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VOCM News Evening Update October 1st · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Medore. Provincial government is expanding the services offered
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  Speaker 2: at the Humberwood Treatment Center in Cornerbrook, which offers support
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  Speaker 2: for those struggling with addiction. VOCM's Richard Duggan has the story.
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  Speaker 3: Government set aside $ 3. 7 million in this year's provincial budget
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  Speaker 3: for the initiative, which is part of a larger $ 8. 2
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  Speaker 3: million that will be doled out over the coming years.
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  Speaker 3: The expansion is expected to happen in phases. The money
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  Speaker 3: will be used to establish four dedicated short-stay beds for
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  Speaker 3: people who require same- or next-day admission for Phase 1
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  Speaker 3: and six additional beds to increase inpatient capacity in the
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  Speaker 3: second phase. Core Engineering is completing the design work for
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  Speaker 3: the first phase of the project, which is expected to
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  Speaker 3: start this fall. They are also completing a preliminary scope
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  Speaker 3: of work for the second phase. Richard Duggan, VOCM, Local
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  Speaker 3: News Now.
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  Speaker 2: Saying Canada must be the world's trusted supplier of oil.
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  Speaker 2: The Prime Minister has designated the West Coast Pipeline as
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  Speaker 2: a project of national interest. Mark Carney made the announcement
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  Speaker 2: this morning in Fort McMurray alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
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  Speaker 2: Carney says oil demand will continue to be significant for
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  Speaker 2: decades to come, even under any plausible net zero scenario.
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  Speaker 4: The IEA forecasts the world will still need tens of
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  Speaker 4: millions of barrels of crude a day. So the question is,
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  Speaker 4: who will emerge as the world's trusted suppliers? It should
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  Speaker 4: be us. It must be Canada.
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  Speaker 2: Provincial government says it's working closely with local colleges to
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  Speaker 2: prepare for a massive influx of skilled workers. The new
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  Speaker 2: Churchill Falls Agreement is expected to bring thousands of jobs
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  Speaker 2: to Newfoundland and Labrador, with hiring priority given to Indigenous
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  Speaker 2: groups as well as residents of Labrador and the islands.
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  Speaker 2: Jobs Minister Lynn Paddock says while the government is already
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  Speaker 2: collaborating with post-secondary institutions, it also plans to inject more
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  Speaker 2: into the high school system to get younger students interested
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  Speaker 2: in the trades.
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  Speaker 1: But they've already made some investment in schools, so there's
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  Speaker 1: starting to be more investments there with a focus on
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  Speaker 1: trades to encourage the youth to look to the trades.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm confident that they will. I know the same
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  Speaker 1: in my district of Baverick, Green Bay. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: the youth now are looking to the trades where they
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  Speaker 1: haven't been over the past couple decades.
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  Speaker 2: Placentia Whitburn RCMP investigating two bold break-ins and thefts in
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  Speaker 2: the Argentia area over the summer. The first dates to
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  Speaker 2: the early morning hours of July 10th when a suspect
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  Speaker 2: was captured on surveillance cameras getting into a commercial property
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  Speaker 2: near the port of Argentia. A loader was stolen from
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  Speaker 2: the site and the doors and windows of the business
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  Speaker 2: were damaged. The loader had been used to break down
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  Speaker 2: the gates at the port. The equipment was later recovered
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  Speaker 2: near Jersey side. For VOCM News, I'm Brian Medour.