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VOCM News Midday Update September 2nd · 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. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will announce an
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  Speaker 2: extension of the gas tax holiday at a press conference
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  Speaker 2: in Ottawa today. The Liberals temporarily suspended the federal 10-cent-per-liter
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  Speaker 2: excise tax on gas in April when the war in
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  Speaker 2: Iran caused global fuel prices to spike. The excise tax
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  Speaker 2: suspension was supposed to end after Labor Day, but a
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  Speaker 2: government official confirms the tax will not be reimposed next week.
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  Speaker 2: Summer heat is slowly giving way to fall chill, and
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  Speaker 2: that means frost warnings for much of the island tonight.
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  Speaker 2: The West Coast, South Coast, Central Newfoundland, and the metro
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  Speaker 2: region are under a risk of frost overnight, with temperatures,
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  Speaker 2: especially in low-lying areas, dropping into the single digits. David Neal,
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  Speaker 2: a meteorologist with the Gander Weather Office, says the number
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  Speaker 2: of 20-degree days will grow fewer as we march through September.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's definitely, we're getting to that time of
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  Speaker 1: year where you're going to have to start thinking about
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  Speaker 1: if you haven't started harvesting some of your plants and
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  Speaker 1: stuff like that, it's going to be, we're getting into
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  Speaker 1: that type of season where they may have to start
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  Speaker 1: taking some precautions on these cooler, colder nights.
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  Speaker 2: Some barbecue utensils distributed throughout Canada have been recalled by
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  Speaker 2: the federal government. Cuisinart metal wire bristle grill brushes can
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  Speaker 2: fragment and stick to the food or grill. If ingested,
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  Speaker 2: even one of those bristles can end up requiring surgery.
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  Speaker 2: As of August 26, the company, Crate & Barrel Canada,
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  Speaker 2: had not received any reports of injury. Consumers should quit
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  Speaker 2: using the items immediately and contact the company for a refund.
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  Speaker 2: Questions are being raised about how to enforce or verify
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  Speaker 2: the age of young users after the introduction of Bill C-34,
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  Speaker 2: new proposed federal legislation barring kids under 16 from access
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  Speaker 2: to social media accounts. The legislation will allow for exemptions
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  Speaker 2: if companies can prove they have created and implemented robust
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  Speaker 2: safety features. Tech expert Kevin Andrews says although he thinks
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  Speaker 2: protecting younger people on social media is important, Age verification
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  Speaker 2: remains a difficult sticking point.
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  Speaker 3: We want everybody, including adults, uploading identification to a social
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  Speaker 3: media company just to prove they're old enough to use it.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's where it gets complicated. We want
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  Speaker 3: to protect the 13-year-olds' privacy and safety, but you don't
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  Speaker 3: necessarily want to create another system where millions of Canadians
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  Speaker 3: have to hand over all of their personal information to
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  Speaker 3: a technology company.
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  Speaker 2: Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons are hoping to perk up
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  Speaker 2: their customer bases by linking their loyalty programs starting today.
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  Speaker 2: Under a partnership between the home goods retailer and coffee giant,
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  Speaker 2: millions of customers who link their Triangle and Tim's Rewards
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  Speaker 2: accounts will earn between 2 and 5% in Canadian Tire
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  Speaker 2: money in addition to Tim's points on select Tim's purchases.
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  Speaker 2: Canadian Tire money can be redeemed for savings on purchases
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  Speaker 2: at the retailer, as well as its other banners, including
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  Speaker 2: Sport Check, Mercs, and Party City. Tim's points can be
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  Speaker 2: used to purchase food and beverages at the chain. That's
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  Speaker 2: your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.