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VOCM News Midday Update September 21st · 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. One man was taken to hospital with
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  Speaker 2: serious injuries after a single vehicle rollover on the Outer
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  Speaker 2: Ring Road Saturday night. The crash occurred around quarter to
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  Speaker 2: 11 in the westbound lane near the Allendale Road exit.
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  Speaker 2: The lone occupant driver of the vehicle was ejected and
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  Speaker 2: had to be freed from beneath the machine by firefighters.
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  Speaker 2: While serious, his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
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  Speaker 2: The cause of the rollover is under investigation. Bond rating
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  Speaker 2: agency Morningstar DBRS says while the European Union's invitation to
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  Speaker 2: Canada to become an associate member appears to be primarily symbolic,
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  Speaker 2: it fits well into Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's efforts
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  Speaker 2: to diversify trade alliances. Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 1: Canada already has a free trade agreement with the EU,
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  Speaker 1: although not all member countries ratified the agreement. Morningstar DBRS
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  Speaker 1: says it's unclear what associate member status would include and
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  Speaker 1: some member countries may balk at creating such an option
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  Speaker 1: for Canada. The bond rating agency says at the very
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  Speaker 1: least the negotiation and ratification of any agreement would likely
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  Speaker 1: take several years. A summit is planned in late October
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  Speaker 1: that could help to flesh out the scope of any
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  Speaker 1: future agreement. In the meantime, Morningstar DBRS says a diplomatic
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  Speaker 1: flare-up involving the U.S. could have real-world consequences. Additional tariffs
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  Speaker 1: would increase economic costs for both Canada and the U.S.,
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  Speaker 1: though it considers further immediate escalation unlikely. The government of
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  Speaker 1: Canada is currently rated at AAA with a stable trend,
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  Speaker 1: with no credit rating implications at this time.
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  Speaker 2: The cast of Netflix's new thriller Below may be able
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  Speaker 2: to act as Newfoundlanders, but can they speak like Newfoundlanders?
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  Speaker 2: Gander native Allison Kelly, who was hired as the dialect
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  Speaker 2: coach for the show, says the difficult thing about Newfoundland
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  Speaker 2: accents is that it is not well known and every
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  Speaker 2: region of the province is different. Below takes place in
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  Speaker 2: a fictional rural town and Kelly says she put together
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  Speaker 2: parts of different dialects from all over the island to
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  Speaker 2: create a sound that still fairly represented the locals.
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  Speaker 3: I tried to pick out sounds that were, it's not
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  Speaker 3: regionally specific because the place is fictional. So I picked
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  Speaker 3: out like sounds like our hard R, that kind of
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  Speaker 3: hard sound that we have. It's pretty iconic for Newfoundland.
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  Speaker 3: And I was like, okay, we're going to use that one.
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  Speaker 3: And then the kind of flatter A that we have,
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  Speaker 3: like when we say harbor, the kind of St. John's,
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  Speaker 3: that flashy T sound that you hear when St. John's
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  Speaker 3: people say rice. Yes. I was like, okay, let's put
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  Speaker 3: that one in. So I kind of cherry-picked sounds.
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  Speaker 2: Newfoundland's own Jacob Lewis is set to take the stage
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  Speaker 2: at the Mary Brown Center next spring. The Canada's Got
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  Speaker 2: Talent winner will perform live in concert on May 15th. Lewis,
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  Speaker 2: who continues to call Newfoundland and Labrador home, captured the
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  Speaker 2: attention of audiences across the country with his performances on
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  Speaker 2: Canada's Got Talent, ultimately taking home the top prize. Tickets
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  Speaker 2: go on sale this Friday at 10 o'clock through the
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  Speaker 2: Mary Brown Center box office or online through jacoblewis.ca. That's
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  Speaker 2: your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.