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VOCM News Morning Update September 17th · 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: Fuel prices just keep on climbing. Gas is up by 6.5 cents,
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  Speaker 1: putting the price at about $ 2. 20 a liter in Metro
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  Speaker 1: and even higher in other parts of the province. Diesel
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  Speaker 1: jumps another 13 cents in all areas. The price of
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  Speaker 1: furnace and stove oil increases by over 11 cents per liter.
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  Speaker 1: The vote on the Churchill Falls Agreement will take place
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  Speaker 1: in the House of Assembly tonight. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 2: Today is the fourth day of the extraordinary debate on
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  Speaker 2: the multi-billion dollar hydroelectric deal. Over the last three days,
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  Speaker 2: officials from the negotiating team, oversight committee, federal government, NL Hydro,
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  Speaker 2: power advisory, and JP Morgan have all had their turn
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  Speaker 2: being grilled over the details of the agreement. Today, each
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  Speaker 2: elected member of the House of Assembly will have 10
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  Speaker 2: minutes to give a speech about the deal. That will
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  Speaker 2: take up most of the day and is expected to
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  Speaker 2: run into the evening. After that, government will hold question
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  Speaker 2: period and then the final vote will take place. That
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  Speaker 2: will occur no later than 9 p.m., maybe earlier depending
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  Speaker 2: on how quickly the closing remarks wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: When the PC caucus votes on the Churchill Falls deal tonight,
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  Speaker 1: they will vote as a caucus, according to the premier.
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  Speaker 1: When asked earlier this week if it'll be a whip
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  Speaker 1: vote for the PC caucus, meaning they are told to
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  Speaker 1: vote based on what the party wants... Premier Wakeham said
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  Speaker 1: he hadn't made any decisions about whipping anybody. Opposition leader
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  Speaker 1: John Hogan questioned Wakeham about how the party will vote
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  Speaker 1: in the legislature last night. I asked the Premier, will
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  Speaker 1: he stand in his place this evening and confirm that
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  Speaker 1: Thursday's vote is a free vote and that every member
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  Speaker 1: of his caucus can vote without fear of repercussions? The
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  Speaker 1: Honourable the Premier. Speaker, we as a caucus will decide
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  Speaker 1: how we will vote. The comments from Wakeham come just
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  Speaker 1: days after Keith Russell, a former PCMHA, defected from his
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  Speaker 1: caucus to sit as an independent ahead of the debate beginning.
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  Speaker 1: A 35-year-old man accused of aggravated assault is being held
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  Speaker 1: in custody until cash bail for his release can be paid.
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  Speaker 1: Adam Michael Peters, a resident of Ontario, was arrested after
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  Speaker 1: a man was sent to hospital with serious injuries following
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  Speaker 1: an incident in Bay Largent Tuesday evening. Peters made an
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  Speaker 1: appearance in Grand Bank Provincial Court yesterday. Peters' spouse is
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  Speaker 1: on her way to Newfoundland from Ontario to pay the $ 1, 500
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  Speaker 1: cash deposit for his release, and he will be held
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  Speaker 1: until the deposit is paid. A 32-year-old man charged with
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  Speaker 1: aggravated assault in connection with a stabbing in Cornerbrook Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: evening is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon for
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  Speaker 1: a status update. Greg Musaconda is facing numerous charges including
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  Speaker 1: aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm,
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  Speaker 1: possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, disguise with intent,
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  Speaker 1: and break and enter. He's alleged to have attacked a
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  Speaker 1: 37-year-old business owner at the Valley Mall in Cornerbrook around 5.30 Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: The victim is recovering from his injuries. Investigators are attempting
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  Speaker 1: to establish a timeline in the lead-up to the incident
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  Speaker 1: and are asking anyone who may have seen a man
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  Speaker 1: dressed all in black with his face obscured prior to
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  Speaker 1: the incident to give the RNC a call. Canada has
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  Speaker 1: been invited to become the EU's first associate member as
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Mark Carney attended Ursula von der Leyen's State
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  Speaker 1: of the Union address yesterday. She told assembled members in
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  Speaker 1: Strasbourg that old assumptions and relationships have frayed and the
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  Speaker 1: EU is now facing an openly hostile world.
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  Speaker 2: Europe and Canada believe in democracy. That power does not
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  Speaker 2: belong to the strongest, richest and loudest, but to.
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  Speaker 1: All of us. She addressed the Prime Minister, whom she
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  Speaker 1: invited to attend, as Dear Mark, saying that Canada and
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  Speaker 1: the EU share one ocean, one set of values and
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  Speaker 1: one way of seeing the world. and they will build
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  Speaker 1: on the shared future as well. The Canadian Coast Guard
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  Speaker 1: welcomed a new search-and-rescue lifeboat to its fleet in a
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  Speaker 1: ceremony held in Cornerbrook. MP for Labrador, Philip Earle, was
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  Speaker 1: on hand yesterday, representing National Defence Minister David McGinty for
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  Speaker 1: the official dedication of the Canadian Coast Guard ship, Grosswater Bay.
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  Speaker 1: It's the latest addition to the fleet, which will see
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  Speaker 1: the construction and delivery of 20 new lifeboat vessels.
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  Speaker 2: U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has again contracted a Montreal-based security firm,
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  Speaker 1: this time to assist its efforts in Texas. ICE awarded
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  Speaker 1: two contracts to the American branch of Guard of World
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  Speaker 1: Security in late August. Together, these contracts have a minimum
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  Speaker 1: value of close to $ 118 million U.S. and could reach
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  Speaker 1: a value of more than $ 1. 3 billion. That's your news.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland.