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VOCM News Mid-Day Update September 8th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning Canadians
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  Speaker 1: of tough times ahead as Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect.
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  Speaker 1: In a national video address, he says the country's pivot
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  Speaker 1: away from the U.S. will come at a cost, but
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  Speaker 1: that the alternative would be far worse. Carney says the
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  Speaker 1: aim is to come out stronger and more resilient so
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  Speaker 1: no country can hold Canada hostage. The Prime Minister calls
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  Speaker 1: Canada's retaliatory tariffs necessary to protect workers. Meanwhile, American toilet paper,
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  Speaker 1: dairy products and sunscreen are among the goods now being
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  Speaker 1: hit with Canada's counter-tariffs. The duties of up to 50%
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  Speaker 1: took effect at midnight, as the government had announced last week.
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  Speaker 1: Canada is also targeting U.S. wood products with 25% tariffs,
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  Speaker 1: while tariffs on multiple steel and aluminum products are being
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  Speaker 1: increased to 50%. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has
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  Speaker 1: warned small businesses could close because of the trade war,
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  Speaker 1: despite Ottawa's announced supports. RNC were called to the East
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  Speaker 1: Coast Trail yesterday after reports of a possible fire along
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  Speaker 1: the trail. Members of the RNC and the Rover's Ground
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  Speaker 1: Search and Rescue scoured the trail from Cape Spear to
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  Speaker 1: Maddox Cove. Investigators determined it was a false alarm. Food
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  Speaker 1: Allergy Canada is calling for cross-Canada legislation requiring schools to
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  Speaker 1: stock epinephrine devices, either EpiPens or nasal sprays, for students
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  Speaker 1: who have an unexpected anaphylactic reaction. It says U.S. data
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  Speaker 1: suggests 25% of anaphylaxis cases at schools happen to students
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  Speaker 1: who haven't had a severe allergic reaction before. Here's Canadian
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  Speaker 1: press reporter Lisa Laporte.
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  Speaker 2: Executive Director Jennifer Gertz says provincial education ministries have varying
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  Speaker 2: policies on how to make schools as safe as possible
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  Speaker 2: for kids with food, bee or wasp allergies. But Gertz
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  Speaker 2: says Alberta is the only province where keeping epinephrine devices
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  Speaker 2: on hand for students who don't have their own is
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  Speaker 2: the law.
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  Speaker 1: It's the end of an era for a popular television
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  Speaker 1: series that has captured the hearts of many across the
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  Speaker 1: province and the country. The final season of Son of
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  Speaker 1: a Critch, a series loosely based on the life of
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  Speaker 1: Mark Critch and his family, all intrinsically intertwined with their
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  Speaker 1: association with VOCM, the season premiere of which airs tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Creator and executive producer Mark Critch says shooting of the
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  Speaker 1: final season, and the final show in particular, was surprisingly emotional,
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  Speaker 1: even for seasoned veterans like Malcolm McDowell.
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  Speaker 3: You know, there were lots of little emotional moments leading
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  Speaker 3: up to filming that episode. I think people had some
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  Speaker 3: tears various different times. Malcolm McDowell, despite being in Clockwork Orange,
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  Speaker 3: is a big sookie baby. So he would get quite emotional.
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  Speaker 3: He loves Newfoundland.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.