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VOCM News Midday Update September 15th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Another wayward great white shark is wowing
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  Speaker 1: researchers and casual observers alike with his epic journey to
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland waters. Contender is a 1,600-pound, 13-foot, 9-inch male tagged
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  Speaker 1: by the American research group OCEARCH off Florida last year.
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  Speaker 1: The predator has been swimming about in Notre Dame Bay
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  Speaker 1: in recent days, having rounded the tip of the Great
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  Speaker 1: Northern Peninsula and last pinged off the Horse Islands in
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  Speaker 1: White Bay. Osearch says the great white is making his
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  Speaker 1: way through waters no other similarly tagged shark has ever gone. That,
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  Speaker 1: according to researchers, raises new questions about how far north
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  Speaker 1: great whites travel and what is attracting them to northern waters.
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  Speaker 1: Contender is the largest great white male ever tagged by Osearch.
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  Speaker 1: A lead-foot driver is without his license and vehicle after
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  Speaker 1: he was found going well over the posted limit on
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  Speaker 1: the TransCanada on the weekend. An officer patrolling the Goobies
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  Speaker 1: area clocked the car going 167 kilometers an hour in
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  Speaker 1: a 100 zone around suppertime on Saturday. The 23-year-old man,
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  Speaker 1: who was originally from Port-au-Grave, was ticketed for excessive speed.
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  Speaker 1: His license was revoked while the car was taken to
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  Speaker 1: the impound lot. Prime Minister Mark Carney is once again
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  Speaker 1: touting the benefits of the hydro agreement between Quebec and
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  Speaker 1: Newfoundland and Labrador, this time during his address at the
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  Speaker 1: investment summit in Toronto this morning. Investors from all over
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  Speaker 1: are in the Ontario capital this week as Canada sets
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  Speaker 1: its eye on generating $ 1 trillion in local investment over
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  Speaker 1: the next five years. Right out of the gate, Carney
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  Speaker 1: made mention of the agreement, which is currently being debated
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  Speaker 1: in the House of Assembly.
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  Speaker 2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, the federal government and the Innu
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  Speaker 2: nation announced the largest clean energy investment in North American history.
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  Speaker 2: 14 gigawatts of hydro, wind and storage. The functional equivalent
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  Speaker 2: of 18 Hoover dams.
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  Speaker 3: Enough to light, heat and cool every home in Toronto,
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  Speaker 3: Montreal and Vancouver combined. That's what an energy superpower looks
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  Speaker 3: like when it decides to act like one.
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  Speaker 1: A new report by RBC says just over half of
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  Speaker 1: Canadian parents with adult children say they're still helping them
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  Speaker 1: out financially with expenses including groceries and rent. Here's Michelle Zadikian.
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  Speaker 4: The report says 51% of parents with adult children aged
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  Speaker 4: 18 to 40 surveyed say they provided financial support in
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  Speaker 4: the past year. Of those helping out, 56% say the
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  Speaker 4: money was to help pay for groceries. while 43% have
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  Speaker 4: helped with an unexpected or emergency expense. 24% say the
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  Speaker 4: money was to help pay for rent. On average, the
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  Speaker 4: report finds parents who provided financial support gave about $ 6, 000,
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  Speaker 4: while 24% gave more than $ 10, 000. Michelle Zadikian, The Canadian Press.
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  Speaker 4: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.