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VOCM News Midday Update September 24th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Sarah Strickland.
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  Speaker 2: RCMP have arrested two students in relation to an assault
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  Speaker 2: captured on video at a school in Bay Roberts and
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  Speaker 2: shared widely on social media. VOCM's Linda Swain has more.
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  Speaker 1: The video shows one student being assaulted while other students
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  Speaker 1: watch and film the attack. Two suspects were identified and
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  Speaker 1: arrested yesterday. One young person is facing charges of assault
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  Speaker 1: and forcible confinement, while the second youth faces a single
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  Speaker 1: count of forcible confinement. Both are expected to make their
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  Speaker 1: first appearance in provincial court in December. Further arrests and
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  Speaker 1: charges are possible. RCMP are asking the public not to
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  Speaker 1: share or further circulate the video as the continued distribution
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  Speaker 1: of the incident has the potential to cause harm and
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  Speaker 1: further victimize the person involved. Police are also advising of
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  Speaker 1: the dangers of speculation and sharing of unverified information, including
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  Speaker 1: information on a person's health or personal circumstances. RCMP say
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  Speaker 1: the incident also reinforces the critical importance of making reports
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  Speaker 1: through official channels. Video and social media posts on their
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  Speaker 1: own are not likely to meet the threshold for evidence
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  Speaker 1: of an offence or to support charges, but might hold
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  Speaker 1: investigative and evidentiary value when shared with police.
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  Speaker 2: A woman in Grand Falls, Windsor is channeling her grief
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  Speaker 2: over the loss of her sister in a highway crash
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  Speaker 2: earlier this year to launch an online petition calling for
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  Speaker 2: a divided highway across the entire province. It's been a
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  Speaker 2: deadly year on the province's highways. At least nine people
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  Speaker 2: have died so far this year, including Faith Power's sister
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  Speaker 2: Erica Jane and her boyfriend Kerry Sargent in April. Work
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  Speaker 2: is underway to extend the divided highway in two areas
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  Speaker 2: of the province, but Power believes it would benefit everyone
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  Speaker 2: to see that extended across the island.
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  Speaker 3: It makes me happy that they're doing something, but it
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  Speaker 3: would benefit us the most if they would do the
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  Speaker 3: entire project and not just focus on those two and
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  Speaker 3: then do the entire highway would be beneficial to the
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  Speaker 3: entire province.
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the risk of U.S.-led
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  Speaker 2: military action in a recent New York Times interview. Carney
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  Speaker 2: didn't reveal what the examination entailed, only to say that
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  Speaker 2: it was connected to U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated musings
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  Speaker 2: about turning Canada into the 51st state. The Times report
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  Speaker 2: also says Carney disclosed that he and Trump have spoken
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  Speaker 2: frequently even since trade talks collapsed last month. The third
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  Speaker 2: annual Alex Newhook and Friends Golf Classic in St. John's
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  Speaker 2: last month raised more than $ 160, 000 for local charities. For
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  Speaker 2: the last few years, Newhook has invited fellow hockey players
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  Speaker 2: to join him in a golf tournament to raise money
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  Speaker 2: for the community. This year, Newhook was joined by fellow
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  Speaker 2: Habs Arbor and Florian Jacki, Jakob Dobisch and Jaden Struble,
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  Speaker 2: along with sister Abby Newhook and Newfoundland NHLers Dawson Mercer
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  Speaker 2: and Ryan Green. The Montreal Canadiens announced the total via Facebook.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.