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VOCM Afternoon Update August 15 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Richard Duggan in the news and investigation is ongoing
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  Speaker 1: following an incident on the Scopi Crescent in Saint John's
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  Speaker 1: last night that resulted in the arrest of one person.
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  Speaker 1: The RNC responded around seven thirty pm after someone called
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  Speaker 1: to report lots of screaming before their phone line got disconnected.
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  Speaker 1: Police arrived on the scene in numbers due to what
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  Speaker 1: they say was a large number of people present. They
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  Speaker 1: arrested a thirty nine year old man who had an
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  Speaker 1: active warrant. The investigation continues. Charges have been laid after
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  Speaker 1: a motorcycle crash that occurred after the same machine caught
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  Speaker 1: the attention of police. Officers in the capital City. RNC
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  Speaker 1: say they attempted to pull the motorcycle with two people
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  Speaker 1: on board over around twelve forty five yesterday morning at
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  Speaker 1: the intersection of Topsil Road and duns Wrote. Instead of stopping,
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  Speaker 1: the machine fled and police decided enough to pursue in
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  Speaker 1: the interest of public safety. The same motorcycle was found
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  Speaker 1: minutes later heavily damaged after crashing near Black Marsh Road.
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  Speaker 1: Police say the twenty six year old driver refused to
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  Speaker 1: provide officers with a breath sample, and both he and
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  Speaker 1: his twenty two year old female passenger were taken a
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  Speaker 1: hospital for treatment. The driver has been charged with dangerous driving,
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  Speaker 1: flight from police and refusal. His license has been suspended
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  Speaker 1: and the motorcycle was seized. He's been released to appear
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  Speaker 1: in court at a later date. The provincial government has
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  Speaker 1: increased the one time subsidy for those seeking fertility treatment.
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  Speaker 1: The funding is being increased from twenty thousand dollars to
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine thousand dollars. Local obstetrician and Associate Professor of
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  Speaker 1: Obstetrics and Gynecology at mon doctor Sean Murphy says anything
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  Speaker 1: to help reduce barriers to those seeking fertility treatment is welcomed.
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  Speaker 2: Anything we can do to kind of remove obstacles to
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  Speaker 2: people accessing fertility care and good quality, high access fertility
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  Speaker 2: care is important and this one will help kind of
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  Speaker 2: move things forward in that direction. It'll remove another barrier
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  Speaker 2: to fertility care, and as we work towards Heaven IVF
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  Speaker 2: in our own province, will continue to work with the
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  Speaker 2: minister in our team in an LHS to deliver that
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  Speaker 2: care here in province. But in the meantime it's a
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  Speaker 2: fantastic investment in families of our province.
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  Speaker 1: Now moving into its third decade, the annual Puffin and
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  Speaker 1: Petrol Patrol is underway in the Witless Bay and Babels area.
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  Speaker 1: Every year, young puffin and storm petrol checks, which navigate
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  Speaker 1: by stars in the night sky, become disoriented by artificial
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  Speaker 1: light and end up stranded in communities where they are
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  Speaker 1: vulnerable to traffic and predators. The Canadian Parks in Wilderness
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  Speaker 1: Society or SEAPODS, has been involved in a puffin and
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  Speaker 1: petrol patrol for the last twenty years, with volunteers fanning
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  Speaker 1: out to pick up wayward pufflings and petrol checks. The
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  Speaker 1: birds are then released over the water at night. Suzanne
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  Speaker 1: Dewley of SEAPODS says this year's petrol patrols an early start,
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  Speaker 1: which he says is a sign that food sources have
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  Speaker 1: been healthy this year.
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  Speaker 3: I saw a lot of caithling coming in in July,
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  Speaker 3: so that means there was a good lot of food
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  Speaker 3: sources and it lined up when the adult puffins would
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  Speaker 3: be feeding the young chicks. And by the look at
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  Speaker 3: the birds that have been rescued so far, they seem
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  Speaker 3: to be pretty plump and happy birds. So we're very
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  Speaker 3: happy that they seem to be very healthy and mother
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  Speaker 3: nature parently aligned with us this year.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Richard Duggan,