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VOCM News Evening Update October 9th · 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 Medour. A man from Bonavista has been charged
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  Speaker 2: after allegedly hitting speeds of up to 200 kilometers an
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  Speaker 2: hour on the Trans-Canada Highway. RCMP clocked the 59-year-old at
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  Speaker 2: twice the posted speed limit while he was racing eastbound
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  Speaker 2: near Long Harbor around 11.30 Wednesday morning. His license was suspended,
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  Speaker 2: his pickup was seized and impounded. Speeds of up to
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  Speaker 2: 200 kilometers an hour mean that your vehicle is covering
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  Speaker 2: more than 55 meters every second. Well, first BP exited
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  Speaker 2: from the Newfoundland oil patch. Now Shell is picking up
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  Speaker 2: the slack. Norway-based Equinor was left as the sole investor
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  Speaker 2: in the deepwater field when BP pulled out. Equinor said
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  Speaker 2: at the time that it would try to find another
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  Speaker 2: partner for the $ 14 billion project.
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  Speaker 3: It has.
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  Speaker 1: Shell.
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  Speaker 2: Has reached an agreement to buy 30% of the proposed
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  Speaker 2: oil project, leaving Equinor as the majority stakeholder at 70%.
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  Speaker 2: Equinor executive Philippe Mathieu says the new partnership will strengthen
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  Speaker 2: the project as it moves toward the final investment decision
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  Speaker 2: early next year. The lead company says Bay de Nord
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  Speaker 2: could create thousands of jobs over the life of the
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  Speaker 2: project and contribute $ 20 billion to governments. In other news.
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  Speaker 2: The Calgary Police Service is actively recruiting in the St.
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  Speaker 2: John's area. That is a concern for the RNC Association.
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  Speaker 3: You'll receive paid training, serve a community that values its
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  Speaker 3: police officers.
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  Speaker 2: RNCA President Staff Sergeant Mike Summers says officer recruitment and retention...
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  Speaker 2: has been an issue right across the country, including in
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  Speaker 2: Newfoundland and Labrador. He says the RNCA has been in
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  Speaker 2: conversation with government for years about recruitment and retention and
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  Speaker 2: removing barriers for cadets.
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  Speaker 1: Calgary is looking at they pay their cadets to go
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  Speaker 1: through the training. Our cadets receive a bursary, but we've
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  Speaker 1: been in talks with government to try and remove some
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  Speaker 1: of those barriers, like I said, and make it easier
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  Speaker 1: for them, whether or not we start paying them right
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  Speaker 1: from the get-go or whether or not we look after
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  Speaker 1: their tuition, that sort of type thing. I think we
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  Speaker 1: need to be out not only trying to recruit members
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  Speaker 1: from this province, but also to get people from other
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  Speaker 1: provinces to come here to Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 2: And three firefighters with St. John's Regional who sprang into
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  Speaker 2: action when a colleague went into cardiac arrest at the
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  Speaker 2: fire hall had been honored for their efforts at the
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  Speaker 2: annual Firefighter of the Year Awards. On August 5th, Adam Vautour,
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  Speaker 2: Brandon Snow, and Mark Vincent were all on duty at
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  Speaker 2: the Goulds Station when Captain Patrick Sears suffered a cardiac arrest.
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  Speaker 2: Without hesitation, all three men took immediate control, starting CPR,
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  Speaker 2: pulling out the AED, and even administering oxygen. Those quick
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  Speaker 2: actions saved Sears' life. That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.