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VOCM Morning Update August 25th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Struckland. The RNC is responding to questions raised
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  Speaker 1: about Tyler Day, the man accused in a vehicle pedestrian
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  Speaker 1: collision in Saint John's that claimed the life of a
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  Speaker 1: six year old child. CBC is reporting that Day, who
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  Speaker 1: was wanted on an outstanding warrant, had been involved in
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  Speaker 1: a collision just two days before. The vehicle he was
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  Speaker 1: driving struck a little boy at Thorburn Road and Larkhall
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  Speaker 1: Street on July twenty third. Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 2: Questions have been raised as to why Day was not
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  Speaker 2: taken into custody following a separate collision at Stamps Lane
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  Speaker 2: and Terra Nova Road on July twenty first. The r
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  Speaker 2: n C says a warrant for the arrest of Tyler
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  Speaker 2: Julian Day was requested in January of twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 2: for failing to abide by the conditions of a previous
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  Speaker 2: release order. That warrant was endorsed by a judge in
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  Speaker 2: corner Brook, but attempts to locate Day in Western Newfoundland
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  Speaker 2: were unsuccessful. The Constabulary says the warrant was not executed
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  Speaker 2: during the July twenty first collision, as the crash was
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  Speaker 2: deemed to be non criminal in nature. The rn c C
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  Speaker 2: says there was no information in that case that required
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  Speaker 2: officers to conduct criminal record checks and the file was concluded.
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  Speaker 2: The rn C says there are different types of warrants
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  Speaker 2: under the Criminal Code of Canada, and an endorsed warrant
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  Speaker 2: allows an arresting officer to release the accused in accordance
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  Speaker 2: with the principle of restraint. An unindorsed warrant requires that
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  Speaker 2: the person arrested be released as determined by a judge.
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  Speaker 2: The RNC says any loss of life is deeply concerning
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  Speaker 2: and their thoughts are with the family of the child,
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  Speaker 2: who are experiencing unimaginable grief.
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  Speaker 1: RCMP have released dashcam footage of a heart stopping close
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  Speaker 1: call on the Trans Canada in hopes of identifying the
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  Speaker 1: driver involved. The incident occurred just east of Bellevue on
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  Speaker 1: Friday afternoon and police were notified on Monday. ARCMP say
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  Speaker 1: a white Honda Sedan, possibly in accord, was heading east
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  Speaker 1: when it crossed a solid line to pass another car.
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  Speaker 1: It came perilously close to colliding with a vehicle heading
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  Speaker 1: in the opposite direction. Dashcam footage was released by police
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  Speaker 1: in hopes of identifying the driver responsible. The footage can
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  Speaker 1: be viewed at VOCM dot com. Ontario Premier Doug Ford
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  Speaker 1: says the US should feel pain in the tariff war
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  Speaker 1: after the latest escalation by President Donald Trump. He told
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  Speaker 1: the Toronto radio show earlier that day that Trump should
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  Speaker 1: kiss my you know what, after the President threatened further
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  Speaker 1: tariffs on the auto and steel sectors that could go
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  Speaker 1: into effect in the new year.
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  Speaker 3: We need to roll everything in the kitchens, sink at them.
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  Speaker 3: He's arrogant, he's cocky, and you know, as Ronald Reagan said,
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  Speaker 3: if he come to a draw with a bully, what
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  Speaker 3: stops out bully from coming after you the next date
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  Speaker 3: and the next date. And that's all Donald Trump is
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  Speaker 3: is a bully in this province.
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  Speaker 1: Finance Minister Craig Party says the provincial government stands ready
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  Speaker 1: to help businesses affected by the escalating trade war with
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  Speaker 1: the US. The US is imposing fifty percent tariffs on
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  Speaker 1: a wide range of Canadian products, with Canadian counter tariffs
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  Speaker 1: to come into effect on September eighth. Is in Nunavut
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  Speaker 1: today participating in internal trade discussions, and he met with
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  Speaker 1: his provincial counterparts yesterday to discuss a Team Canada approach
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  Speaker 1: to the breakdown in trade talks.
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  Speaker 3: We're very much now into planning phase because I, like you,
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  Speaker 3: and like many others, figure that this deal would have
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  Speaker 3: been consummated at the end of last week.
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  Speaker 1: A leader of gas is up over the two dollars mark.
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  Speaker 1: This morning, the pub raised the maximum price by three
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  Speaker 1: point three cents per leader. There's virtually no change in
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  Speaker 1: the price of all other fuels. An unusual visitor to
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  Speaker 1: a cabin area in Labrador West is getting plenty of
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  Speaker 1: attention online. A muskox, a creature native to the Arctic tundra,
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  Speaker 1: was recently caught on camera in the heavily wooded Julian
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  Speaker 1: Lake area. Sabrina Hunt captured the peculiar sighting on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: The Department of Forestry admits it's a rare occurrence Labrador
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  Speaker 1: West being well south of the animal's known range. The
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  Speaker 1: department says the stray would be considered an exotic vagrant,
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  Speaker 1: meaning it wandered outside its non migration range or habitat.
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  Speaker 1: The department cannot say whether the animal's presence is related
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  Speaker 1: to any population increases or habitat issues. Governor General Louise
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  Speaker 1: Arbour is set to be in Gander on September eleventh
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  Speaker 1: to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the nine eleven
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  Speaker 1: terrorists attacks. Rideau Hall says our Boer will also meet
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  Speaker 1: with a variety of provincial officials and indigenous leaders during
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  Speaker 1: a five day visit beginning September eighth. Dozens of flights
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  Speaker 1: were diverted to the Gander Airport as the terror attacks
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  Speaker 1: on September eleventh, two thousand one were unfolding across the
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  Speaker 1: United States. Thousands of stranded passengers were welcomed by local
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  Speaker 1: residents who provided food, shelter, and essentials. That's your news.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland.