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VOCM News Morning Update September 19th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Medore, a 42-year-old woman being held in custody
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  Speaker 1: pending a court appearance on charges of aggravated assault and
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  Speaker 1: assault with a weapon in connection with a stabbing in St.
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  Speaker 1: John's which left a man with significant injuries. The incident
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  Speaker 1: happened Thursday morning on Brazel Street. The woman, who knew
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  Speaker 1: the victim, had left the area before police arrived, but
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  Speaker 1: was arrested a short time later. She's also facing charges
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  Speaker 1: of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and
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  Speaker 1: uttering threats. Plans are in motion for the provincial government
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  Speaker 1: to do an assessment of St. Clair's Mercy Hospital in St.
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  Speaker 2: John's.
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  Speaker 1: Government has issued an RFP to engage a team of
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  Speaker 1: consultants to do a comprehensive review of the hospital, which
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  Speaker 1: they say will be a key step in planning for
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  Speaker 1: future health care infrastructure. The work will examine the condition
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  Speaker 1: of the facility and the potential risks. for expansion. The
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  Speaker 1: assessment will identify required upgrades, estimate potential costs, and explore
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  Speaker 1: the options for future expansion. Earlier this year, the former
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  Speaker 1: Liberal government's plans for a total replacement of St. Clair's
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  Speaker 1: at Kenmount Crossing were axed by the PECs due to
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  Speaker 1: the exorbitant costs involved. Diesel fuel on the island and
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  Speaker 1: in Labrador West went down overnight but 5 cents a
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  Speaker 1: litre after numerous increases pushed it to record levels. Gas
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  Speaker 1: went up, not by much though, 1.5 cents per litre.
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  Speaker 1: Furnace oil drops by just over 4 cents province-wide today.
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  Speaker 1: Stove oil goes down by the same amount but only
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  Speaker 1: in Labrador West. Meanwhile, in southern Maine, Brittany Warden says
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  Speaker 1: her neighbours are concerned about keeping their homes warm this winter.
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  Speaker 1: The overall effect that it's going to have on our community,
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  Speaker 1: this is scary. A town on the Northern Peninsula protesting
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  Speaker 1: the downgrading of RCMP capacity and service in the region.
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  Speaker 1: The mayor of Flowers Cove, Lynn Way, says it was
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  Speaker 1: decided several years ago that police would move to a
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  Speaker 1: hub model whereby officers would be shared among other detachments
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  Speaker 1: after hours. Flowers Cove, Roddington-Bydarm, St. Anthony, and Port Saunders.
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  Speaker 1: The town is staffed in the daytime by a civilian,
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  Speaker 1: but Mayor Way says she's aware that many detachments in
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  Speaker 1: the province have similar situation in terms of police coverage.
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  Speaker 1: She knows that it took officers an hour and a
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  Speaker 1: half to get to the area recently in response to
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  Speaker 1: a violent incident.
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  Speaker 2: We've all seen an increase and the number of calls
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  Speaker 2: and service calls to the RCMP. And, I mean, with
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  Speaker 2: the distance that we, the RCMP, have to travel to
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  Speaker 2: get to us to provide us with the service, it's
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  Speaker 2: a big concern. There was a lot of concern at
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  Speaker 2: the time that the RCMP decided to do this hopping.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.