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VOCM Midday Update August 25 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. US President Donald Trump says he's thinking
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  Speaker 1: about renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. It's reminiscent of
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  Speaker 1: Trump's unilateral action last year by executive order to rename
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  Speaker 1: the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Trump
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  Speaker 1: says he's considering the latest name change because his administration
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  Speaker 1: doesn't expect to be doing much business with Ontario anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Yesterday saw Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Trump trade insults
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  Speaker 1: in the media as the US trade war escalates. The
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  Speaker 1: Single Parent Association is still seeking donations of school supplies
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  Speaker 1: to help meet unusually high demand. Executive director Danielle Seawards
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  Speaker 1: says she's never seen demand as high as it is
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  Speaker 1: this year.
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  Speaker 2: It's reaching record breaking the wholes, to be quite honest,
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  Speaker 2: and we're doing what we can to keep off. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: there's only so much we can do, but our goal
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  Speaker 2: is to help as many people as possible, So you know,
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  Speaker 2: donations have been coming in and we've been really fortunate
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  Speaker 2: in that we've already been able to help over nine
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  Speaker 2: hundred children across the province, which on a normal year
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  Speaker 2: would be the highest we normally do. But This year
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  Speaker 2: is a little bit different.
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  Speaker 1: She says, this year has seen exceptional demand and they're
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  Speaker 1: in the process of collecting last minute donations for distribution.
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  Speaker 1: Going in their favor this year is the fact that
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  Speaker 1: the school year is starting relatively late, so we've.
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  Speaker 2: Got an extra week to work with and we're in
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  Speaker 2: the process right now of collecting as many last minute
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  Speaker 2: donations as we can, just to make sure that we're
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  Speaker 2: sending all the kids back to school with the tools.
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  Speaker 1: Details on what's needed and how to make a donation
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  Speaker 1: can be found at vocm dot com. A Montreal based
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  Speaker 1: real estate investment and development firm has purchased the Village
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  Speaker 1: shopping center in Saint John's. The company has been purchasing
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  Speaker 1: shopping centers across Canada over the last few years and
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  Speaker 1: is already working on leasing out empty space in the
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  Speaker 1: four hundred twenty seven five hundred square foot building. The Village,
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  Speaker 1: located at Topsail Road in Columbus Drive, had lost a
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  Speaker 1: growing number of retail tenants in recent years. LAAD says
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  Speaker 1: its portfolio includes residential, commercial and industrial properties strategically managed
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  Speaker 1: to maximize value and deliver returns. The company says it
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  Speaker 1: takes pride in identifying opportunities where others see challenges. Canadian
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  Speaker 1: artists will soon be able to register for the chance
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  Speaker 1: to represent the country at the twenty twenty seven Eurovision
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  Speaker 1: Song Contest in Bulgaria. Registration opens on August thirty first
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  Speaker 1: through CBC Regio Canada's Eurovision portal and runs until September night.
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  Speaker 1: The artists will make history as the first to represent
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  Speaker 1: Canada at the international music competition, which has helped propel
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  Speaker 1: the careers of several major artists. Canadian superstar Celine Dion
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  Speaker 1: won the Eurovision competition for Switzerland back in nineteen eighty eight.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.