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VOCM News Morning Update September 3rd · 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. Water bombers will return to Port Hope
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  Speaker 2: Simpson today to fight a wildfire burning near the community
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  Speaker 2: that prompted a state of emergency to be declared. A
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  Speaker 2: temporary shelter was set up in Mary's Harbor, while the
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  Speaker 2: town of St. Louis also offered up space for those
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  Speaker 2: who choose to leave town. Ground crews, including the local
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  Speaker 2: fire department, monitored the situation overnight after the water bomber
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  Speaker 2: and helicopter had to give up the effort at nightfall.
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  Speaker 2: The Department of Forestry says a water bomber from Happy
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  Speaker 2: Valley Goose Bay will rejoin the firefighting effort this morning
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  Speaker 2: and will be on the ready at 9. Meanwhile, a
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  Speaker 2: second aircraft in Gander will be ready at 10. However,
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  Speaker 2: the department says water bombers cannot fly if the temperature
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  Speaker 2: is 7 degrees or lower, and water bombers can only
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  Speaker 2: fly for four hours at a time before they must
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  Speaker 2: land to refuel and give pilots a break. The department
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  Speaker 2: is encouraging residents to follow official channels like the Forestry's
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  Speaker 2: Facebook page or the Town of Port Hope Simpsons page
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  Speaker 2: for the latest accurate information. Fuel prices are on the
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  Speaker 2: rise this morning, the biggest jump being diesel, which is
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  Speaker 2: up by about 11 cents. Furnace oil increases by over
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  Speaker 2: 9 cents per liter. Stove oil in Lab West jumps
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  Speaker 2: by about 10 cents. Gas is up 2.5 cents. Ottawa
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  Speaker 2: is going to extend the suspension of the federal excise
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  Speaker 2: tax on fuel until the end of January, but then
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  Speaker 2: will bring it back in two stages. It amounts to $ 0. 10
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  Speaker 2: on gasoline, $ 0. 11 on aviation fuel, and $ 0. 04 on diesel.
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  Speaker 2: The tax will be restored at 50% in February and
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  Speaker 2: March and 100% as of April 1st. The price of
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  Speaker 2: fuel has jumped substantially since the conflict in the Middle East.
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  Speaker 2: Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, made
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  Speaker 2: the announcement at a news conference.
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  Speaker 3: This is real relief right now. Relief for families that
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  Speaker 3: are commuting to work, like many that I've had the
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  Speaker 3: chance to meet here, driving their children to activities or
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  Speaker 3: managing the cost of everyday life. These savings add up.
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  Speaker 3: For truckers.
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  Speaker 1: And.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure there are many that are watching today. Farmers
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  Speaker 3: across our nation, builders and small businesses, lower fuel costs,
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  Speaker 3: help costs down across the country.
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  Speaker 2: Government is replacing over 100 defibrillators, also known as AEDs,
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  Speaker 2: in schools across the province. Education Minister Paul Dinh says
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  Speaker 2: the Heart and Stroke Foundation provided AEDs for schools back
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  Speaker 2: in 2020. After a recent assessment, it was determined that
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  Speaker 2: over 100 machines needed to be replaced due to things
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  Speaker 2: like expired pads and batteries. About $ 250, 000 has been allotted
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  Speaker 2: for the new machines, which are on order. Katie Green,
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  Speaker 2: VP for Newfoundland and Labrador with the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
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  Speaker 2: says AEDs are very easy to use.
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  Speaker 1: They walk you through step by step. They're not going
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  Speaker 1: to administer a shock unless it's needed. And so really
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  Speaker 1: our importance for certainly the student level is an exposure
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  Speaker 1: to that and a comfort level, knowing that anyone can
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  Speaker 1: grab an AED and it is easy to use. They
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  Speaker 1: know where to find it and what to do next.
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  Speaker 2: After spending millions of dollars on it, the provincial government
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  Speaker 2: has given up on the idea of having a large
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  Speaker 2: indoor dome on Kenmount Crossing. Now it wants to sell.
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  Speaker 2: The previous Liberal government bought the 100,000 square foot structure,
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  Speaker 2: which is about the size of two football fields. but
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  Speaker 2: it has never been unpacked. It was part of the
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  Speaker 2: plan to build a new hospital at Kenmount Crossing, but
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  Speaker 2: the PC government scrapped that project and is now getting
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  Speaker 2: rid of the dome. Barry Petten, the minister responsible for infrastructure,
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  Speaker 2: said early this year that government had spent about $ 5
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  Speaker 2: million on the structure.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's the whole idea when it was being pitched,
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  Speaker 1: it was the domes with the hospital.
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  Speaker 3: The dome is like an inland Kenmount Crossing up on
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  Speaker 3: the hill by itself, and it never really, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it really made no sense.
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  Speaker 1: That was the rationale.
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  Speaker 2: Minister Pettin says there are a number of potential purchasers,
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  Speaker 2: so it's being put up on tender. The Canadian Heritage
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  Speaker 2: Minute dedicated to the response of Gander and surrounding communities
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  Speaker 2: to the fallout of the 9-11 terrorist attacks has been unveiled.
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  Speaker 2: The one-minute video was first screened during a ceremony at
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  Speaker 2: Gander International Airport Tuesday night.
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  Speaker 3: American 101, I don't care who you have on board.
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  Speaker 2: You are instructed to land at Gander now. This is
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  Speaker 2: Mayor Elliott.
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  Speaker 1: Hang on.
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  Speaker 3: 38 planes.
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  Speaker 2: The video features Rick Mercer as then-Gander Mayor Claude Elliott
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  Speaker 2: and shows scenes of the response at the airport, people's
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  Speaker 2: responses to the shocking images of the attacks on TV,
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  Speaker 2: and the compassion shown by residents to the stranded passengers.
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  Speaker 2: The video can be viewed at vocm.com. That's your news.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland.