Netflix series filmed
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  Speaker 1: in Newfoundland and Labrador last year, is set to premiere
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  Speaker 1: on October eighth. Below stars Josh Hartnett as a fisherman
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  Speaker 1: who must fight to protect his family, community, and vanishing
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  Speaker 1: way of life against a menacing sea creature. The star
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  Speaker 1: of films like Pearl Harbor and Blackhawk Down, had to
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  Speaker 1: be taken a hospital last September after the vehicle he
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  Speaker 1: was in collided with a police cruiser at New Cove
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  Speaker 1: Road and Elizabeth Avenue. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.