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VOCM News Late-Day Update September 24th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Zach Power. A woman from Grand Falls, Windsor, is
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  Speaker 1: channeling her grief into finding a solution to get a
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  Speaker 1: divided highway across the province following the death of her sister.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a deadly year on the province's highways. At
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  Speaker 1: least nine people have died so far this year, including
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  Speaker 1: Faith Power's sister, Erica Jane, and her husband, Carrie Sargent
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  Speaker 1: in April. Work is underway to extend parts of the
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  Speaker 1: divided highway, but Power believes that it would benefit everyone
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  Speaker 1: to see that extended right across the island.
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  Speaker 2: It makes me happy that they're doing something, but it
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  Speaker 2: would benefit us the most if they would do the
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  Speaker 2: entire project and not just focus on those two and
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  Speaker 2: then do the entire highway would be beneficial to the
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  Speaker 2: entire province.
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  Speaker 1: The supporters of a woman who has finally been reunited
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  Speaker 1: with her daughter who was abducted and taken to Egypt
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  Speaker 1: by her father say they'll support her through legal and
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  Speaker 1: judicial challenges that will remain. A Canada-wide arrest warrant has
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  Speaker 1: been issued for the child's father. Olivia Lynch of Violence
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  Speaker 1: Prevention Avalon East says it's not clear whether Bouchara Maroubi
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  Speaker 1: is still in Morocco or will return to Canada with
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  Speaker 1: her six-year-old daughter Tamara.
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  Speaker 3: There are some complicated legal hurdles ahead that needs to
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  Speaker 3: be clarified, and most importantly, international communication between countries involved.
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  Speaker 3: For example, Canadian authorities to continue diplomatic and consular engagement
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  Speaker 3: for global affairs. Moroccan authorities to assist Bouchra as a
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  Speaker 3: Moroccan citizen. And Egyptian authorities to continue addressing legal and
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  Speaker 3: outstanding matters through proper legal channels. And also, very importantly,
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  Speaker 3: Interpol status and clarifying within its mandate and facilitate communication
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  Speaker 3: between countries as well.
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  Speaker 1: Memorial University says it's developing a strategic plan to address
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  Speaker 1: dropping enrollment rates. The institution has been grappling with a
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  Speaker 1: decline in student numbers over the past few years, caused
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  Speaker 1: in part by the federal immigration changes. MUN President Janet
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  Speaker 1: Morrison says that there were 2,000 fewer students at MUN
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  Speaker 1: this semester compared to previous years.
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  Speaker 2: Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer Locash outlined in the MUN Gazette this week that
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  Speaker 1: the university plans to develop a management plan to set
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  Speaker 1: enrollment targets, improve recruitment outcomes, and create better accountability measures.
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  Speaker 1: Locash says the project will speak to several groups and
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  Speaker 1: departments at the university. The American Association of Collegiate Registers
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  Speaker 1: and Admissions Officers has been commissioned to do the work
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  Speaker 1: at a cost of nearly $ 200, 000. A dolphin that was
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  Speaker 1: recently moved out of Ontario's Marineland theme park has died.
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  Speaker 1: Karen Rebo has the story.
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  Speaker 4: Oceanographic Valencia says Echo, the blind black sea bottlenose dolphin
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  Speaker 4: believed to be 30 years old, had respiratory problems and
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  Speaker 4: trouble swallowing yesterday. The aquarium says despite efforts by its
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  Speaker 4: veterinary and animal care teams, her condition deteriorated rapidly and
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  Speaker 4: she died overnight. Karen Rebo, the Canadian Press.
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  Speaker 1: And that's your news. Your weather forecast is next.