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VOCM News Midday Update September 10th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The newly elected president of the Citizens
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  Speaker 1: Crime Prevention Association in Mount Pearl says a shocking attack
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  Speaker 1: on her husband is what prompted her to get involved
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  Speaker 1: in positive action in the community. Bailey Rempel's husband was
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  Speaker 1: set upon by a group of young people in November
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  Speaker 1: of 2024, sending him to hospital with serious injuries. It
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  Speaker 1: was an incident that shattered the community's sense of security
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  Speaker 1: and led the city to develop a public safety plan.
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  Speaker 1: Rempel says she decided to channel the experience in positive
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  Speaker 1: ways by getting involved in the citizens group.
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  Speaker 2: In general, everybody is seeing the problems facing our communities
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  Speaker 2: and they just want to help. They just want to
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  Speaker 2: get involved and make change somehow. And I think it's wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: To my mind, the only way to really address what
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  Speaker 2: we're facing is for individuals to care, government to care,
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  Speaker 2: RNC to care, for all of us to jump in
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  Speaker 2: and work together on this.
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  Speaker 1: The local group has developed a whistle program distributing whistles
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  Speaker 1: for people who use the popular Mount Pearl Trail system
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  Speaker 1: in response to recent incidents. They're also distributing certificates to
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  Speaker 1: children who are caught participating in positive community behavior. Costco
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  Speaker 1: Canada is recalling boxes of chicken breast chunks due to
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  Speaker 1: an undeclared allergen. Rossdown Meal Starters garlic chicken breast chunks
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  Speaker 1: have been recalled because they contain undeclared soy. The chicken
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  Speaker 1: was sold at Costco stores in August and September. A
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  Speaker 1: link to the affected products can be found online at vocm.com.
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  Speaker 1: The town of Lewisport has been gifted a piece of
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  Speaker 1: the World Trade Center ahead of the 25th anniversary of
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  Speaker 1: the terrorist attacks in New York. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: The town was one of many to open their doors
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  Speaker 3: to stranded airline passengers when American airspace was shut down.
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  Speaker 3: Chief Rob Fudge and firefighter Stephen Cole were two of
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  Speaker 3: many people who answered the call when 38 aircraft were
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  Speaker 3: forced to land in Gander. According to a social media
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  Speaker 3: post by Lewisport Regional Fire Rescue, On Tuesday, the two
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  Speaker 3: firefighters were on hand to receive a framed piece of
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  Speaker 3: steel recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center
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  Speaker 3: in New York. It was delivered by American paramedic and
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  Speaker 3: firefighter Garrett Shield, a board member of the group Pay
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  Speaker 3: It Forward 9-11. Lewisport Regional Fire Rescue says it was
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  Speaker 3: a very proud and emotional moment for the two members.
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  Speaker 1: The Buffalo Bills are taking a page out of the
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  Speaker 1: Sabres playbook when it comes to cross-border relations. The NFL
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  Speaker 1: club says both O Canada and the Star Spangled Banner
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  Speaker 1: will be performed at its September 17th home opener against
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  Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, the first regular season game at the
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  Speaker 1: new stadium. Canadian band Bare Naked Ladies will perform O Canada.
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  Speaker 1: The NHL Sabres perform both national anthems before every home
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  Speaker 1: game regardless of opponent, a tradition tied to Buffalo's proximity
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  Speaker 1: to the border and its strong Canadian fan base. That's
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  Speaker 1: your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.