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VOCM News Morning Update October 26th · 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. We'll be hearing more bread and butter
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  Speaker 2: talk today from the provincial government at a news conference
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  Speaker 2: in Mount Pearl.
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  Speaker 1: We don't have.
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  Speaker 2: Details of the package, but the location tells us that
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  Speaker 2: the measure will have a lot to do with the
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  Speaker 2: expense of owning and driving a vehicle. The news conference
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  Speaker 2: is slated for 10.30 at the Motor Vehicle in Mount Pearl.
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  Speaker 2: Finance Minister Craig Party will be joined by two members
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  Speaker 2: of the PC caucus, St. George's Humber MHA Hal Cormier
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  Speaker 2: and Lewisport-Twillingate MHA Mark Butt. VOCM News will be there.
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  Speaker 2: Later today, the House of Assembly opens for the fall
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  Speaker 2: sitting and opposition parties are expected to press government to
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  Speaker 2: do more to help people with the cost of living.
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  Speaker 2: Diesel prices continue their march towards $ 3 a liter with
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  Speaker 2: another hike on the weekend of about 7 cents. For example,
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  Speaker 2: it costs about $ 2. 95 on parts of the south coast
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  Speaker 2: of the island, including Harbor Breton, and $ 2. 98 in Churchill Falls.
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  Speaker 2: In Metro, diesel costs about $ 2. 85. It is the most
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  Speaker 2: expensive of the transportation and heating fuels. Opposition parties have
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  Speaker 2: been calling on the provincial government to remove the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the gas tax, about $ 0. 07 per litre. Liberal leader
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  Speaker 2: John Hogan says that would make a big difference. The
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  Speaker 2: Public Utilities Board will deliver its next price schedule at midnight.
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  Speaker 2: The union, which represents federal workers, says government is laying
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  Speaker 2: off more than half the staff at Parks Canada. Mahalia
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  Speaker 2: Artis reports.
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  Speaker 3: The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the government is
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  Speaker 3: laying off about 500 employees who protect our natural and
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  Speaker 3: cultural heritage, the environment and parks and historic sites. Alex Silas,
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  Speaker 3: a trustee for the Union of National Employees, says the
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  Speaker 3: employer has not explained what specific programs or services will
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  Speaker 3: be impacted by the cuts. or how they will affect
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  Speaker 3: communities across the country. He says cuts could mean reduced services,
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  Speaker 3: shorter seasons, and sites that are harder to visit. Parks
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  Speaker 3: Canada oversees facilities such as Signal Hill in St. John's,
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  Speaker 3: Castle Hill in Placentia, Terranova National Park, and Gros Morne.
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  Speaker 3: It's unclear if the cuts will target employees in Newfoundland
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  Speaker 3: and Labrador. The PSAC is calling on Ottawa to discontinue
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  Speaker 3: what it calls reckless cuts.
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  Speaker 2: People should be on alert, with the crafts industry saying
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  Speaker 2: scammers are taking their game to a new level as
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  Speaker 2: the Christmas shopping season kicks in. Brian Medour explains.
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  Speaker 4: The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador's Christmas Craft Fair
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  Speaker 4: is less than two weeks away. The organization is warning
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  Speaker 4: people about increasingly sophisticated scams involving fraudulent vendor opportunities. It
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  Speaker 4: says scammers have been impersonating the Craft Council to solicit
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  Speaker 4: vendor applications and payments for the holiday event. Recent attempts
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  Speaker 4: have escalated, targeting trusted community organizations, encouraging them to circulate
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  Speaker 4: fraudulent vendor calls on the Craft Council's behalf. The fair
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  Speaker 4: is fully booked, and anybody who receives an offer of
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  Speaker 4: vendor space should check directly with the host organization.
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  Speaker 2: Some voters are turning to AI chatbots to find information
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  Speaker 2: about Ontario's upcoming municipal elections. Here's Jason White.
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  Speaker 1: Toronto lawyer Eric App says he used Claude to help
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  Speaker 1: finalize his decision for city councillor, but says there were
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  Speaker 1: gaps in the information it shared. McGill University researchers recently
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  Speaker 1: found an estimated 40% of Quebec's voters turned to AI
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  Speaker 1: chatbots and received false and outdated information. For many people,
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  Speaker 1: AI bots have replaced traditional search engines. ABS says that's
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  Speaker 1: made political participation easier, but experts say it's a troubling
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  Speaker 1: shift in the democratic process where human judgment is superseded
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  Speaker 1: by algorithms. Jason White, the Canadian Press.
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  Speaker 2: The jackpot in this weekend's Lotto 649 did not go,
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  Speaker 2: but somebody who bought a ticket in the Goulds did nicely.
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  Speaker 2: The top prize, $ 25 million, grows to $ 30 million come Wednesday,
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  Speaker 2: but four tickets fetch close to $ 54, 000 each. Two in Quebec,
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  Speaker 2: one in Ontario, and one in the Goulds. You can
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  Speaker 2: check the lucky numbers on the ALC website. Dawson Mercer
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  Speaker 2: was at the rink in New Jersey Friday morning when
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  Speaker 2: he was told that he was on his way to
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  Speaker 2: the Winnipeg Jets. He and goaltender Nico Dawes jumped a
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  Speaker 2: private jet and landed in his new city Friday night. Mercer,
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  Speaker 2: who has three 20-goal seasons under his belt, was traded
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  Speaker 2: along with three others and two draft choices for disgruntled
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  Speaker 2: superstar goaltender Connor Hellebuck, who asked for the trade. The
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  Speaker 2: Winnipeg Free Press is reporting that Mercer, who has yet
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  Speaker 2: to find the back of the net this season, will
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  Speaker 2: be playing on a line with Adam Lowry, a former St.
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  Speaker 2: John's Ice Cap. Head coach Scott Arneal told the Free
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  Speaker 2: Press that Mercer is versatile in the sense of playing
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  Speaker 2: right wing and center, kills penalties, plays power play, and
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  Speaker 2: is a 20-goal scorer. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.