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VOCM News Evening Update October 19th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Mahalia Artis. A major thoroughfare in the metro region
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  Speaker 1: will be closed all weekend starting this Friday evening. The
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  Speaker 1: Outer Ring Road from Thorburn Road to the Team Gushu
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  Speaker 1: Highway will shut down at 6 p.m. Friday and will
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  Speaker 1: not open again until 6 o'clock Monday morning. The closure
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  Speaker 1: is necessary to allow for culvert replacement work and will
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  Speaker 1: allow crews to complete that work in a timely manner.
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  Speaker 1: There will also be some lane closures and delays throughout
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  Speaker 1: the day on Friday leading up to the full closure
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  Speaker 1: as the contractor gets equipment in place. A novice driver
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  Speaker 1: on the West Coast has had his license suspended after
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  Speaker 1: the RNC say he consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel.
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  Speaker 1: The vehicle was pulled over around 9.30 last night along
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  Speaker 1: Main Street in Corner Brook. Drinking any amount of alcohol
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  Speaker 1: before driving is illegal for anyone who has had their
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  Speaker 1: license for less than a year or those under the
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  Speaker 1: age of 22. The man's vehicle was seized and license suspended.
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  Speaker 1: A player in the home heating and cooling industry says
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  Speaker 1: it's important for homeowners to know the ins and outs
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  Speaker 1: of the new federal heat pump rebate program. The federal
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  Speaker 1: Liberals have allocated $ 2 billion in funding to retrofit some
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  Speaker 1: 1 million homes across the country to make them more
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  Speaker 1: energy efficient. Included is a new national heat pump rebate
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  Speaker 1: to help switch to heat pumps from other forms of
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  Speaker 1: home heat. Joanne Murphy of Coal Air Contracting says it's
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  Speaker 1: important to note that there is a difference between heat
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  Speaker 1: pumps and mini splits. Murphy says there are many things
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  Speaker 1: we do not know yet about the new program, including
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  Speaker 1: the eligibility thresholds in terms of household income. The provincial
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  Speaker 1: government's new child care advisory panel has been set up.
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  Speaker 1: The Department of Education first put out a call for
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  Speaker 1: people to join the committee back in June. They received
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  Speaker 1: 115 responses and 12 people from across the provinces have
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  Speaker 1: been selected as representatives. A new expression of interest will
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  Speaker 1: be issued for an Indigenous representative as the previous call
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  Speaker 1: did not result in anyone meeting the criteria coming forward.
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  Speaker 1: The panel will provide recommendations on how to improve child
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  Speaker 1: care services in the province. A full list of the
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  Speaker 1: members of the committee can be found online at VOCM.com.
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  Speaker 1: The success of the Netflix series Below has resulted in
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  Speaker 1: a lot of new eyes on rural parts of the
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  Speaker 1: province and to municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador. It underscores the
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  Speaker 1: need to keep infrastructure in those areas in top shape.
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  Speaker 1: Successful TV series like Republic of Doyle, Hudson and Rex,
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  Speaker 1: and Son of a Critch have all used St. John's
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  Speaker 1: as its primary backdrop, but Below is unique because it
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  Speaker 1: is set in the rural community of Snook's Arm. MNL
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  Speaker 1: President Amy Cody says the show highlights the importance of
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  Speaker 1: rural areas to the province's culture and identity, as well
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  Speaker 1: as the need to keep up on local infrastructure, not
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  Speaker 1: just in terms of tourism, but also to allow similar
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  Speaker 1: shows to be produced. She uses cell phone connectivity as
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  Speaker 1: an example, saying it is still an issue in many areas.
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  Speaker 2: We really need to make sure that With the influx
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  Speaker 2: of visitors coming into these areas because of these types
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  Speaker 2: of shows, you know, there's going to be increased business
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  Speaker 2: interest and businesses are going to want to expand and
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  Speaker 2: grow and to be able to, you know, maintain services.
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  Speaker 2: We have to have that connectivity.
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  Speaker 1: Other infrastructure needs, according to Cody, include road, water and
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  Speaker 1: sewer and accommodations. That's your news. I'm Mahalia Artis.