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VOCM News Morning Update August 31st · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Sarah Strickland.
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  Speaker 1: An RCMP officer who fired at a car which had
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  Speaker 1: barreled through spike belts and roadblocks after an armed robbery
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  Speaker 1: in the Placentia area in May has been cleared of
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  Speaker 1: any wrongdoing by the Civilian Oversight Agency. Brian Medore reports.
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  Speaker 2: Two of the three people who were in the vehicle
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  Speaker 2: complained to the Serious Incident Response Team about the officer's actions.
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  Speaker 2: Just before they came upon a roadblock on the Salmon
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  Speaker 2: Air line, one of the three jumped out of the vehicle.
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  Speaker 2: The officer told CERT-NL that they shot three rounds at
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  Speaker 2: the radiator and grill area as they were concerned for
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  Speaker 2: public safety after the driver accelerated on approach to that
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  Speaker 2: final roadblock. The officer in question told the investigating agency
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  Speaker 2: that he believed the driver was prepared to risk grievous
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  Speaker 2: bodily harm or death in order to escape. Police had
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  Speaker 2: information that the weapon involved in the robbery was a knife.
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  Speaker 2: All three were eventually arrested. There were no injuries. CERT-NL
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  Speaker 2: concluded that the evidence supports a reasonable belief that the
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  Speaker 2: continuing flight exposed police and members of the public to
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  Speaker 2: imminent or future death or grievous bodily harm and that previous,
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  Speaker 2: less forceful measures had failed to stop the vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: Canada Post lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the
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  Speaker 1: second quarter of 2026, but the company says things are improving.
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  Speaker 1: Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: Before taxes, the Crown Corporation lost $ 277 million in the
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  Speaker 3: second quarter of 2026. However, that's far less than the
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  Speaker 3: $ 482 million the company lost in the first quarter of
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  Speaker 3: the year and the $ 407 million lost in the second
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  Speaker 3: quarter of 2025. when they were facing a prolonged period
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  Speaker 3: of uncertainty in negotiations with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
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  Speaker 3: In June, the company ratified new collective agreements with Cup W,
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  Speaker 3: which will remain in place until the end of January 2029.
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  Speaker 3: While Canada Post's overall revenue for the first half of
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  Speaker 3: the year has fallen by $ 159 million compared to the
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  Speaker 3: previous year, revenue for the second quarter grew by $ 22
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  Speaker 3: million by comparison. The Crown Corporation attributes their declining losses
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  Speaker 3: to more customer confidence due to increased labor stability, early-stage
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  Speaker 3: recovery of the parcels business, and reduced operating costs.
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  Speaker 1: The Board of Trade warns that increasing costs resulting from
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  Speaker 1: the trade war between the U.S. and Canada will have
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  Speaker 1: to be downloaded onto consumers.
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  Speaker 3: The U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Has imposed 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian
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  Speaker 1: goods bound for the U.S., with Prime Minister Mark Carney
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  Speaker 1: countering with similar tariffs on many U.S. goods coming into
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  Speaker 1: Canada starting on September 8th. That says the Board of
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  Speaker 1: Trade's Anne-Marie Boudreau will result in even higher costs to business.
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  Speaker 4: Small and medium-sized businesses in particular can't absorb any more
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  Speaker 4: cost increases. We've been living a really volatile and unpredictable
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  Speaker 4: climate for quite some time, and the implication of that
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  Speaker 4: is that there's been an increase in cost to businesses.
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  Speaker 4: over and over. So ultimately, despite that businesses don't want
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  Speaker 4: to pass costs on to the consumers, things ultimately trickle down.
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  Speaker 4: And we're going to see an increase in costs in
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  Speaker 4: some of the goods that we're purchasing in our everyday lives.
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  Speaker 4: And that's just going to be a reality for the
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  Speaker 4: foreseeable future.
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  Speaker 1: Hydro One is apologizing after its outage map briefly referred
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  Speaker 1: to Lake Ontario as Lake America. The utility says the
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  Speaker 1: error is on a third-party mapping service. It says it's
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  Speaker 1: working with its vendor to restore the proper geographic name,
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  Speaker 1: as Ontario Premier Doug Ford insists the lake will remain
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  Speaker 1: Lake Ontario. Google Maps currently displays Lake America for users
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  Speaker 1: in the U.S. after Donald Trump's executive order, though users
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  Speaker 1: in Canada will still see the body of water referred
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  Speaker 1: to as Lake Ontario. The Canadian Heritage Minute recognizing Gander's
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  Speaker 1: role in the response to the 9-11 terrorist attacks will
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  Speaker 1: be unveiled this Tuesday. As terrorist attacks unfolded in the
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  Speaker 1: United States on September 11, 2001, North American airspace shut down,
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  Speaker 1: leaving thousands of people stranded. The way in which Gander
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  Speaker 1: and other communities across Newfoundland and Labrador opened their hearts
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  Speaker 1: and homes to total strangers has become the stuff of legend.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier this year, a Heritage Minute was filmed in Gander
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  Speaker 1: to recognize the effort. An event will be held tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: from 5 to 8 at Gander International Airport, during which
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  Speaker 1: Historica Canada will host a screening of the piece. The
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  Speaker 1: event is free, but advance registration is required to attend.
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  Speaker 1: Spider-Man Brand New Day topped the box office for the
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  Speaker 1: fifth weekend in a row. Studio estimates say the film
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  Speaker 1: starring Tom Holland and Zendaya raked in $ 22. 2 million in
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  Speaker 1: American and Canadian theaters. This brings the movie's worldwide total
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  Speaker 1: to $ 2. 33 billion US, making it the fourth highest grossing
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  Speaker 1: film of all time. That's your news, I'm Sarah Strickland.