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VOCM News Late-Day Update September 30th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Richard Duggan. In the news, Premier Tony Wakeham says
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  Speaker 1: he shares in the federal government's disappointment that France has
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  Speaker 1: signaled its intention to launch an exploratory snow crab fishery
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  Speaker 1: on the extension of Canada's continental shelf. The province says
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  Speaker 1: that action is not within France's authority. Premier Wakeham has
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  Speaker 1: spoken with Federal Fisheries Minister and Newfoundland MP Joanne Thompson
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  Speaker 1: in support of the province's fishery. Wakeham says Thompson made
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  Speaker 1: it clear that the federal government does not support the
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  Speaker 1: decision by France and never will. He says the province
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  Speaker 1: will work with Ottawa to safeguard the critical fishing industry.
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  Speaker 1: A man has been arrested and charged with breaching the
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  Speaker 1: Family Violence Protection Act following an incident that led police
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  Speaker 1: to two homes in the metro region. The RNC were
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  Speaker 1: called to a home in downtown St. John's around 10.30
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  Speaker 1: yesterday morning, and the investigation eventually led them to a
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  Speaker 1: second residence in Torbay. There, a 28-year-old man was arrested
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  Speaker 1: for breaching an emergency protection order. The accused was brought
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  Speaker 1: to provincial court where he was charged with two counts
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  Speaker 1: of breaching the Family Violence Protection Act. Parents on the
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  Speaker 1: Avalon Peninsula will be able to register their kids for
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  Speaker 1: Kinderstart and kindergarten next week, VOCM's Mahalia Ardis reports.
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  Speaker 2: Government announced a pause in the registration process last May
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  Speaker 2: following concerns raised in the Privacy Commissioner's report into the
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  Speaker 2: 2024 Power School privacy breach. Registration will open next Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: at 9 a.m. and will be open until the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day on Thursday. Registration will happen simultaneously for
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  Speaker 2: the English and French streams. NL Schools reminds that to register,
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  Speaker 2: all children must be turning 5 on or before December 31, 2027.
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  Speaker 2: Families needing assistance for any reason should contact their zoned
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  Speaker 2: school for assistance. Mahalia Artis, VOCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: St. John's City Council is looking for feedback from the
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  Speaker 1: public to better understand the climate risks facing St.
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  Speaker 3: John's.
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  Speaker 1: The city is seeking input as part of a climate
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  Speaker 1: risk assessment to better understand areas of concern in the
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  Speaker 1: community and with infrastructure and services. The city says although
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  Speaker 1: data can help to identify where risks may exist, local
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  Speaker 1: experience also provides valuable information. Residents can participate in the
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  Speaker 1: online survey until November 27th. Newfoundlander Rebecca Abbott has been
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  Speaker 1: eliminated from MasterChef Canada.
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  Speaker 3: The person going home tonight is Rebecca.
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  Speaker 1: The 38-year-old Gander native was eliminated during last night's episode
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  Speaker 1: after struggling with a rice-themed mystery box challenge. Abbott was
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  Speaker 1: emotional after receiving the news.
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  Speaker 3: Today was not my best. I learned that every dish
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  Speaker 3: you put forward is very important. Maybe I should have
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  Speaker 3: been more expressive of who I am. I am most
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  Speaker 3: proud of the fact that I actually applied and I
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  Speaker 3: came here and I'm so proud to be the first
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  Speaker 3: Newfoundlander to crack the top 12.
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  Speaker 1: And Prime Minister Mark Carney built a global profile in
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  Speaker 1: 2026 by standing up to Donald Trump amid the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: President's trade war and his jabs to make Canada the
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  Speaker 1: 51st state. If some prediction market traders and admirers are right,
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  Speaker 1: Canada's Prime Minister could end the year with an esteemed
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  Speaker 1: honour or two. Here's Karen Reba.
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  Speaker 4: Carney briefly became the favorite Monday for the Nobel Peace
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  Speaker 4: Prize on the U.S.-based prediction market, Kelshi. Donald Trump likely
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  Speaker 4: wouldn't take that news well since he has repeatedly complained
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  Speaker 4: about not receiving the Nobel himself. Should have gotten the
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  Speaker 4: Nobel Prize for each war, but I don't say that.
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  Speaker 2: I saved millions and millions of people.
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  Speaker 4: Yesterday, Carney was the second choice on prediction markets for
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  Speaker 4: Time's Person of the Year behind New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani.
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  Speaker 4: Trump has had that honor twice. But New York University
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  Speaker 4: professor Scott Galloway thinks Carney has this one in the bag,
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  Speaker 4: calling him the leader that Europe's been looking for for
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  Speaker 4: the last 20 years. Karen Rebo, the Canadian Press.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. Your weather is coming up next.