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VOCM News Morning Update October 29th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Iris Kirby House is unable to take
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  Speaker 1: people at its shelter until further notice after what it's
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  Speaker 1: calling a serious flood. Iris Kirby House issued an update
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  Speaker 1: on its Facebook page yesterday asking people not to drop
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  Speaker 1: off donations because the impact of the flooding has left
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  Speaker 1: them without the space or capacity to safely receive and
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  Speaker 1: store items. It says the best way in which the
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  Speaker 1: public can offer support is to allow its team the
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  Speaker 1: time and space to manage the situation. There's no immediate
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  Speaker 1: word on whether there were any residents staying at Iris
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  Speaker 1: Kirby House at the time of the flooding or how
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  Speaker 1: those seeking shelter services will be accommodated. The Royal Newfoundland
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  Speaker 1: Constabulary is reviewing its partnership with Crimestoppers following a cybersecurity
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  Speaker 1: attack affecting the program's P3 platform. Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 2: More than 170,000 tips submitted through P3 software between January
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  Speaker 2: of 2022 and November of 2025 were affected. approximately 14,000
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  Speaker 2: of which included personal information. Crimestoppers is anonymous and names
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  Speaker 2: are never provided, but some of the tips may have
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  Speaker 2: contained identifying information. The breach has led some police services
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  Speaker 2: to suspend their use of Crimestoppers, which is run by
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  Speaker 2: Navigate 360, a U.S.-based company. The RNC says it is
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  Speaker 2: working to better understand the incident and confirm that the
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  Speaker 2: anonymity of participants is fully protected. While the constabulary says
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  Speaker 2: it has not received any safety concerns regarding the breach,
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  Speaker 2: it is encouraging anyone with concerns about their personal safety
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  Speaker 2: to reach out to their local police detachment.
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  Speaker 1: The provincial government expects to see a trap house hotline
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  Speaker 1: to be up and running in the foreseeable future. Earlier
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  Speaker 1: this year, the CEO of NL Housing indicated that a
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  Speaker 1: trap house report hotline was being set up to allow
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  Speaker 1: the public to report problem properties. Trap houses typically cause
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  Speaker 1: disruption for surrounding residents through criminal and drug activity, violence,
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  Speaker 1: and garbage. St. John's West MHA Keith White asked for
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  Speaker 1: an update from the minister responsible for NL Housing, Chris Tibbs.
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  Speaker 2: Can the Minister of Housing please confirm whether this hotline
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  Speaker 2: is currently operational and if not, when will it be
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  Speaker 2: and why has it taken so long?
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  Speaker 1: The Honourable Minister of Social Support, Wellbeing, responsible for housing.
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  Speaker 2: As promised, that hotline will be up and running. We're
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  Speaker 2: still going through some agreements there. But like I say,
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  Speaker 2: Newfoundland Labrador Housing, I just want to thank the staff there.
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  Speaker 2: They do some great work. We've got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: vulnerable people in this province, Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Speaker.
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  Speaker 2: But like I always say, we can only be judged
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  Speaker 2: as a society by how we treat our most vulnerable.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to make sure that hotline is in
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  Speaker 2: place and any other supports that the people of this
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  Speaker 2: province need.
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  Speaker 1: There will be a special debate in the House of
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  Speaker 1: Assembly on the final Churchill Falls agreements, but it appears
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  Speaker 1: as though members may not get to vote on it.
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  Speaker 1: Premier Tony Wacom made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. He says
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  Speaker 1: the House of Assembly already endorsed the Churchill Falls agreement
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  Speaker 1: during the September debate, referring to the deal passing with
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  Speaker 1: a final vote of 21-18. and they will not be
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  Speaker 1: renegotiating what was already voted on. Wakeham says the negotiating
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  Speaker 1: team will host technical briefings for MHAs, and the agreements
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  Speaker 1: will be brought back to the legislature for debate. Wakeham
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  Speaker 1: was not clear when asked whether there will be a
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  Speaker 1: vote on the final agreements.
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  Speaker 2: That's something that you'll have to wait and see. Right
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  Speaker 2: now the plan is to make sure that the definitive
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  Speaker 2: agreements line up with what was voted on in the
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  Speaker 2: House of Assembly.
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  Speaker 1: Our heads are going to be in a spin trying
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  Speaker 1: to keep the clock straight come the spring as yet
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  Speaker 1: another province, this one as close to home as it gets.
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  Speaker 1: plans to get rid of daylight saving time. British Columbia, Alberta,
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  Speaker 1: and Manitoba have already done so, and now the Parti
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  Speaker 1: Quebecois says it's going to stick with standard time year-round.
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland and Labrador has shown no interest in even considering
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  Speaker 1: going down that path. That means we could see a
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  Speaker 1: situation where the island of Newfoundland and a small part
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  Speaker 1: of Labrador would be separated by two and a half
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  Speaker 1: hours and most of Labrador and Quebec by two hours.
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  Speaker 1: Daylight saving time was adopted in Canada during World War
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  Speaker 1: I to reduce coal and oil consumption. There has been
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  Speaker 1: another incident in which a plane struck another vehicle at
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  Speaker 1: an airport, in this case at Toronto Pearson. The incident
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  Speaker 1: happened Tuesday night, a couple of hours after the WestJet
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  Speaker 1: plane got in from Mexico. The aircraft was being towed
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  Speaker 1: at the time, so there was nobody on board when
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  Speaker 1: the wing came into contact with a food truck. Nobody
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  Speaker 1: was injured, and the extent of damage is unclear. The
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  Speaker 1: small ball Milwaukee Brewers, playing in the smallest market in
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  Speaker 1: the majors, are World Series champions for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: Young ace Jacob Mizorowski threw five and two-thirds scoreless innings
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  Speaker 1: of two-hit ball, and then the bullpen kept her locked
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  Speaker 1: down as Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in
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  Speaker 1: Game 5. And that's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.