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VOCM News Afternoon Update October 15th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Bell Canada says it's monitoring its network
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  Speaker 1: after an outage affected phone services across the province yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: including 911. Operations were restored within a few hours. Bell
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  Speaker 1: Canada says it's keeping an eye on its systems to
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  Speaker 1: ensure that all services have fully returned. The federal government
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  Speaker 1: is set to announce a $ 100 million commitment towards developing
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  Speaker 1: offshore wind energy in Nova Scotia. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson
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  Speaker 1: is set to deliver the news in Halifax today alongside
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  Speaker 1: Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. A senior government source tells
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  Speaker 1: the Canadian press that Ottawa is putting $ 5 million towards
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  Speaker 1: deploying a fleet of buoys to help measure wind speeds
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  Speaker 1: and ocean conditions. The information, the source says, will help
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  Speaker 1: inform prospective investors ahead of a call for bids in
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  Speaker 1: winter 2027. Tim Hodgson will be in St. John's tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: to speak on energy issues. People who prefer to book
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  Speaker 1: their airfare the old-fashioned way may be hit with an
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  Speaker 1: extra fee. Air Canada is now charging an extra $ 30
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  Speaker 1: per passenger fee for bookings made over the phone. The
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  Speaker 1: non-refundable booking fee takes effect today. The airline hopes the
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  Speaker 1: move will encourage more travelers to book online or via
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  Speaker 1: the Air Canada app. Buildings and landmarks across the country
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  Speaker 1: are being lit up in purple to mark National Disability
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  Speaker 1: Employment Awareness Month. The occasion is known as Light It
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  Speaker 1: Up Day, a time to highlight the contributions of workers
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  Speaker 1: with disabilities and the importance of creating inclusive workplaces. The
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  Speaker 1: Regional Coordinator for Mentorability at Avalon Employment, Courtney Abbott, says
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  Speaker 1: Barriers to employment vary from person to person.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't want to kind of paint things in broad strokes,
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  Speaker 2: but just from personal experience, we have folks who maybe
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  Speaker 2: they aren't sure how to sell themselves. So when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to meeting with an employer or conducting an interview,
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  Speaker 2: which can be, you know, a very nerve wracking experience
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  Speaker 2: for anybody. They're not quite sure how to highlight the
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  Speaker 2: skills and the abilities that they have to offer. We
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  Speaker 2: also have folks who encounter maybe some barriers just simply
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  Speaker 2: in the job postings where job postings aren't as accessible
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  Speaker 2: as they could be.
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  Speaker 1: The mentorability program matches job seekers with employers. They then
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  Speaker 1: go into the workplace for anywhere between an hour to
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  Speaker 1: a full day. And Pope Leo is recovering in hospital
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  Speaker 1: after undergoing surgery to remove cancerous cells from his lung.
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  Speaker 1: Vatican officials say the Pope has been resuming some work activities.
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  Speaker 1: Here's more from ABC News.
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  Speaker 3: Everything is positive in terms of the recovery. The key question,
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  Speaker 3: of course, is did the cancer spread? Nothing on that
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  Speaker 3: at the moment. And the Vatican is stressing, I think,
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  Speaker 3: that there will be tests. Those test results could take
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  Speaker 3: some time in terms of determining whether if all of
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  Speaker 3: the cancer was removed and if the cancer had spread
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  Speaker 3: before and whether or not the Pope will need any
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  Speaker 3: form of treatment going forward.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.