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VOCM News Morning Update September 23rd · 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. A 17-year-old from Paradise has been charged
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  Speaker 2: with dangerous driving in connection with a stunting incident on
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  Speaker 2: Kenmount Road in St. John's last week. An older model
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  Speaker 2: Corvette pulled out of the parking lot of the A
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  Speaker 2: & W last Thursday evening following a car meet and,
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  Speaker 2: with phones recording, proceeded to spin around in traffic, narrowly
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  Speaker 2: avoiding hitting other vehicles. RNC say the teen's license has
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  Speaker 2: been suspended and he was ticketed for stunting. The juvenile
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  Speaker 2: is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
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  Speaker 2: RNC is working with the Newfoundland Antique and Classic Car
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  Speaker 2: Club and will have an increased presence at upcoming car
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  Speaker 2: meets to deter unsafe behavior. Closing submissions continued yesterday in St.
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  Speaker 2: John's Provincial Court in the trial of accused sex offender
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  Speaker 2: Tony Humby. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: Humby, who has pled not guilty to the 72 charges
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  Speaker 3: against him, sat quietly in the courtroom, only breaking his
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  Speaker 3: forward gaze to sip on water. The day started with
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  Speaker 3: defense lawyer Mark Grushi's closing arguments. Crown Prosecutor Deidre Badcock
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  Speaker 3: began her submissions in the afternoon. Grushi questioned whether the
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  Speaker 3: accusations against Humby could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt
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  Speaker 3: given that witness statements changed over time. Grushi also argued
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  Speaker 3: reasoning prejudice, which means that just because a person did
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  Speaker 3: something wrong doesn't mean they're guilty of a criminal offense. Badcock, meanwhile,
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  Speaker 3: believes that all charges against Humby should stand on their
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  Speaker 3: own and that he be found guilty. She noted that
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  Speaker 3: the victims who testified come from troubled backgrounds. She argued
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  Speaker 3: that Humby weaponized that vulnerability, using it against them. That,
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  Speaker 3: she argued, does not make their testimony any less believable.
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  Speaker 3: She says Humby held things over his victims' heads, such
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  Speaker 3: as booze, money, and drugs, and making them feel like
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  Speaker 3: they had no choice but to engage in sexual activity
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  Speaker 3: with him. Closing submissions continue in St. John's Provincial Court
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  Speaker 3: Wednesday morning.
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  Speaker 2: Fuel prices are down across the board this morning. Gas
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  Speaker 2: drops 2.3 cents, putting it just shy of the 220-liter
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  Speaker 2: mark in Metro. Diesel decreases by about 7 cents. The
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  Speaker 2: price of furnace and stove oil is down by about
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  Speaker 2: 6 cents. The president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor
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  Speaker 2: Corporation says the hope is that they will have all
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  Speaker 2: of their American liquor sold off by Christmas. There was
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  Speaker 2: a glimmer of hope last month when it looked like
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  Speaker 2: the NLC would start ordering American products again. However, that
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  Speaker 2: idea was shelved after the breakdown of Canada-U.S. trade talks.
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Keating says last December they had roughly $ 3. 2 million
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  Speaker 2: worth of alcohol to sell off. However, that number had
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  Speaker 2: dropped significantly by the end of the first quarter of
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  Speaker 2: the fiscal year in July.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the quarter that we're reporting on here,
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  Speaker 1: That $ 3. 2 million was down to, I think, about $ 560, 000.
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  Speaker 1: And as we sit here today, that's actually down below $ 300, 000.
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  Speaker 1: So we think the bulk of that will be gone,
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  Speaker 1: if not all of it, by Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: British Columbia voters are heading to the polls in a
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  Speaker 2: snap election set for October 24. The election comes less
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  Speaker 2: than two years into NDP leader David Eby's mandate and
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  Speaker 2: follows weeks of upheaval in the opposition BC Conservatives. Eby
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  Speaker 2: says this is an existential moment for Canadians and British
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  Speaker 2: Columbians and it's important to build a stronger BC. The
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  Speaker 2: Conservative caucus called it a cynical election but says it
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  Speaker 2: does provide opportunity for change. MasterChef Canada aired last night
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  Speaker 2: and Newfoundland was there bringing traditional flavors to the countrywide contest.
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  Speaker 2: Gander native Rebecca Abbott says she applied for MasterChef Canada
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  Speaker 2: on a whim one night around Christmas and never expected
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  Speaker 2: to hear anything back. Over half a year later, she's
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  Speaker 2: a contestant and says she can hardly believe it. Abbott
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  Speaker 2: says a big inspiration for her love for cooking came
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  Speaker 2: from her mom, who she says is also a great cook.
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  Speaker 4: I've loved cooking since I was probably five years old
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  Speaker 4: in the kitchen with mom, just puttering around foot, always
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  Speaker 4: like not your typical child. It was more like, what's
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  Speaker 4: in that? Like, why are you putting that in there?
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  Speaker 4: And then it led to, I want that. Can I
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  Speaker 4: have it to eat? Um, university, I struggled, uh, food, um, insecurity.
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  Speaker 4: I had went to the food bank a lot and
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  Speaker 4: I was just trying to find ways to kind of
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  Speaker 4: like make a meal out of nothing, you know, like
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  Speaker 4: use my George Foreman grill, a little crock pot and
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  Speaker 4: just trying to figure things out.
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  Speaker 2: Some extra excitement this pumpkin season. Farmers in the United
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  Speaker 2: States say all the rain this summer has been great
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  Speaker 2: for their pumpkin crops. South Barrington, Illinois farmer Ryan Smith
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  Speaker 2: says this year is one of the best he's ever
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  Speaker 2: seen for pumpkins.
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  Speaker 3: The rain has been good to us, so about 30
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  Speaker 3: minutes south of here has not been good.
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  Speaker 4: It's too much rain, but we're kind of in a
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  Speaker 4: sweet spot.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.