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VOCM Mid-Day Update August 11 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Struckland. Nl Health Services says this province is
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  Speaker 1: continuing to face recruitment and retention challenges in the healthcare system,
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  Speaker 1: and the er is no exception. Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 2: The health authority was responding to a recent national survey
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  Speaker 2: showing that ten percent of er doctors in the country
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  Speaker 2: are leaving the profession due to burnout. NLHS says its
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  Speaker 2: current data shows a vacancy rate of approximately thirteen point
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  Speaker 2: nine percent across the province's Category A emergency departments. Those
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  Speaker 2: are ers that operate twenty four hours a day and
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  Speaker 2: have at least one physician dedicated to emergency services. The
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  Speaker 2: Health Authority notes, however, that the figures represent vacant permanent
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  Speaker 2: positions and does not translate directly into service reductions or
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  Speaker 2: er closures, as many shifts are covered by locals or
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  Speaker 2: other temporary staffing arrangements. NLHS says while recruitment challenges exist
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  Speaker 2: in some areas, many emergency departments in the province continue
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  Speaker 2: to have strong physician coverage. It says physician wellness is
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  Speaker 2: an important part of ensuring high quality care for patients.
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  Speaker 2: The Health Authority says it has a provincial Wellness officer
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  Speaker 2: and physician wellness ambassadors across the province to support doctors.
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  Speaker 1: The Canadian Armed Forces are on standby to help after
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  Speaker 1: the rapid deterioration of the wildfire situation in BC's southern
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  Speaker 1: Okanagan region over the weekend. About one hundred fires are
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  Speaker 1: burning across the province, with roughly half of them listed
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  Speaker 1: as being out of control. The bald Range wildfire exploded
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  Speaker 1: in size hours after being detected late Friday afternoon and
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  Speaker 1: now covers one hundred and fifty six square kilometers. The
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  Speaker 1: fire has forced twenty thousand people from their homes in
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  Speaker 1: the Summerland area and led to the death of an
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  Speaker 1: eighty year old woman. A super yacht, the largest single
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  Speaker 1: masted yacht ever built, is turning heads on the Saint
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  Speaker 1: John's waterfront. The M five, formerly known as the Mirabella five,
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  Speaker 1: is part of a fleet of sailing yachts used for
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  Speaker 1: private luxury charters, and is owned by Rodney Lewis, the
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  Speaker 1: founder and president of Lewis Energy, an oil and natural
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  Speaker 1: gas drilling company based in Texas. One of the yacht's
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  Speaker 1: more distinctive features is its massive mass, which reaches a
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  Speaker 1: height of two hundred ninety feet above the ocean's surface.
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  Speaker 1: The yacht has a master suite and six cabins to
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  Speaker 1: accommodate up to twelve guests, and can be chartered for
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  Speaker 1: up to four hundred twenty thousand dollars US per week.
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  Speaker 1: Canadians are finally getting their shot at finding their future
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  Speaker 1: spouse through a wall. Netflix announced today that Love is
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  Speaker 1: Blind is coming to Canada. The hit reality series puts
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  Speaker 1: single men and women in isolated pods where they date
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  Speaker 1: and apparently fall in love without ever seeing each other.
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  Speaker 1: The catch they must get engaged before meeting face to face.
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  Speaker 1: The original US version of Love Is Blind premiered in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.