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VOCM News Morning Update October 28th · 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. The Core Staffing Review at Newfoundland and
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  Speaker 2: Labrador Health Services has found that simply increasing the number
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  Speaker 2: of staff won't cut it in terms of improving the
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  Speaker 2: overall system. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: The review, conducted by Deloitte, was released Monday afternoon. It
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  Speaker 3: concludes that while targeted staff increases will be required in
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  Speaker 3: select areas, Sustainable improvement will not be achieved through headcount
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  Speaker 3: increases alone. Ultimately, the report says that will happen through
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  Speaker 3: redesigning how care is delivered and how the workforce is
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  Speaker 3: deployed and supported. The report identified unlocking capacity within the
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  Speaker 3: existing workforce through better support, more efficient processes, and precision
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  Speaker 3: staffing approaches as a main priority. Some of the changes
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  Speaker 3: it recommends includes enabling team-based care models, aligning roles to
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  Speaker 3: full scope of practice, reducing non-nursing workloads, strengthening education and
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  Speaker 3: onboarding capacity, and addressing systemic barriers like patient flow and
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  Speaker 3: inconsistent tools and supports. In terms of staffing increases, the
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  Speaker 3: report identified personal care attendants and those who work in
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  Speaker 3: high-acuity areas.
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  Speaker 2: A meeting between Premier Tony Wakeham and the Innu Nation
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  Speaker 2: did not happen in Ottawa earlier this week, but he
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  Speaker 2: says they are in the process of trying to set
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  Speaker 2: up one here in the province. Wakeham was in the
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  Speaker 2: nation's capital for a First Nations First Ministers meeting. The
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  Speaker 2: Innu Nation has said it will not agree to the
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  Speaker 2: new Churchill Falls deal if certain conditions are not met,
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  Speaker 2: including the provincial government changing its stance on Innu history
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  Speaker 2: in Labrador. Wakeham had hoped to see the Innu Nation
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  Speaker 2: at an event on Sunday, but says they were not there.
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  Speaker 2: When they tried to set up a meeting for later
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  Speaker 2: that night, Wakeham says the Innu Nation was not available.
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  Speaker 4: And so we didn't get that opportunity to meet, but
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  Speaker 4: I did reach out prior to going to Ottawa, wrote
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  Speaker 4: a letter to the Grand Chief reaffirming my commitment to
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  Speaker 4: want to move forward with fast-tracking the land claims agreements.
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  Speaker 2: Meanwhile, opposition leader John Hogan says the provincial government cannot
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  Speaker 2: move forward on Churchill Falls without the Innu's cooperation.
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  Speaker 5: It's troubling to me to hear comments that we hope
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  Speaker 5: the Innu will be there when we move forward and
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  Speaker 5: when we finalize this agreement and when we proceed with construction.
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  Speaker 5: It's not about hoping that they're there, which implies they
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  Speaker 5: will do it without them. They have to be there.
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  Speaker 5: They have to agree. The Innu Nation have to have
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  Speaker 5: a say. They have rights in this, and those rights
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  Speaker 5: have to be respected and honoured before an agreement moves
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  Speaker 5: any further. So again, it's not about whether they could
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  Speaker 5: or should or shouldn't. It's full stop. Indian nation need
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  Speaker 5: to be on side with what the government wants to do.
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  Speaker 2: Canada's Privacy Commissioner, Philippe Dufresne, is investigating a cyber security
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  Speaker 2: breach involving the company that manages the platform used by Crimestoppers.
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  Speaker 2: David Augustine reports.
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  Speaker 1: Probe follows reports that 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian
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  Speaker 1: Crimestoppers programs over 25 years were exposed after Navigate 360
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  Speaker 1: was hacked in March. Canada's Privacy Commissioner will examine whether
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  Speaker 1: the U.S.-based company had adequate security safeguards in place at
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  Speaker 1: the time. As a result, several police forces in Ontario
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  Speaker 1: and Manitoba have temporarily stopped directing people to Crimestoppers. Saskatchewan
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  Speaker 1: has also paused new tips while the incident is being reviewed.
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  Speaker 1: Navigate360 says it launched its own investigation and strengthened its
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  Speaker 1: safeguards after discovering the breach. The Privacy Commissioner says it
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  Speaker 1: is working to ensure Canadians' personal information is protected. David Augustine,
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  Speaker 1: The Canadian Press.
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  Speaker 2: The RNC is stressing the importance of children understanding the
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  Speaker 2: risk of being alone outside, and parents should not do
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  Speaker 2: what it calls... The constabulary is reminding parents that their
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  Speaker 2: children should know basic information like their home address, telephone number,
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  Speaker 2: and a caregiver's emergency phone number. Police say children should
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  Speaker 2: never approach a stranger and should stay away from any
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  Speaker 2: vehicle they do not know. They say children should walk
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  Speaker 2: to and from school with a friend or parent when possible.
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  Speaker 2: And if a stranger ever approaches your child, they should
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  Speaker 2: do whatever it takes to get away. A super El
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  Speaker 2: Nino is wreaking havoc with the weather, particularly in Asia
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  Speaker 2: and on the west coast of North and Central America,
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  Speaker 2: and that's having a dramatic impact on commodities grown in
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  Speaker 2: warmer climes. Sylvain Charlevoix of Dalhousie's Food Analytics Lab says
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  Speaker 2: despite tariffs, transportation costs, and even EU regulations surrounding deforestation,
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  Speaker 2: The greatest impact on prices is coming from El Nino.
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  Speaker 6: The biggest factor right now affecting the commodity market right
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  Speaker 6: now is the super El Nino cycle. Wheat is up
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  Speaker 6: almost 50 percent. Rice is up 30 percent. Sugar is
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  Speaker 6: also more expensive. That's the real factor impacting prices for
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  Speaker 6: inputs right now.
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  Speaker 2: And that's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.