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VOCM News Morning Update September 13th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Beth Fagan. The NDP is accusing the government of
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  Speaker 2: bribing Newfoundlanders and Labradorians by offering a 15% electricity rebate,
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  Speaker 2: contingent on the Churchill Falls Agreement going through. Party leader
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  Speaker 2: Jim Dinh likened the concept to the carrot and the stick,
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  Speaker 2: saying government should have agreed to cutting the HST when
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  Speaker 2: asked earlier this year.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a government policy that has a lot of
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  Speaker 1: skin in the game to the point where you've got
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  Speaker 1: the Minister of Finance bribing people, basically saying, hey, you
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  Speaker 1: will get your 15% power rebate if this deal is passed.
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  Speaker 1: We put forward a motion in the House of Assembly,
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  Speaker 1: a PMR, to remove the HST off all forms of
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  Speaker 1: home heating. Both the Liberals and the PCs voted it down.
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  Speaker 1: How does a party that a few months ago was saying, no,
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  Speaker 1: this is not the right measure, now all of a
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  Speaker 1: sudden this is the right approach?
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  Speaker 2: The provincial government will not be using the Education Accord
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  Speaker 2: report as a blueprint for changes to the system. The
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  Speaker 2: report was released by the previous Liberal government one year ago,
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  Speaker 2: which touted it as a way to transform and modernize
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  Speaker 2: the education system. However, the report was tainted by revelations
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  Speaker 2: that it included a number of fake AI-generated citations. Education
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  Speaker 2: Minister Paul Dinh says there is a lot of good
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  Speaker 2: information in the document, noting the input of many teachers.
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  Speaker 2: He calls issues with the report unfortunate.
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  Speaker 3: People will question the credibility of that now for now,
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  Speaker 3: forever really, when you look at it. But no, the accord,
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  Speaker 3: it'll help inform us. It won't form our blueprint going forward,
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  Speaker 3: but certainly there's portions of that report that certainly will
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  Speaker 3: be useful in moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: An internationally recognized researcher will offer some insight into the
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  Speaker 2: role that gut bacteria plays in helping to manage obesity
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  Speaker 2: and diabetes, and other chronic diseases in a free lecture
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  Speaker 2: this week. Registered dietician and professor in the University of
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  Speaker 2: Calgary's Faculty of Kinesiology and Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Raylene Reimer,
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  Speaker 2: will discuss the effect of medications, exercise, and antibiotics on
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  Speaker 2: the body's microbiome. Feed Your Friends, Nutrition and Gut Bacteria
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  Speaker 2: for Health will highlight how the bacteria in your intestinal
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  Speaker 2: tract develops and how important it is in shaping a
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  Speaker 2: person's overall health. The talk is scheduled for this Tuesday
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  Speaker 2: at 7 o'clock at the Bruneau Center for Research and Innovation.
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  Speaker 2: And some of the world's best figure skaters will be
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  Speaker 2: at the Mary Brown Center this December. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: familiar name from Newfoundland and Labrador among them. Marystown native,
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  Speaker 2: Skate Canada Hall of Famer and Olympic medalist Caitlin Osman
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  Speaker 2: will be joining an ensemble of athletes for the show
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  Speaker 2: Stars on Ice. The event, which will feature individual and
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  Speaker 2: group performances, will be headlined by 2026 Olympic bronze medalists
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  Speaker 2: Piper Gillies and Paul Poirier. I'm Beth Fagan.