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VOCM News Morning Update September 30th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Richard Duggan. In the news, a man has been
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  Speaker 2: arrested and charged with breaching an emergency protection order following
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  Speaker 2: an incident that led police to two homes in the
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  Speaker 2: metro region. The RNC were called to a home in
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  Speaker 2: downtown St. John's around 10.30 yesterday morning, and the investigation
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  Speaker 2: eventually led them to a second residence in Torbay. There,
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  Speaker 2: a 28-year-old man was arrested for breaching an emergency protection order.
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  Speaker 2: The accused was brought to provincial court where he was
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  Speaker 2: charged with two counts of breaching the Family Violence Protection Act.
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  Speaker 2: Metrobus says it is aware of an incident involving a
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  Speaker 2: needle on board one of its buses. A post about
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  Speaker 2: the situation has been making the rounds on social media.
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  Speaker 2: It indicates that a man sat on and was stabbed
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  Speaker 2: by a discarded needle on board one of the buses.
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  Speaker 2: Metrobus says it is aware of the incident and they
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  Speaker 2: are investigating. As such, no further details will be provided
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  Speaker 2: at this time. There's some relief at the pumps this
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  Speaker 2: morning in terms of gas. All other fuels, however, have increased.
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  Speaker 2: Gas is down by 2.2 cents today. Diesel prices on
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  Speaker 2: the island are up by 1.5 cents, and in Labrador,
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  Speaker 2: they've gone up by over 3 cents. Furnace oil on
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  Speaker 2: the island has increased by over a cent, and stove
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  Speaker 2: oil in Labrador has jumped by over 3 cents. The
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  Speaker 2: eastbound ramp of the Cloverleaf Overpass from Pitts Memorial Drive
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  Speaker 2: leading to the Outer Ring Road will be closed for
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  Speaker 2: most of the day today. The closure is to complete
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  Speaker 2: shouldering work at the site. Drivers are being asked to
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  Speaker 2: use caution while in the area. The closure will be
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  Speaker 2: from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Today is the National
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  Speaker 2: Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. VOCM's
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  Speaker 2: Mahalia Artis reports.
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  Speaker 1: Orange Shirt Day was first established in British Columbia in
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  Speaker 1: 2013 as a way of honouring residential school survivors, their
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  Speaker 1: families and those who never made it home. Today, people
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  Speaker 1: are asked to wear orange as a reminder of the
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  Speaker 1: lasting effects of the residential school system. In 2021, the
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  Speaker 1: federal government established the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation,
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  Speaker 1: a statutory holiday that coincides with Orange Shirt Day. The
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  Speaker 1: decision was made even more profound due to the confirmation
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  Speaker 1: of the unmarked graves of 215 children at the site
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  Speaker 1: of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. earlier that year.
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  Speaker 1: To recognize the day, First Light is hosting a rally
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  Speaker 1: for reconciliation at the Pippi Park North Bank Lodge on
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  Speaker 1: Nagel's Place. The event is happening at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: Mahalia Artis, VOCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 2: And Newfoundlander Rebecca Abbott has been eliminated from MasterChef Canada.
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  Speaker 3: The person going home tonight is Rebecca.
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  Speaker 2: The 38-year-old Gander native was eliminated during last night's episode
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  Speaker 2: after struggling with a rice-themed mystery box challenge. Abbott was
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  Speaker 2: emotional after receiving the news.
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  Speaker 3: Today was not my best. I learned that every dish
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  Speaker 3: you put forward is very important. Maybe I should have
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  Speaker 3: been more expressive of who I am. I am most
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  Speaker 3: proud of the fact that I actually applied and I
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  Speaker 3: came here and I'm so proud to be the first
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  Speaker 3: Newfoundlander to crack the top 12.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Richard Duggan.