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VOCM News Afternoon Update Oct 13th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The Federal Fisheries Minister says suggestions that
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  Speaker 1: the French government is hoping to launch a snow crab
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  Speaker 1: fishery on Canada's continental shelf is not an active story.
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  Speaker 1: The French ambassador has since indicated that France would not
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  Speaker 1: take that type of action without consulting Canada. Minister Joanne
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  Speaker 1: Thompson says the news, which dropped shortly after the French
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  Speaker 1: president met with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saint-Pierre-Miquelon, came
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  Speaker 1: as a complete shock, prompting global affairs to get involved.
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  Speaker 1: Since that time, the French ambassador has offered assurance that
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  Speaker 1: the suggestion is not part of ongoing discussions between France
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  Speaker 1: and Canada. As far as Minister Thompson is concerned, it's
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  Speaker 1: not a current issue.
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  Speaker 2: So from my perspective, this is not an active story.
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  Speaker 2: We will continue to work together because there are things
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  Speaker 2: that we must do together. But I just want to
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  Speaker 2: reassure harvesters, I will always defend France. our right to
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  Speaker 2: fish in our water. And no, this is not an
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  Speaker 2: active story.
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  Speaker 1: A local housing advocate is very concerned about the pending
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  Speaker 1: closure of Horizons 106 and where it will leave vulnerable
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  Speaker 1: people living in the community. The provincial government will not
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  Speaker 1: be renewing the lease on the former hotel, citing poor
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  Speaker 1: planning and an AG report that highlighted the $ 240, 000 per
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  Speaker 1: person cost of providing wraparound services. Doug Pawson of N
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  Speaker 1: Homelessness St. John says the recent closure of 91 Brazel
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  Speaker 1: Street is an example of the difficulties facing some people
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  Speaker 1: in the community. Pawson says it was well known that
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  Speaker 1: the risk at the building went beyond structural concerns and
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  Speaker 1: many frontline workers were instructed not to enter the building.
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  Speaker 1: His fear is that vulnerable people who are prone to
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  Speaker 1: being exploited by the criminal element will be put at
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  Speaker 1: greater risk living in the community.
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  Speaker 3: So incorporating housing and health supports on site in a
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  Speaker 3: dedicated building with that support kept them safe. That model
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  Speaker 3: is now being taken away. And so now folks are
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  Speaker 3: going to be transitioning with, you know, a phone call
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  Speaker 3: or a text or a knock on a door one
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  Speaker 3: to three, five times a week. Those folks are sitting ducks, essentially,
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  Speaker 3: for some of the criminal elements I was just describing
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  Speaker 3: that are operating in Brazel Street. Because when that closes,
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  Speaker 3: that problem doesn't stop. It just shifts and disperses around
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  Speaker 3: the city. And so I worry for their safety in
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  Speaker 3: the long run and the frontline staff that are going
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  Speaker 3: to be tasked to to support them in their housing
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  Speaker 3: and knowing how vulnerable they can be.
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  Speaker 1: A Rhode Island pumpkin grower appears to have set a
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  Speaker 1: new world record for the heaviest pumpkin. Ron Wallace's giant
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  Speaker 1: squash weighed 3,156 pounds at a contest in New England.
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  Speaker 1: That's nearly the weight of three concert grand pianos. The
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  Speaker 1: Guinness Book of World Records has yet to verify his achievement.
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  Speaker 1: Wallace said Monday he was in communication with officials. He
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  Speaker 1: won $ 3, 500 at his local contest, choosing to compete there
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  Speaker 1: despite bigger prizes offered elsewhere. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.