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VOCM News Midday Update September 30th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Richard Duggan. In the news, Premier Tony Wakeham says
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  Speaker 1: he shares in the federal government's disappointment that France has
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  Speaker 1: signaled its intention to launch an exploratory snow crab fishery
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  Speaker 1: on the extension of Canada's continental shelf. Premier Tony Wakeham
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  Speaker 1: has spoken with Federal Fisheries Minister and Newfoundland MP Joanne
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  Speaker 1: Thompson in support of the province's fishery. Wakeham says Thompson
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  Speaker 1: made it clear that the federal government does not support
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  Speaker 1: the decision by France and never will. He says the
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  Speaker 1: province will work with Ottawa to safeguard the critical fishing industry.
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  Speaker 1: Metrobus says it is aware of an incident involving a
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  Speaker 1: needle on board one of its buses. A post about
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  Speaker 1: the situation has been making the rounds on social media.
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  Speaker 1: It indicates that a man sat on and was stabbed
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  Speaker 1: by a discarded needle on board one of the buses.
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  Speaker 1: In a statement to VOCM News, Metrobus says it is
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  Speaker 1: aware of the incident and they are investigating. As such,
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  Speaker 1: no further details can be provided at this time. Job
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  Speaker 1: action is looming at the Cornerbrook Civic Center. According to CUPE,
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  Speaker 1: Local 4386 and the city have reached an impasse, meaning
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  Speaker 1: they could be in a legal position to strike or
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  Speaker 1: be locked out as early as October 10th. Affected workers
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  Speaker 1: are responsible for every aspect of the Civic Center, including
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  Speaker 1: creating the ice and setting up for events. It seems
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  Speaker 1: as though wages are at the heart of the issue.
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  Speaker 1: Local President Craig Gardner says representatives from the city keep
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  Speaker 1: bringing the same wage offer back to the table, which
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  Speaker 1: has been soundly rejected by its members. Despite the impasse,
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  Speaker 1: CUPE has agreed to another bargaining date of October 19th.
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  Speaker 1: VOCM News has reached out to the city for comment.
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has released its annual performance report.
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  Speaker 1: VOCM's Beth Fagan reports.
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  Speaker 2: During the recent AGM, CEO Ron Johnson gave a speech
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  Speaker 2: that lasted nearly 10 minutes and was mostly positive, highlighting
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  Speaker 2: some of the health care system's high points. Johnson says
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  Speaker 2: his team is focused on improving alternate levels of care,
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  Speaker 2: adding that some secondary facets of the system have improved.
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  Speaker 2: He does admit, however, that while more people are connected
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  Speaker 2: to a family care team, there's still a wide gap
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  Speaker 2: in the number of people without a family doctor. The
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  Speaker 2: speech also focused heavily on core care and its implementation
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  Speaker 2: earlier this year, which he says has improved transparency for
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  Speaker 2: those going through the medical system. Johnson says 47% of
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  Speaker 2: people have signed up for the MyChart NL system since
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  Speaker 2: it was implemented. The speech was made at the NLHS AGM,
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  Speaker 2: where it released its annual performance report. A link to
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  Speaker 2: that can be found at vocm.com. Beth Fagan, VOCM, Local
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  Speaker 2: News Now.
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundlander Rebecca Abbott has been eliminated from MasterChef Canada.
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  Speaker 3: The person going home tonight is Rebecca.
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  Speaker 1: The 38-year-old Gander native was eliminated during last night's episode
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  Speaker 1: after struggling with a rice-themed mystery box challenge. Abbott was
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  Speaker 1: emotional after receiving the news.
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  Speaker 3: Today was not my best. I learned that every dish
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  Speaker 3: you put forward is very important. Maybe I should have
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  Speaker 3: been more expressive of who I am. I am most
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  Speaker 3: proud of the fact that I actually applied and I
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  Speaker 3: came here, and I'm so proud to be the first
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  Speaker 3: Newfoundlander to crack the top 12.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. Your weather is coming up next.