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VOCM News Midday Update September 13th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medour. The Prime Minister is going to be
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  Speaker 1: right on our southern doorstep this coming weekend, trying to
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  Speaker 1: strengthen partnerships between Canada and France. Mark Kearney will be
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  Speaker 1: in Saint-Pierre-Miquelon this coming Sunday, going to meet with the
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  Speaker 1: President of France, Macron. He says they'll discuss deepening the
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  Speaker 1: partnership between the two countries in strategic sectors, including trade. aerospace,
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  Speaker 1: energy and critical minerals, and advanced technologies such as quantum, satellites,
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  Speaker 1: and supercomputing. Last year, bilateral trade between Canada and France
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  Speaker 1: totaled $ 15. 2 billion, with Canadian exports to France valued at
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  Speaker 1: $ 5 billion, imports at $ 10. 2 billion. Provincial government is looking
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  Speaker 1: for a consultant to review the role of nurse practitioners.
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  Speaker 1: They fit into the health care system somewhere between a
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  Speaker 1: registered nurse and a GP, sometimes doing things which in
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  Speaker 1: the past would have been the domain of a doctor.
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  Speaker 1: Health Minister Jody Wall sees the review as an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to better understand their scope of work and address their needs.
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  Speaker 1: Some people see the nurse practitioner as the only viable
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  Speaker 1: option to a doctor. not just in remote areas, but
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  Speaker 1: urban regions where wait times at urgent and emergent facilities
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  Speaker 1: can be long. The deadline for proposals is Tuesday, September 29th.
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  Speaker 1: Work continues on the removal of that grounded bulk carrier
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  Speaker 1: Baltic III, with its deconstruction progressing to the degree that
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  Speaker 1: the ship is barely recognizable. VOCM's Linda Swain on that.
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  Speaker 2: The total amount of metal removed from the vessel to
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  Speaker 2: date is 4,200 tons. That amounts to 40% of its
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  Speaker 2: total tonnage. The Canadian Coast Guard says Resolve Marine has
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  Speaker 2: pulled the vessel 53 metres towards the shore, taking advantage
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  Speaker 2: of high tides to make the work easier. Shoreline monitoring
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  Speaker 2: continues according to the Canadian Coast Guard with a slight
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  Speaker 2: sheen recently noticed outside the wreck. That's something the Coast
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  Speaker 2: Guard says is to be expected given the removal process.
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  Speaker 2: Some residual fuel remains inside the holds and an absorbent
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  Speaker 2: boom has been placed inside to prevent the release of pollution.
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  Speaker 2: Linda Swain, the OCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: It was a real who's who for the RNC last
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  Speaker 1: night after they stopped a car in the Centre City
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  Speaker 1: area of St. John's. The man who was driving gave
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  Speaker 1: officers a false name, so it didn't take long to
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  Speaker 1: find out that his driver's license had been suspended. After
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  Speaker 1: further investigation, they found that the 43-year-old was not supposed
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  Speaker 1: to be in the company of his female passenger. Police
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  Speaker 1: also learned that the 36-year-old woman in the passenger seat,
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  Speaker 1: who also gave a false name, was not supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be in the company of the man who was driving.
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  Speaker 1: Each was hauled off to the lockup and charged with
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  Speaker 1: breaching court orders and public mischief. A homeowner who returned
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  Speaker 1: to the residence in the downtown area around 9 o'clock
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  Speaker 1: last night was surprised to find they had a guest
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  Speaker 1: in the house. The intruder fled, the homeowner called the RNC,
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  Speaker 1: and officers weren't long getting there. They tracked down a
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  Speaker 1: 35-year-old man within minutes and took him to the lockup.
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  Speaker 1: He'll appear today on charges of break and enter. Canadian
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  Speaker 1: boxing icon George Chiavallo has died at the age of 89.
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  Speaker 1: Chiavallo went 73, 18, and 2 as a pro. 64
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  Speaker 1: knockouts in a career stretched from 1956 to 1978. His
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  Speaker 1: career was defined by two megaboats with Muhammad Ali. 1966
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  Speaker 1: at Toronto, almost won it. in 1972 in Vancouver. The
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  Speaker 1: brick-faced pugilist drew kudos for standing toe-to-toe with the most
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  Speaker 1: gifted and charismatic boxer of the era, and retired in 1978,
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  Speaker 1: having never been knocked down as a pro. That's your news.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medour.