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VOCM News Midday Update September 12th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Medore. There's a search underway in the St.
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  Speaker 2: John's area afterward that somebody may have gone into the ocean.
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  Speaker 2: First responders, including the RNC, the Rovers, Ground Search and Rescue,
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  Speaker 2: and the Coast Guard, are at Cape Spear. No other
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  Speaker 2: information is available. They ask that the general public who
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  Speaker 2: may be in the area be mindful of their presence.
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  Speaker 2: The spread of illness is an added concern now that
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  Speaker 2: a new school year is underway. As students come together
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  Speaker 2: in classrooms across the province, the ability to spread viruses
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  Speaker 2: and germs increases. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice
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  Speaker 2: Fitzgerald says seasonal viruses are cyclical, and illnesses like rhinovirus
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  Speaker 2: are already in circulation in the province.
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  Speaker 1: So then, of course, you have all the kids going
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  Speaker 1: back to school. and they're getting together and in the
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  Speaker 1: same place, and they're very excited to see each other
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  Speaker 1: and playing together, especially younger kids, right? So not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: practicing good respiratory hygiene, and so we certainly see a
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  Speaker 1: surgeon once the kids go back to school.
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  Speaker 2: Fitzgerald says the best advice for parents and children is
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  Speaker 2: to reinforce the importance of hand washing, especially before you
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  Speaker 2: eat and after you cough or sneeze. Gander marked the
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  Speaker 2: 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks yesterday. Former
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  Speaker 2: Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien drew a standing ovation for
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  Speaker 2: a pointed message directed at Americans. He said nobody should
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  Speaker 2: mistake Canada's tolerance for lack of determination.
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  Speaker 3: We embrace our friends and we help them in their
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  Speaker 3: moment of need. But we bow to no one.
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  Speaker 1: And....
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  Speaker 3: And the more we are insulted or threatened and abused,
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  Speaker 3: the more we will stand up for ourselves and stand united.
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  Speaker 2: RNC hoping the public can help identify a car believed
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  Speaker 2: to be involved in a recent hit and run in Torbay.
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  Speaker 2: RNC say the red Toyota Corolla struck two parked cars
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  Speaker 2: and ran into a house around 6.30 Sunday evening before
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  Speaker 2: driving away from the scene. A search failed to locate
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle involved, but it was caught on camera, leaving
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  Speaker 2: the scene. Anyone with information asked to contact the RNC.
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  Speaker 2: Up next, your weather forecast.