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VOCM News Morning Update September 4th · 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. A child was issued a ticket after
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  Speaker 2: a collision between an e-bike and an e-scooter in the
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  Speaker 2: downtown on Wednesday afternoon. Video has been circulating on social
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  Speaker 2: media of a large group of what appear to be
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  Speaker 2: children and young people riding e-bikes and e-scooters in the
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  Speaker 2: Columbus Drive area. RNC say there are no calls related
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  Speaker 2: to that incident on their call sheet, However, an officer
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  Speaker 2: on patrol happened to notice approximately 40 or more people
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  Speaker 2: on similar machines in the downtown area around 3.30 Wednesday afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: RNC Constable Steph Myers says the officer eventually came across
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  Speaker 2: a collision involving two people, ages 11 and 12.
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  Speaker 1: The officer did stop and ensure their well-being firstly, but
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  Speaker 1: they also spoke with those youth, spoke with their parents
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  Speaker 1: and did issue a summary offence ticket to one of
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  Speaker 1: the operators. So again, we're asking parents, guardians to have
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  Speaker 1: those conversations with the youth in your lives who have
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  Speaker 1: those vehicles about safe operation.
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  Speaker 2: The provincial government has promised to introduce legislation related to
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  Speaker 2: the use of e-bikes and e-scooters in the fall sitting
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  Speaker 2: of the House of Assembly. The Innu Nation says a
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  Speaker 2: serious incident involving RCMP officers and an Innu man in
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  Speaker 2: Shedishi underscores long-standing concerns about policing in its communities and
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  Speaker 2: the need to remove barriers preventing them from developing their
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  Speaker 2: own police service. Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 3: The Innu say they have been calling for an Innu
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  Speaker 3: police service for at least a decade, but current provincial
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  Speaker 3: legislation does not provide for establishing such a police service
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  Speaker 3: outside the existing RCMP or RNC structures. The Innu Nation
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  Speaker 3: says without the necessary provincial legislation, it cannot address funding
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  Speaker 3: to begin developing their own police service. Grand Chief Jody
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  Speaker 3: Ashini says they can't wait for the completion of their
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  Speaker 3: treaty negotiations to begin building policing capacity. The Inusay commanding
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  Speaker 3: officer of the Labrador District, Inspector Danny Williams, has committed
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  Speaker 3: to raising the issue of including Innu community services officers
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  Speaker 3: in house calls in Cheheji and Natwashish with the RCMP's
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  Speaker 3: criminal operations.
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  Speaker 2: The agency in charge of running long-term care homes in
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  Speaker 2: the province has accepted all recommendations from the Auditor General
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  Speaker 2: after a report which was highly critical of the ways
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  Speaker 2: in which things are being done. AG Denise Hanrahan's last
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  Speaker 2: report dealt with privately run homes, but this one focused
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  Speaker 2: on government-run facilities such as Pleasant View Towers and St.
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  Speaker 3: Luke's.
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  Speaker 2: She found many deficiencies including a lack of background and
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  Speaker 2: vulnerable sector checks, rotting food in fridges and obstructed hallways
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  Speaker 2: and fire exits. She says one of the more concerning
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  Speaker 2: aspects is the food safety component, which stem from a
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  Speaker 2: 2015 report where many of the recommendations were not followed.
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  Speaker 4: So certainly some of the most concerning findings in the
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  Speaker 4: food section for me had to do with the swallowing assessments.
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  Speaker 4: And the fact that there may not be enough staff
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  Speaker 4: that are trained to be able to deal with choking situations,
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  Speaker 4: certainly those are major requirements in any long-term care facility.
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  Speaker 4: And when we see that a third of the ones
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  Speaker 4: we tested weren't getting done appropriately or in a timely manner,
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  Speaker 4: it's very concerning.
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  Speaker 2: According to current projections, about a third of the population
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  Speaker 2: will reside in such facilities by 2043. Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 2: Health Services has accepted all 17 recommendations aimed at it,
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  Speaker 2: while the Department of Seniors has accepted the two recommendations
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  Speaker 2: which apply to it. The Teachers Union says the province
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  Speaker 2: has a major retention and recruitment issue in the K-12 system.
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  Speaker 2: Union President Dale Lamb says schools are squeezed and with
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  Speaker 2: increasing incidents of violence in schools, teachers are seeking the
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  Speaker 2: supports they need just to keep kids safe and educated.
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  Speaker 5: We're launching a school safety campaign next week about everyone
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  Speaker 5: working together to stop school violence. You know, all parties
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  Speaker 5: have a place to play. All can't come back on teachers.
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  Speaker 2: He cites the horrific Tumbler Ridge incident in British Columbia
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  Speaker 2: earlier this year and the report that was released this week.
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  Speaker 5: You can't almost say Tumblr reads without getting emotional as
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  Speaker 5: a teacher or as a Canadian citizen. So, you know,
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  Speaker 5: that was really significant yesterday, but it really shows the
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  Speaker 5: importance of government providing us with direction, providing us with information,
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  Speaker 5: and making sure that things are alleviated so that the
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  Speaker 5: violence doesn't make its way into our schools.
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  Speaker 2: There's been a slight decrease in the price of gas
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  Speaker 2: heading into the long weekend. The PUB has lowered the
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  Speaker 2: price by two and a half cents per liter. There's
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  Speaker 2: hardly any change in the price of all other fuels.
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  Speaker 2: Marine Atlantic's newest vessel is in the country. The Il
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  Speaker 2: Rouge arrived in North Sydney the other day. Now begins
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  Speaker 2: the final stretch of preparations before the ferry goes into
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  Speaker 2: service next month. That includes familiarizing staff with the ship,
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  Speaker 2: training and reflagging activities. Photos can be seen online at vocm.com.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news, I'm Sarah Strickland.