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VOCM News Afternoon Update September 20th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update. It is currently
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  Speaker 1: cloudy with some blue sky poking through over St. John's.
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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon, I'm Mahalia Artis. The Newfoundland Regiment got their
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  Speaker 1: revenge last night at the Mary Brown Centre before a
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  Speaker 1: crowd of more than 5,700 people, flipping the script on
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  Speaker 1: the St. John's Seadogs with a 4-2 victory. It was
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  Speaker 1: a chippy affair, but the regiment rallied, killing off penalty
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  Speaker 1: after penalty and scoring four goals, including an empty netter.
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  Speaker 1: despite being significantly outshot by the Seadogs. Matthew Frost scored
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  Speaker 1: the first two goals for the regiment, followed by Fenwick
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  Speaker 1: McLean's first ever goal in the queue. The regiment take
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  Speaker 1: on Halifax at the Mary Brown Centre next Friday and Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Police need the public's help in getting to the bottom
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  Speaker 1: of an incident in Glenwood this week. Somebody stole an
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  Speaker 1: ATV sometime between Thursday night and Friday afternoon. The machine
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  Speaker 1: is a grey and red Honda Rubicon TRXF, license plate
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  Speaker 1: number JVP029. Gander RCMP are asking anyone with information or
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  Speaker 1: who may have footage to contact either them or Crimestoppers.
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  Speaker 1: Two people have been charged with drunk driving after two
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  Speaker 1: separate crashes this week on the Avalon Peninsula in which
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  Speaker 1: vehicle met building. Last Sunday night, an officer was flagged
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  Speaker 1: down by a concerned citizen in Ferndale, giving information about
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  Speaker 1: an accident on Ferndale Road. RCMP say a car slammed
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  Speaker 1: into a house, causing extensive damage to both. The driver,
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  Speaker 1: a 72-year-old woman from Dunnville, was not seriously injured and
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  Speaker 1: had been taken in by residents of the house. Police
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  Speaker 1: say she seemed to be impaired, so she was taken
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  Speaker 1: to the Placentia Health Centre for a blood sample. Officers
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  Speaker 1: seized the vehicle and took her license but are awaiting
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  Speaker 1: lab results to see whether she was impaired. At about
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  Speaker 1: 8 o'clock Thursday night, a vehicle ran into a shed
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  Speaker 1: on the main road in Jerseyside. A 63-year-old woman from
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  Speaker 1: Freshwater was arrested after police noticed signs of impairment and
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  Speaker 1: saw open alcohol in the vehicle. She refused the breathalyzer
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  Speaker 1: and was charged accordingly. Metro police have caught up with
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  Speaker 1: a woman who was on their wanted list for a
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  Speaker 1: violent robbery. RNC were patrolling in downtown St. John's mid-afternoon
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  Speaker 1: yesterday when they spotted the 23-year-old getting out of a
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  Speaker 1: vehicle in the area of Livingstone Street. She's a suspect
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  Speaker 1: in a robbery at a local business on September 9th
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  Speaker 1: in which a security guard was assaulted. She will be
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  Speaker 1: formally charged with robbery with violence, damaging property, and breach
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  Speaker 1: of a release order when she appears before a judge today.
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  Speaker 1: That highway crash on the West Coast Friday afternoon has
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  Speaker 1: left one person dead. The fiery collision, which involved a
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  Speaker 1: transport truck and a sedan on the TCH near Logger
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  Speaker 1: School Road, Cornerbrook, happened around 1 o'clock. The only passenger
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  Speaker 1: in the car, a 62-year-old woman from Ontario, was pronounced
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  Speaker 1: deceased at the scene. The two drivers were assessed by
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  Speaker 1: paramedics at the crash site for injuries determined not to
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  Speaker 1: be life-threatening. RNC are looking for any witnesses or footage
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  Speaker 1: from the area in the lead-up to or immediately following
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  Speaker 1: the accident. The St. John's International Women's Film Festival will
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  Speaker 1: host an award as part of their 40th anniversary in 2029.
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  Speaker 1: The Audentia Award, which was established by the Council of
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  Speaker 1: Europe's Eurimages Fund, celebrates outstanding women directors and includes € 30, 000
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  Speaker 1: towards their next film. The award will be presented during
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  Speaker 1: a special ceremony during the festival in 2029. with an
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  Speaker 1: international jury determining the winner. There's a new millionaire in
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  Speaker 1: our midst. A ticket sold through ALC Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: for the Friday night draw of Lotto Max is worth
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  Speaker 1: a cool million. There is no indication of where in
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  Speaker 1: the province the winner resides. Details won't be released until
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  Speaker 1: the holder presents themselves to Atlantic Lotto. And finally, Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Mark Carney will become the first Canadian leader to
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  Speaker 1: make an official visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon today. The two islands,
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  Speaker 1: located just off the tip of the Buren Peninsula, have
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  Speaker 1: a combined population of just under 6,000 people. Mark Carney
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  Speaker 1: is meeting with the French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss
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  Speaker 1: potential energy and aerospace partnerships. They will have a joint
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  Speaker 1: address this afternoon. That's your news for VOCM News. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Mahalia Artis.