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VOCM News Morning Update October 9th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland. The city of St. John's has ordered
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  Speaker 2: a problematic apartment building on Brazel Street to close, but
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  Speaker 2: it is staying tight-lipped on the reasons why. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: The property, formerly known as Harborview Apartments, has been the
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  Speaker 3: site of numerous police complaints and serious incidents over the years.
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  Speaker 3: Acting on a property complaint earlier this month, inspectors with
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  Speaker 3: the City of St. John's and the Fire Department found
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  Speaker 3: what are being called health and life safety deficiencies. The
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  Speaker 3: City has ordered that the building be closed until those
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  Speaker 3: issues can be rectified. The City won't provide details on
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  Speaker 3: how many tenants are affected, how they are being accommodated,
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  Speaker 3: or the specific issues found. The City is not providing
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  Speaker 3: further information on the situation at this time. In the meantime,
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  Speaker 3: the new Montreal-based owners of the building say they share
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  Speaker 3: concerns raised by residents, neighbours and the community at large
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  Speaker 3: about the problems at the property. The company says it
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  Speaker 3: will provide updates as its restoration work progresses and looks
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  Speaker 3: forward to welcoming tenants back to a much improved and
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  Speaker 3: safe community in the near future.
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  Speaker 2: The Calgary Police Service is actively recruiting in the St.
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  Speaker 2: John's area, and that's a concern for the RNC Association.
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  Speaker 3: You'll receive paid training, serve a community that values its
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  Speaker 3: police officers, and enjoy 300 days of sunshine in one
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  Speaker 3: of Canada's most livable cities.
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  Speaker 2: RNCA President Staff Sergeant Mike Summers says officer recruitment and
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  Speaker 2: retention has been an issue right across the country, including
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  Speaker 2: here in Newfoundland and Labrador. He says the RNCA has
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  Speaker 2: been in conversation with the provincial government for years about
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  Speaker 2: recruitment and retention and removing barriers for cadets.
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  Speaker 1: Calgary is looking at they pay their cadets to go
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  Speaker 1: through the training. Our cadets receive a bursary, but we've
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  Speaker 1: been in talks with government to try and remove some
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  Speaker 1: of those barriers, like I said, and make it easier
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  Speaker 1: for them, whether or not we start paying them right
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  Speaker 1: from the get-go or whether or not we look after
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  Speaker 1: their tuition, that sort of type thing. I think we
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  Speaker 1: need to be out not only trying to recruit members
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  Speaker 1: from this province, but also to get people from other
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  Speaker 1: provinces to come here to Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 2: RCMP are investigating after video surveillance captured someone setting a
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  Speaker 2: fire outside an outbuilding at the Tim Hortons on LT
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  Speaker 2: Stick Drive in Bay Roberts. Police were contacted after fire
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  Speaker 2: damage was discovered by staff around 4.30 yesterday morning. Damage
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  Speaker 2: caused was minimal. Anyone with information is asked to contact
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  Speaker 2: Bay Roberts RCMP. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced $ 2
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  Speaker 2: billion in funding to retrofit some 1 million homes across
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  Speaker 2: the country to make them more energy efficient. Carney made
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  Speaker 2: the announcement in Sherbrooke, Quebec yesterday.
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  Speaker 4: Today we're announcing more than $ 2 billion to deliver over
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  Speaker 4: 1 million home retrofits to lower energy costs and create
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  Speaker 4: additional savings for multi-unit buildings. When fully taken up, These
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  Speaker 4: upgrades will save Canadian families more than $ 1 billion every year.
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  Speaker 1: On their energy bills.
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  Speaker 2: Included is a new national heat pump rebate to help
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  Speaker 2: up to 820,000 households switch to heat pumps from other
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  Speaker 2: forms of home heat. Eligible below-median income households will receive
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  Speaker 2: a rebate of up to $ 10, 000 on the purchase of
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  Speaker 2: an electric heat pump, while other eligible homes will receive $ 2, 000.
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  Speaker 2: The rebates can be combined with existing provincial programs to
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  Speaker 2: help lower costs even further. The federal government is also
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  Speaker 2: working with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the
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  Speaker 2: Canada Infrastructure Bank to help the owners of apartment buildings
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  Speaker 2: retrofit 280,000 units over the next eight years. A man
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  Speaker 2: in carbon year is $ 1 million richer after winning the
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  Speaker 2: September 8th Lotto Max draw. Brian Doran is already making
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  Speaker 2: plans on what to do with the windfall. He plans
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  Speaker 2: to set up his children and grandchildren with enough funds
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  Speaker 2: for university and college. He's also going to renovate his property,
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  Speaker 2: buy a new car, and take a big family trip.
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  Speaker 2: Doran purchased the ticket online. Despite winning the max millions,
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  Speaker 2: Doran says his Lotto Max habits won't change. In fact...
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  Speaker 2: He already bought a ticket for this week's draw, and
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  Speaker 2: he plans to use the same numbers tonight. Tonight's Lotto
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  Speaker 2: Max jackpot is $ 80 million. The highly anticipated Netflix series
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  Speaker 2: Below was shot in several locations across Newfoundland and Labrador,
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  Speaker 2: and now the company is promoting the places that serve
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  Speaker 2: as the backdrop to the show. The series, which is
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  Speaker 2: based in a fictional Newfoundland town, is now available to stream.
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  Speaker 2: The initiative is known as Netflix in Your Neighborhood. It
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  Speaker 2: lists St. John's, Pooch Cove, Bay Bulls, Brigas South, Harbor Main,
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  Speaker 2: and Twillingate as the filming regions and gives people the
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  Speaker 2: option of viewing a map showing the exact spots where
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  Speaker 2: the show was filmed. A link can be found online
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  Speaker 2: at vocm.com. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.