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VOCM Morning Update August 22 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Brian Madore. Well, so much for that. After a
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  Speaker 1: lot of hoopla that a trade deal between Canada and
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  Speaker 1: the United States was near, it all fell through at
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  Speaker 1: the last minute. That means the tariffs are on and
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  Speaker 1: Canada will impose matching tariffs. PM Mark Kearney expected to
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  Speaker 1: have more to say on the matter in the next
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  Speaker 1: day or two, but it is believed that he'll have
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  Speaker 1: a package designed to help businesses affected by the extra duties.
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  Speaker 1: Details on next month's debate in the House of Assembly
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  Speaker 1: being worked on, but Premier Tony Wakem says he's hoping
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  Speaker 1: to line up a series of experts for a full
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  Speaker 1: and wholesome debate on that deal reached between this province
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  Speaker 1: and Quebec. The two opposition parties are calling for transparency.
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  Speaker 1: I want to see a host of experts available to
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  Speaker 1: allow MJ's to ask questions. Four days have been set
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  Speaker 1: aside for debate on the twenty twenty four MoU. Premier
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  Speaker 1: Wakem says those details currently being hammered out. A man
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  Speaker 1: from jan Anthony has been arrested after a disturbance at
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  Speaker 1: a hotel Thursday morning. Our CMP were called out to
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  Speaker 1: the hotel, which is in Saint Anthony just after nine
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  Speaker 1: thirty that morning and found a patron causing a disturbance.
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  Speaker 1: The man, who was a guest at the hotel, pulled
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  Speaker 1: the fire alarm during argument with staff. Things went downhill
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  Speaker 1: from there as the forty three year old refused to
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  Speaker 1: comply with officers demands. He was taken into custody after
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  Speaker 1: a brief footchase. He'll face charges of resisting arrest and
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  Speaker 1: pulling a false fire alarm during his next court appearance.
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  Speaker 1: In November, A fire department in Conception Bay North getting
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  Speaker 1: six hundred thirty thousand dollars for a new tanker truck
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  Speaker 1: forced Reminister Pleman Force. He presented the check to the
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  Speaker 1: Bay to Grave Volunteer fire department yesterday. Government also gave
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  Speaker 1: nine thousand dollars to Conception Harbor and five thousand to Harbor,
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  Speaker 1: Maine to help cover the cost of fire equipment. Minister
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  Speaker 1: Force says they'll be doing more of those types of
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  Speaker 1: announcement as firefighting has changed significantly over the last fifty years.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're known as first responders right now, actually
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  Speaker 2: we say they respond to vehicle accidents, they respond to fires,
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  Speaker 2: of course, and medical calls. Them, he says, another big
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  Speaker 2: part of their platform now, so you know for being
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  Speaker 2: first responders known as part of the government, we have
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  Speaker 2: to provide the tools and equipment that they need to
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  Speaker 2: do to job professionally as they know how.
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  Speaker 1: A fourteen year old boy from New Brunswick has died
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  Speaker 1: after his dirt bike collided with a pickup truck. Police
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  Speaker 1: say the crash happened around one o'clock in the afternoon
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  Speaker 1: Thursday in Meductek. Officers believe the boy failed to stop
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  Speaker 1: at an intersection, causing the crash. He was pronounced dead
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  Speaker 1: at the scene. The other driver was unharmed. The parent
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  Speaker 1: company of air Transat says it's in talks with the
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  Speaker 1: federal government to explore potential solutions after it paid over
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  Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars in additional jet fuel costs in
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  Speaker 1: the third quarter compared with a year ago. Got your newscasts,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Brianmador.