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VOCM News Afternoon Update September 26th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Zach Power. A search and rescue helicopter was needed
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  Speaker 2: to save a man stranded on the mountain trail near
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  Speaker 2: Corner Brook. Bay of Islands Search and Rescue received the
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  Speaker 2: call to the popular hiking trail around 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Nineteen volunteers took to the trail on ATVs, quickly determining
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  Speaker 2: that they needed a helicopter to safely transport the individual
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  Speaker 2: who was experiencing a medical emergency. A Canadian Armed Forces
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  Speaker 2: commemorative helicopter from the 103 Squadron in Gander was deployed
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  Speaker 2: around 10 o'clock that night. The person was successfully hoisted
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  Speaker 2: and taken to hospital for further treatment. The world is
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  Speaker 2: holding its collective breath, waiting to see if U.S. President
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump makes good on a previous suggestion that he
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  Speaker 2: plans to ban U.S. diesel exports for 90 days. Diesel
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  Speaker 2: prices are at record highs. putting pressure on a variety
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  Speaker 2: of sectors, including the agricultural industry. A ban on exports
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  Speaker 2: is opposed by U.S. fuel producers, industry leaders, and even
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  Speaker 2: members of Trump's own administration. Not according to Dempke of
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  Speaker 2: Canadians for Affordable Energy.
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  Speaker 1: There are people within the Trump administration who themselves think
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  Speaker 1: this is a dumb idea. It's dumb because... You're going
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  Speaker 1: to tell refiners in the United States to stop producing diesel.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to be a glut of diesel. They'll drop
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  Speaker 1: prices temporarily, and then prices not just for diesel, but
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  Speaker 1: gasoline and everything else will start popping up.
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  Speaker 2: A panel of business leaders says that Canada's four Atlantic
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  Speaker 2: provinces can become an economic powerhouse if they work together
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  Speaker 2: to create a single economy. Don Mills, the chair of
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  Speaker 2: the Atlantic Economic Panel, says that its recommendations are aimed
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  Speaker 2: at transforming the region's lagging economic performance as soon as possible.
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  Speaker 1: This report is not about potential. We're tired of talking
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  Speaker 1: about potential. We're into let's get it done.
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  Speaker 2: The panels include seven recommendations, including one that calls for
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  Speaker 2: one Atlantic Canada to bring all four provinces together and
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  Speaker 2: function as one economy. This is a big weekend on
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  Speaker 2: the fighting cancer front with one of the top fundraisers
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  Speaker 2: taking place in the metro region. The first installment of
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  Speaker 2: the polka dot trot took place in Cornerbrook last week
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  Speaker 2: and attracting people from dozens of communities in the region.
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  Speaker 2: Laura Ivney, development officer with the Cancer Care Foundation, says
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  Speaker 2: the money raised goes to four cancer hospitals in this province.
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  Speaker 3: If people want to support, they can go to polka.trot.org
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  Speaker 3: and donate to teams like Team M & M. We're
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  Speaker 3: so grateful to all of our donors who are supporting
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  Speaker 3: us this year. We're so grateful to our presenting sponsor, Lox,
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  Speaker 3: who are showing up in a big way to make
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  Speaker 3: this day possible and help us bring it across the island.
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  Speaker 3: And the Cancer Care Foundation supports Cornerbrook, Grand Falls, Gander,
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  Speaker 3: and St.
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  Speaker 2: John's.
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  Speaker 3: So to be further across our province this year just
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  Speaker 3: means so much to us.
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  Speaker 2: And that's your news.