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VOCM News Morning Update September 26th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. Good morning, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Zach Power. Some Paradise residents were asked to stay in
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  Speaker 1: their homes overnight as RNC searched for two vicious dogs.
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  Speaker 1: Police issued an advisory around 2.30 this morning asking for
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  Speaker 1: people to avoid the area of St. Thomas Line and
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  Speaker 1: Ashland Crescent. The RNC was initially called following reports of
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  Speaker 1: a dog bite with the animals reportedly roaming around the neighborhood.
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  Speaker 1: Callers to the VOCM newsroom described the heavy police presence
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  Speaker 1: in the community, noting that officers were using drones to
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  Speaker 1: search for the pair. In an update shortly before 6 o'clock,
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  Speaker 1: police say the situation had been resolved. A suspicious fire
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night at a heritage structure in Placentia was knocked
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  Speaker 1: down before further damage could spread throughout the building. RCMP
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  Speaker 1: were contacted shortly before 8 o'clock. about a fire at
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  Speaker 1: the former St. Luke's Anglican Church. Police say the fire
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  Speaker 1: was fully extinguished by the volunteer fire brigade before it
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  Speaker 1: could spread throughout the building, which is now being used
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  Speaker 1: as a cultural heritage center. Although the church was built
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  Speaker 1: at the turn of the last century, the history dates
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  Speaker 1: back as far as 1689. A repeat offender in the
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  Speaker 1: Conception Bay North area has been sentenced in Harbor Grace
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  Speaker 1: Provincial Court to three years with 331 days credited for
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  Speaker 1: time served. Justin King appeared in provincial court for sentencing
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  Speaker 1: yesterday on dozens of charges, including break and enter, possession
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  Speaker 1: of stolen goods, theft, extortion, forcible confinement, and breaches of
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  Speaker 1: previous release conditions. King is also subject to a 10-year
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  Speaker 1: firearm prohibition and a one-year driving suspension. Cassie Kelleway, whose
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  Speaker 1: family home is in Salmon Cove, was broken into in
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  Speaker 1: January and became a vocal advocate following the crime. She
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  Speaker 1: read the victim impact statement in court yesterday. Kelleway says
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  Speaker 1: that she would have liked to have seen a stiffer
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  Speaker 1: sentence handed down, and she hopes that King emerges from
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  Speaker 1: the criminal justice system making better choices. Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: remains one of the most expensive places in Canada to
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  Speaker 1: buy gasoline following a very minor change at the pump overnight.
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  Speaker 1: Prices of both gasoline and diesel dropped by just half
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  Speaker 1: a cent across the island. There was also minimal movement
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  Speaker 1: in the price of furnace oil. The next price adjustment
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  Speaker 1: is scheduled for Tuesday. And finally, the leader of the
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  Speaker 1: federal NDP says both the federal and provincial governments are
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  Speaker 1: rushing into a deal on the Churchill River, and the
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  Speaker 1: deal lacks what he calls significant consultation. Abby Lewis's comments
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  Speaker 1: come just ahead of his speech at the NDP convention
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  Speaker 1: in St. John's, the first of four stops in Atlantic
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  Speaker 1: Canada where he touts what he feels is a strong party.
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  Speaker 1: Lewis says that Ottawa has a habit of fast-tracking major
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  Speaker 1: projects without due consultation or assessment. and cites Churchill Falls
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  Speaker 1: as an example.
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  Speaker 2: I think Jim and Sheila have made some really good points,
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  Speaker 2: and they voted a kind of, you know, no, not yet,
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  Speaker 2: until there's real oversight, until there's the public utility board
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  Speaker 2: is really in charge of this thing, until the experts
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  Speaker 2: being consulted are independent.
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  Speaker 1: Not your news. I'm Zach Power.