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VOCM News Morning Update September 29th · 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 provincial government is injecting an extra $ 8. 2
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  Speaker 2: million into the Medical Transportation Assistance Program. It says the
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  Speaker 2: expanded program now includes 100% coverage for eligible patients who
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  Speaker 2: have to travel outside their area for a specialist appointment.
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  Speaker 2: Several other changes were also announced, including an updated vehicle
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  Speaker 2: mileage rate, a reduced distance requirement for dialysis patients, and
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  Speaker 2: a new online application portal. Labrador Affairs Minister Leila Evans
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  Speaker 2: notes the previous system left many patients on the hook
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  Speaker 2: for extra out-of-pocket costs.
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  Speaker 3: And the coverage was, you know, I think it was
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  Speaker 3: 55 to 80 percent coverage. So a lot of times
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  Speaker 3: when people submitted their receipts, they weren't getting all their
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  Speaker 3: expenses back. And now those eligible expenses will be 100%.
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  Speaker 3: So the patients will not be having to pay to
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  Speaker 3: travel outside the region to access care.
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  Speaker 2: Health Minister Jody Wall made the announcement yesterday, bringing the
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  Speaker 2: total annual budget for the program to just over $ 14 million.
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  Speaker 2: There's a pretty decent drop in the price of gasoline
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  Speaker 2: this morning. Gas is down 7.3 cents. Diesel on the
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  Speaker 2: island is down by 2 cents but increases by 3
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  Speaker 2: cents in Labrador West. Furnace oil decreases by about a
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  Speaker 2: cent and a half. Stove oil is up by 4
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  Speaker 2: cents per liter. RCMP are warning about the dangers of
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  Speaker 2: distracted driving by sharing an image of a vehicle stopped
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  Speaker 2: on the province's west coast earlier this year. The driver's
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  Speaker 2: view was largely obscured by a satellite Wi-Fi receiver stuck
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  Speaker 2: to the windshield with suction cups. RCMP say in addition
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  Speaker 2: to being unsafe, it can also earn you a ticket
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  Speaker 2: under the Highway Traffic Act. A 34-year-old man on an
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  Speaker 2: electric dirt bike has been charged not only with fleeing
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  Speaker 2: from police in Cornerbrook, but tackling officers when they tried
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  Speaker 2: to corral him. Police say when they tried to pull
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  Speaker 2: the machine over that night, it sped away. However, the
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  Speaker 2: RNC later located the driver on a dead-end street off
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  Speaker 2: Valley Road, arresting him after a brief struggle. Michael Green
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  Speaker 2: of Halfway Point is charged with impaired driving, flight from police,
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  Speaker 2: assaulting a police officer, uttering threats, and resisting arrest. He
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  Speaker 2: was held in custody pending a court appearance.
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  Speaker 3: U.S.
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  Speaker 2: President Donald Trump is predicting that Canada will come to
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  Speaker 2: Washington seeking an end to the trade war in the
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  Speaker 2: next few weeks. Trump made the comments to reporters in
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  Speaker 2: the Oval Office yesterday, reiterating claims that Canada is the
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  Speaker 2: worst country to deal with and that Ottawa is cheating
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  Speaker 2: the United States. An import ban on certain Canadian goods,
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  Speaker 2: including alcohol, dairy byproducts and molasses, comes into effect today.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to come in and they're going to say, sir,
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  Speaker 1: we are sorry. They've treated the United States very, very badly.
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  Speaker 1: I think a deal will be made, but it's got
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  Speaker 1: to be a fair deal.
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  Speaker 2: The province's privacy commissioner is stressing how easy the access
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  Speaker 2: to information process can be on this Right to Know Week.
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  Speaker 2: This is a time set aside to promote the rights
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  Speaker 2: people have under AATIP legislation. Carrie Hatfield says there's lots
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  Speaker 2: of information online that outlines what people can ask for
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  Speaker 2: and how to go about it.
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  Speaker 4: Original access requests, of course, go to the public body
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  Speaker 4: that you want the information from. And most of those
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  Speaker 4: now have a lot of online information to guide you
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  Speaker 4: through that process. And then hopefully you receive your records
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  Speaker 4: and it's done in a timely way. But if you
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  Speaker 4: have questions or concerns about documents that are released to
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  Speaker 4: you or exceptions that the public body applied, that's where
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  Speaker 4: my office comes in. You can make a complaint to
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  Speaker 4: the office and we'll kind of be that second check
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  Speaker 4: to make sure that you received all the records that
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  Speaker 4: you should have and that redactions were appropriately applied.
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  Speaker 2: PEI's health authority says someone has gained unauthorized access to
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  Speaker 2: a file containing personal information belonging to as many as 234,000 people.
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  Speaker 2: The cybersecurity incident was reported September 7th and involves a
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  Speaker 2: company providing services to Health PEI. It says the file
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  Speaker 2: was created in 2011 and contained names, birthdays, personal health
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  Speaker 2: numbers and and details about Medicare eligibility. Those affected had
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  Speaker 2: a PEI health card during or before 2011 or were
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  Speaker 2: non-residents who received health services on the island between 2008
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  Speaker 2: and 2011. Hockey Night in Canada will continue on CBC
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  Speaker 2: this season through a new partnership with the Professional Women's
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  Speaker 2: Hockey League after the broadcaster's NHL agreement ended. The first
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  Speaker 2: women's game under the iconic Saturday Night brand will feature
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  Speaker 2: the Montreal Victoire and expansion Hamilton team on December 5th.
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  Speaker 2: CBC plans eight primetime PWHL broadcasts with pre- and post-game analysis,
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  Speaker 2: while Radio Canada will carry all Victoire games on radio.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.