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VOCM News Afternoon Update October 10th · 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. The city of Cornerbrook has decided to
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  Speaker 2: allow a dead fin whale to decompose naturally after it
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  Speaker 2: washed ashore in Wild Cove. While doing so, it expects
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  Speaker 2: it will continue to gain even more attention from the public.
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  Speaker 2: VOCM's Linda Swain on that.
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  Speaker 3: The decision was made to leave the carcass where it
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  Speaker 3: is following consultation with various provincial and federal government agencies.
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  Speaker 3: The animal, the second largest species in the world next
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  Speaker 3: to the blue whale, became grounded at Wild Cove a
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  Speaker 3: couple of weeks ago after apparently chasing bait into the
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  Speaker 3: shallow water. It perished on October the 2nd. The city
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  Speaker 3: says while a number of options have been explored, it
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  Speaker 3: was decided that they were impractical and carried a high
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  Speaker 3: risk of environmental damage. The city is asking residents to
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  Speaker 3: be cautious if approaching the carcass and those driving on
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  Speaker 3: the North Shore Highway are being asked to be mindful
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  Speaker 3: of the speed limit and not to impede traffic while
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  Speaker 3: parked on the side of the road. Drone operators are
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  Speaker 3: also being reminded that it is illegal to fly a
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  Speaker 3: drone or any aircraft below 1,000 feet within half a
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  Speaker 3: mile of a marine mammal, alive or dead, unless you
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  Speaker 3: hold an official research or response permit. Linda Swain, BOCM,
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  Speaker 3: Local News Now.
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  Speaker 2: Memorial University says it has made what it calls meaningful
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  Speaker 2: progress in addressing recommendations made by the Auditor General on
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  Speaker 2: university operations. VOCM's Zach Power has that story.
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  Speaker 1: The Auditor General raised issues in two previous reports in
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  Speaker 1: 2023 and 2025. Last January, Denise Hanrahan highlighted MUN's deferred
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  Speaker 1: maintenance liabilities of $ 481 million dollars. She said at the
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  Speaker 1: time that the university had not effectively or efficiently managed
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  Speaker 1: its capital portfolio. It also raised concerns about lack of
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  Speaker 1: oversight within the administration and found that Munt's facilities were
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  Speaker 1: poor and near critical condition. In an article in the Gazette,
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  Speaker 1: the university says it's implemented 62% of the AG's recommendations
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  Speaker 1: and another 27% are in progress of being met. It
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  Speaker 1: says demolishing Coughlin College saved them about $ 8. 4 million in
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  Speaker 1: deferred maintenance costs. and it has done significant work in
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  Speaker 1: its underground tunnel system. Several policies have been updated, including
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  Speaker 1: policies concerning oversight of the university and its condition. Zach Power, VOCM,
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  Speaker 1: Local News Now.
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  Speaker 2: A provincial manager with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation
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  Speaker 2: Technologists in Atlantic Canada says announcements about new MRI machines
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  Speaker 2: may sound great, but staff have to be in place
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  Speaker 2: to operate them. Last week, Premier Tony Wakeham revealed that
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  Speaker 2: renovations at the hospital in Grand Falls, Windsor have begun
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  Speaker 2: with the hope of having an MRI machine up and
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  Speaker 2: running in that facility by 2028. Jennifer Carey says people
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  Speaker 2: might hear that announcement and think it means that there
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  Speaker 2: will be greater access to MRI services, but that is
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily the case. Carey says the job market is
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  Speaker 2: a tough one right now for employers, especially when recruiting
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  Speaker 2: for rural areas.
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  Speaker 4: In times of you know, surplus recruitment's not typically that
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  Speaker 4: hard because people are looking for work, but we're not
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  Speaker 4: in one of those environments right now. We are in
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  Speaker 4: an environment of scarcity. So there are shortages of medical
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  Speaker 4: radiation technologists, not just MRI technologists, but certainly those as
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  Speaker 4: well across Atlantic Canada and across Canada. And so when
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  Speaker 4: you're living in a time of scarcity, it's even that
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  Speaker 4: much more difficult to recruit to rural areas, especially if
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  Speaker 4: the person you're trying to recruit isn't originally from the area.
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  Speaker 2: And the NLC, recalling some product due to a serious
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  Speaker 2: safety concern. Landwash Smiling Land Light Lager 12-pack cans, lock
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  Speaker 2: code specifically February 5, 2026, may be subject to higher
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  Speaker 2: than normal internal pressure. That could cause them to rupture unexpectedly.
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  Speaker 2: Only the February 5, 2026 cans are subject to the
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  Speaker 2: emergency recall. All other products by Landwash Brewery are unaffected.
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  Speaker 2: Up next, your weather forecast.