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VOCM News Evening Update October 29th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM news update. Good evening, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Zach Power. The recent release of gas on the poop
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  Speaker 1: deck of the Terranova FPSO is under review by the
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  Speaker 1: province's offshore regulator. VOCM's Sarah Strickland has more.
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  Speaker 2: While the October 9th incident sounds like a punchline, it
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  Speaker 2: was serious in nature, triggering a general platform alarm, forcing
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  Speaker 2: onboard personnel to muster as all affected work areas were secured.
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  Speaker 2: The emergency response fire team surveyed the affected area and
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  Speaker 2: confirmed there was no more gas detected. The CNL OER
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  Speaker 2: says the incident resulted in the release of 450 kilograms
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  Speaker 2: of hydrocarbon gas. No injuries or equipment damage was reported
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  Speaker 2: and no personnel were in the affected area at the time.
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  Speaker 2: Suncor has launched an investigation into the cause of the
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  Speaker 2: gas release and the CNL OER is monitoring. Sarah Strickland, VOCM,
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  Speaker 2: Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: Government House Leader Lloyd Parrot tabled a copy of the
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  Speaker 1: cover of the new federal budget in the House of
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  Speaker 1: Assembly today, which features a picture of Churchill Falls with
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  Speaker 1: the title, Masters of Our Own Destiny. Provincial government is
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  Speaker 1: long-touted that the new agreement reached with Quebec on Churchill
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  Speaker 1: Falls guarantees more power, more value, more transmission, and more jobs.
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  Speaker 1: Opposition leader John Hogan expressed doubt about who is the
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  Speaker 1: master of their own destiny when the budget cover was
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  Speaker 1: tabled today. The Honourable the Government House Leader.
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  Speaker 3: This is a picture of the new federal budget. It
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  Speaker 3: clearly says on it, Masters of Our Destiny.
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  Speaker 1: Budget 2026.
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  Speaker 3: And it is a picture of Churchill Falls. Okay, Mr. President.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why they're proud that the federal government
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  Speaker 1: is the master of our destiny here in Newfoundland and Labrador, but.
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  Speaker 3: Anyway, it's all good.
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  Speaker 1: E-bike and e-scooter legislation is expected to be tabled in
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  Speaker 1: the House of Assembly next week. That, according to Government
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  Speaker 1: Service Minister Lloyd Parrott, who was asked about the promised
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  Speaker 1: legislation by Opposition's Keith White. The question was raised following
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  Speaker 1: yet another incident involving a child on an e-scooter.
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  Speaker 3: Speaker, this legislation should already be on the order paper.
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  Speaker 3: Can the minister explain why it's taken so long?
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  Speaker 1: The Honorable Minister of Government Services.
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  Speaker 3: We will get this done, this sitting. What I will
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  Speaker 3: say is every accident, every child that's been hurt, every
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  Speaker 3: parent that's had to deal with this, it's unacceptable. The
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  Speaker 3: House has been opened now. This is the fourth day.
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  Speaker 3: Legislation is coming this sitting as early as next week.
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  Speaker 3: We look forward to the debate. We look forward to
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  Speaker 3: the results. And we certainly look forward to their support.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, the Department of Health has reached out to
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  Speaker 1: NAEP to meet and discuss issues raised with the union president.
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Earl last week questioned the rosy picture painted by
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  Speaker 1: government about the health care system when many departments are
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  Speaker 1: understaffed and some facilities are largely unused. Health Minister Jody
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  Speaker 1: Wall this week indicated that he had not spoken to
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  Speaker 1: NAEP because he hadn't heard back from the union. However,
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  Speaker 1: Earl says the department has since reached out.
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  Speaker 2: And in fairness, the minister's office has reached out now.
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  Speaker 2: He has actually picked up, or officials in the department
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  Speaker 2: have picked up the phone, called and asked to meet.
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  Speaker 1: And that's your news. Details on your weather forecast. are
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  Speaker 1: coming up next.