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VOCM Morning Update July 14th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. There has been plenty of public discussion
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  Speaker 1: of late about so called trap houses and the criminal
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  Speaker 1: activity and violence that is ruining the neighborhoods where they operate.
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  Speaker 1: Public calls for action are growing, but the problem is
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  Speaker 1: a complex one and the solutions often require a multi
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  Speaker 1: pronged approach that goes beyond simply arresting people and shutting
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  Speaker 1: the houses down. That's prompted End Homelessness Saint John's to
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  Speaker 1: issue a series of posts about the criminal element which
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  Speaker 1: takes over a rental unit from the tenant for nefarious purposes.
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  Speaker 1: Doug poss And of End Homelessness says, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: trap houses actually involve what are known as residential unit takeovers.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of folks who can be highly vulnerable to
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  Speaker 2: organized crime and criminal elements who for one reason or
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  Speaker 2: another are unable to not have people come in their homes,
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  Speaker 2: and when they people come into their homes, they often
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  Speaker 2: will operate illegal activities out of that and that's where
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  Speaker 2: the trap house narrative comes from. And that term is
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  Speaker 2: you know a lot of illegal activity, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: substance use, and a lot of violence, and those are
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  Speaker 2: really just forms of residential unit takeovers.
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  Speaker 1: Pawson says one solution to the problem is to help
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  Speaker 1: vulnerable victims of residential unit takeovers by providing them with
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  Speaker 1: support of housing.
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  Speaker 2: It is a challenge and it's not easy, and it's
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  Speaker 2: never one one way or another. It's really trying to
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  Speaker 2: let folks know what their options are and find housing,
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  Speaker 2: other housing so they can cancel their lease or whatnot
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  Speaker 2: and move on. And once that happens, then you're allowed
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  Speaker 2: to have more enforcement of unauthorized individuals in those homes
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  Speaker 2: get taken out, But people don't want to lose their
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  Speaker 2: lease because it's very difficult to find other housing. So
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  Speaker 2: it's a real challenge, but that's the easiest and best
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  Speaker 2: way to get somebody out is to let them know
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  Speaker 2: what options and find other housing with the right supports
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  Speaker 2: in place so that they don't find themselves in a
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  Speaker 2: similar situation.
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  Speaker 1: The Toronto Police Service says the entire community has a
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  Speaker 1: role to play and addressing and stopping gun violence in
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  Speaker 1: the city. Chief Myron Demq provided an update on a
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  Speaker 1: shooting at the Salsa on Saint Clair festival in Toronto
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday that claimed the lives of two men and
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  Speaker 1: sent many others to hospital with injuries. Demque says the
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  Speaker 1: investigation is ongoing, but it appears to be a targeted event.
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  Speaker 1: He told reporters yesterday that investigators are still gathering evidence
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  Speaker 1: and says while gun violence in Toronto is down overall,
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  Speaker 1: the incident has shaken the entire community.
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  Speaker 3: Shootings are down in the city over twenty six percent
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  Speaker 3: compared to the same time last year, but when a
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  Speaker 3: brazing shooting occurs in a public setting like happened this weekend,
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  Speaker 3: it understandably shakes the sense of safety and security that
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  Speaker 3: Tarantonians expect and deserve.
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  Speaker 1: Eighteen months and the removal of the Baltic three cargo
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  Speaker 1: ship grounded at Cedar on the province's west coast, is
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  Speaker 1: another step closer to finally being removed. Bruce English of
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  Speaker 1: the Canadian Coast Guard says the salvage company hired to
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  Speaker 1: remove the vessel has been busy at the scene.
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  Speaker 4: They're actually doing multiple steps at once. Here there is
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  Speaker 4: a water treatment plant being put up and we start
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  Speaker 4: to move to water from the holes where the cargo
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  Speaker 4: was and treating it. They're continuing to pull chains to
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  Speaker 4: the vessel and secure them in preparation for pulling the vessel.
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  Speaker 4: They are removing waste from the accommodation's block. Actually most
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  Speaker 4: has been removed onto a urge.
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  Speaker 1: He says. Once the vessel is pulled towards the shore,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be chopped up into pieces and truck to new
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  Speaker 1: Co Metals in Stephenville.
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  Speaker 4: Want to be truck clothes as per provincial guidelines. You know,
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  Speaker 4: travel down the highway, bring it to Stephenville where it
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  Speaker 4: will be prepared and disposed of through local company. New
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  Speaker 4: Come Metals.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency responders successfully rescued a woman who fell into a
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  Speaker 1: brook along a remote trail near Long Harbor over the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Ur CMP received a call just after one on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: but a hiker who had fallen into a brook and
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  Speaker 1: may have broken her leg. The Department of Fisheries and
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  Speaker 1: Oceans and the Buran Peninsula Ground Search and Rescue were
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  Speaker 1: called in to assist. Good Samaritans helped the hiker and
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  Speaker 1: another person there with her, and work with police officers
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  Speaker 1: to get her to a nearby road where paramedics were waiting.
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  Speaker 1: She was taken to hospital for treatment. Much of Ontario
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  Speaker 1: is in the grips of a heat wave that's expected
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  Speaker 1: to hang on until later this week. Environment Canada says
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  Speaker 1: areas in the North, including Kenora, thunder Bay and Timmins
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  Speaker 1: could see highs of thirty six degrees celsius, with the
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  Speaker 1: humidex making it feel as hot as forty five. The
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  Speaker 1: agency has also issued similar heat warnings for the South,
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  Speaker 1: including Windsor, Toronto and Ottawa, with the heat event expected
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  Speaker 1: to peak today. Meanwhile, southeastern Saskatchewan and a large area
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  Speaker 1: of Manitoba are also experiencing a major heat event. That's
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  Speaker 1: your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.