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VOCM News Morning Update October 5th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland. The town of Natwashish is in mourning
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  Speaker 2: after the loss of two men in a boating mishap
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  Speaker 2: near Nain yesterday. The Mushuwa Inu First Nation office is
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  Speaker 2: closed today out of respect of the Piwash and Rich families.
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  Speaker 2: The band council is thanking emergency responders and support teams
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  Speaker 2: for helping to find the two men and bring them
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  Speaker 2: back to Nain. They will then be transported back to Natwashish.
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  Speaker 2: In the meantime, the bank council is asking people to
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  Speaker 2: avoid speculation and discussion online to protect the families and
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  Speaker 2: everyone affected by the tragedy. The incident is under investigation.
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  Speaker 2: The victim of a brutal knife attack in Cornerbrook a
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  Speaker 2: few weeks ago that left him bloodied and hospitalized is
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  Speaker 2: not impressed with what went down in court Friday regarding
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  Speaker 2: the accused. Doug Payne, the owner of Downtown Entertainment, was
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  Speaker 2: stabbed five times by a man as he was closing
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  Speaker 2: up his store. He did not know his attacker. Greg
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  Speaker 2: Musacanda was granted bail Friday in provincial court in Cornerbrook
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  Speaker 2: with an order to appear again November 17th. The charges
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  Speaker 2: include aggravated assault, disguise with intent, and possession of a
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  Speaker 2: weapon for a dangerous purpose. In a post to Facebook,
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  Speaker 2: Payne says he did not survive five stab wounds and
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  Speaker 2: lose that much blood, only for someone to get $ 500
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  Speaker 2: bail and be out on curfew. There's a scammer in
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  Speaker 2: our midst trying to latch on to people who have
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  Speaker 2: been caught speeding and intercept ticket payments, Mahalia Artis reports.
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  Speaker 3: The government of Newfoundland and Labrador says it appears that
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  Speaker 3: the fraudster is attempting to collect speed camera ticket payments
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  Speaker 3: by impersonating the MyGovNL website. Government has some advice on
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  Speaker 3: how to verify if it is actually their website or not.
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  Speaker 3: Payments should only be made through fines administration. Anyone going
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  Speaker 3: that route should verify that you're on an official GovNL
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  Speaker 3: website before entering personal or financial information and confirm your
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  Speaker 3: personal information and vehicle details before making a payment. People
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  Speaker 3: should be cautious of QR codes and links that do
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  Speaker 3: not lead to official GovNL websites. And if you believe
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  Speaker 3: you've made a payment through a fraudulent site, contact your
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  Speaker 3: bank immediately and report it to police.
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  Speaker 2: A provincial cabinet minister who had established her influencer status
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  Speaker 2: on social media before last year's general election is now
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  Speaker 2: vowing to quit the online presence. Andrea Barber, the Minister
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  Speaker 2: for Environment and Climate Change, has raised eyebrows on many occasions,
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  Speaker 2: but last week she dabbled in biblical musings in a
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  Speaker 2: statement on Facebook announcing her departure from social platforms. Amanda Bittner,
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  Speaker 2: a political scientist at Memorial University, says the online world
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  Speaker 2: is not a pleasant place for politicians, especially if one
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  Speaker 2: is female, indigenous, or of color. She says it's difficult
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  Speaker 2: to know what to make of her situation, but her
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  Speaker 2: public pronouncements do not always make the governing party look good.
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  Speaker 4: It's hard to be new at this, and I'm not
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  Speaker 4: sure how much mentorship she's getting from within the party.
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  Speaker 4: And if she is getting it, I'm not sure if
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  Speaker 4: she's listening or maybe she's not.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not there, so it's hard to say. But yeah,
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  Speaker 4: from the outside, it's not pretty, and it doesn't make
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  Speaker 4: the party look good. But at the same time, it's
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  Speaker 4: hard to know exactly what's going on. But I have
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  Speaker 4: absolutely no doubt that she is experiencing unfortunate things over
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  Speaker 4: in her internet zone. And I wouldn't want it. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: I've had dead threats, and I'm not a politician. So it's... Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: it's not nice.
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  Speaker 3: U.S.
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  Speaker 2: President Donald Trump is pressuring Republican Senator Tom Cotton to
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  Speaker 2: support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Here's
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  Speaker 2: Donna Warder of the Associated Press.
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump says Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas
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  Speaker 1: is holding up a bill that would make daylight saving
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  Speaker 1: time permanent. And Trump posted the personal cell phone number
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  Speaker 1: of the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, urging Americans
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  Speaker 1: to call it. As Trump departed the White House Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: he told reporters the public supports not having to change
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  Speaker 1: their clocks twice a year.
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  Speaker 2: It's very expensive.
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  Speaker 1: It's got many problems, even.
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  Speaker 2: Crime, as crazy as it sounds. When you have light,
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  Speaker 2: you have much less crime.
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  Speaker 1: The Sunshine Protection Act passed in the House in July,
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  Speaker 1: but some Republicans in the Senate strongly oppose it, some
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  Speaker 1: saying it would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous
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  Speaker 1: winter mornings when children will be waiting for school buses
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  Speaker 1: and adults will be driving to work in darkness. Donna Water, Washington.
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  Speaker 2: The clocks go back an hour on November 1st. An
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  Speaker 2: announcement is coming this morning involving Health Minister Jody Wall
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  Speaker 2: and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald. The
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  Speaker 2: pair are scheduled to speak with reporters this morning at
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  Speaker 2: 9 at the Janeway. There's no official word on the
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  Speaker 2: nature of the availability and VOCM News will be there.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.