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VOCM News Evening Update October 22nd · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Medour. RNC in Cornerbrook on the hunt for
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  Speaker 2: a man wanted on a number of charges related to
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  Speaker 2: dangerous driving. Officers tried to pull over a vehicle with
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  Speaker 2: a broken windshield on the Trans-Canada near Cornerbrook last Friday evening.
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  Speaker 2: The driver didn't stop, instead hit the gas, pulled away
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  Speaker 2: from officers at speeds as high as 185 kilometers an hour.
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  Speaker 2: Police say attempts to locate 39-year-old Todd White have been unsuccessful.
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  Speaker 2: They're concerned, given his escalating disregard for public safety. White
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  Speaker 2: is wanted on charges of flight from police, dangerous driving,
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  Speaker 2: and driving while suspended. He's 5 feet 8 inches tall,
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  Speaker 2: weighs 150 pounds, has grey hair and blue eyes. Anybody
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  Speaker 2: with info on his whereabouts asked to contact Cornerbrook RNC.
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  Speaker 2: Provincial government moving ahead with a commitment to lower energy
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  Speaker 2: costs for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians with a previously announced 15%
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  Speaker 2: discount on electricity bills associated with Churchill Falls. Premier Wakeham
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  Speaker 2: says government understands. People need help now.
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  Speaker 3: Rather than waiting until the final agreement is completed, beginning
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  Speaker 3: in January 2027, residential customers will see a 15% reduction
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  Speaker 3: in their Newfoundland Power and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro electricity bills.
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  Speaker 3: This means lower monthly power bills for hundreds of thousands
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  Speaker 3: of households across Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 2: In the meantime, government is doubling the home heating supplement
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  Speaker 2: to $ 1, 000 from $ 500 for eligible residents who heat their
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  Speaker 2: homes with oil. Finance Minister Craig Pardee says those who've
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  Speaker 2: already applied need not reapply to get the added support.
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  Speaker 4: As the Premier said, together these initiatives will return approximately
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  Speaker 4: $ 54 million directly back to the residents of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 2: NDP leader Jim Dinh says he would have preferred to
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  Speaker 2: see the elimination of the HST from all forms of
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  Speaker 2: home heat. He says their plan would have helped more people.
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  Speaker 1: But what I heard is that they're going to increase
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  Speaker 1: the home heating supplement for eligible residents, and that sounds good.
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  Speaker 1: but I'll give you anywhere from 500 to 1,000, so
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  Speaker 1: it's a sliding scale. Whereas if they had reduced the HST,
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  Speaker 1: which is what we're calling for from all forms of
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  Speaker 1: home heating.
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  Speaker 2: A resident of Horizons 106 says people still living at
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  Speaker 2: the facility are being left in the dark as the
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  Speaker 2: closure of the program nears. Gracie Smith, who's been living
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  Speaker 2: in the former hotel near the airport for the last
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  Speaker 2: two years, told VOCM Open Line with Brian Callahan that
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  Speaker 2: residents are getting next to no information about what's next.
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  Speaker 2: She says residents dread heading back into the shelter system.
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  Speaker 2: I have no clue where I was living.
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  Speaker 4: I've been trying to get a meeting with NL Housing,
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  Speaker 4: who are supposed to be in the building at least
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  Speaker 4: once a week, which they haven't been.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Brian Medour.