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VOCM News Morning Update August 29 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Brian Medour.
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  Speaker 1: The lead police watchdog agency in Newfoundland and Labrador has
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  Speaker 1: charged a police officer with criminal harassment. Constable Cameron Collins
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  Speaker 1: of the RNC also faces a charge of harassing communications.
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  Speaker 1: The officer will be in court November 4th to answer
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  Speaker 1: to the charges, which were laid by the Serious Incident
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  Speaker 1: Response Team. CERT-NL is a civilian-led oversight agency which conducts
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  Speaker 1: its own investigations into serious incidents. It says it will
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  Speaker 1: be making no further comment on the case as it
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  Speaker 1: is before the courts. The numbers in Nepal just keep rising.
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  Speaker 1: The latest has more than 600 people dead and about 3,000 missing.
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  Speaker 1: No Canadians are among the 121 foreign nationals rescued. while
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  Speaker 1: 32 Canadian citizens or permanent residents are reported missing. A
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  Speaker 1: Nepalese man living in Conception Bay South trembled when he
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  Speaker 1: heard of the devastation caused by the massive flooding. Amrit
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  Speaker 1: Lamsalt says he initially couldn't get hold of his loved ones,
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  Speaker 1: but managed to speak with them after a nerve-wracking delay.
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  Speaker 1: He says many of the Nepalese people he has spoken
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  Speaker 1: with are homeless and sleeping in the streets following the
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  Speaker 1: devastating weather events. He says they're starting a fundraiser for
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  Speaker 1: one person from Nepal living in St. John's who had
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  Speaker 1: his family home destroyed and is missing five family members.
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  Speaker 1: Two men were arrested this week following a recent drug
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  Speaker 1: seizure in Mount Pearl. RNC seized a quantity of cocaine
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  Speaker 1: and cash from a man in Mount Pearl, and as
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  Speaker 1: part of the subsequent investigation, Two men were arrested in
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  Speaker 1: the capital city's West End. The men, ages 75 and 24,
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  Speaker 1: were picked up on drug-related offenses with charges pending. The
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  Speaker 1: subsequent search of a home in Mount Pearl resulted in
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  Speaker 1: the seizure of drugs, cash, and weapons. The investigation is ongoing.
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  Speaker 1: Buoyed by financial support from both the federal and provincial governments,
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  Speaker 1: NordSpace plans to launch a satellite into space in a
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Attempts to do so last summer were
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  Speaker 1: unsuccessful for several reasons, including fog and the presence of
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  Speaker 1: marine traffic. But the federal government is confident in the
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  Speaker 1: company's choice to build the space hub in St. Lawrence.
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  Speaker 1: Ottawa says a more expansive foray into space by Canada
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  Speaker 1: is vital as it's a growing industry on a global scale.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.