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VOCM News Evening Update September 7th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Richard Duggan. In the news, the chair of the
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  Speaker 1: Public Accounts Committee says she plans to call an expedited
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  Speaker 1: public hearing into the Auditor General's recent report on government-run
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  Speaker 1: long-term care facilities. Last week's AG audit found that the
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  Speaker 1: provincial government failed to provide sufficient care and oversight for
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  Speaker 1: residents living in the facilities it operates. Mount Zion MHA
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Studley says the committee plans to bring several key
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  Speaker 1: areas of concern directly to NL Health Services. She says
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  Speaker 1: they expect immediate action and response on some of the
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  Speaker 1: report's more critical findings.
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  Speaker 2: Already, you know, the committee has been talking about some
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  Speaker 2: areas that we will be communicating to NLHS that we
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  Speaker 2: expect immediate response and action on. For example, the vulnerable
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  Speaker 2: sector checks and the criminal record checks, medicine management and
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  Speaker 2: fire and life safety, for example, were some of the
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  Speaker 2: issues that we've already talked about that we will be
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  Speaker 2: communicating to NLHS that we do expect immediate resolution on.
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  Speaker 2: And we are going to be looking at an expedited hearing.
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  Speaker 1: A tracker located inside of an item from a store
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  Speaker 1: helped lead the RNC to a suspect on Sunday. Police
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  Speaker 1: recall just after 4 p.m. to a business in the
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  Speaker 1: east end of St. John's. They say a 42-year-old man
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  Speaker 1: took an item that contained an anti-theft device, which led
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  Speaker 1: the officers to him. The man fled on foot, but
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  Speaker 1: he was still carrying the item, and police tracked him
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  Speaker 1: to a nearby backyard where he was arrested. The accused
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  Speaker 1: is facing charges of theft and breach of probation. He
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  Speaker 1: was held for court. The Canadian Union of Public Employees
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  Speaker 1: is celebrating what it calls its greatest victory this Labor
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  Speaker 1: Day following last month's labor dispute at WestJet. Flights were
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  Speaker 1: canceled in August, forcing travelers to scramble to find alternative arrangements.
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  Speaker 1: While a disruption for passengers, QPNL President Sherry Hillier says
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  Speaker 1: getting a fair deal for flight attendants was a resounding
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  Speaker 1: victory for the union and its workers. I know many
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  Speaker 1: of your listeners are saying, oh, you interrupted my travel plans.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, federal government stayed out of that. It
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  Speaker 2: was a big win for QP across the country and
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  Speaker 2: a good win for the unionized flight attendants of WestJet.
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  Speaker 1: Coast Guard inshore rescue boat stations in the province are
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  Speaker 1: winding down their seasonal maritime search and rescue services. The
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  Speaker 1: stations in CBS, Terranova National Park, and Notre Dame Bay
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  Speaker 1: will close at midnight tonight. The stations are staffed by
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  Speaker 1: post-secondary students to provide additional search and rescue services during
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  Speaker 1: the summer season. Seasonal stations will remain open until December
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  Speaker 1: 31st depending on weather and ice conditions, while year-round stations
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  Speaker 1: remain open. The town of Grand Falls, Windsor is mourning
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  Speaker 1: the loss of Deputy Mayor Rod Bennett, who has died
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  Speaker 1: after a battle with cancer. Bennett, who first served on
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  Speaker 1: the town council from 2017 to 2021, was elected once
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  Speaker 1: again last fall, this time as Deputy Mayor. A member
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  Speaker 1: of the Halibut First Nation, Bennett also served as the
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  Speaker 1: Director of Operations. The town says Bennett was always approachable
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  Speaker 1: and was genuinely passionate about making his community a better place.
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  Speaker 1: They state that his contributions will be remembered and he
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  Speaker 1: will be deeply missed. And business is booming for a
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  Speaker 1: young entrepreneur who is popping up at marketplaces in St.
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  Speaker 1: John's with her 3D creations. Rowan Mugford, who is nine
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  Speaker 1: years old, is running the business Rowan's Creations with the
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  Speaker 1: help of her dad. She sells a number of items,
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  Speaker 1: including bracelets, earrings, and kinetic sand. Mugford says she started
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  Speaker 1: off with help from youth ventures and then moved on
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  Speaker 1: to selling her items in various markets, such as the
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  Speaker 1: ones held at the Avalon Mall and the Pedestrian Mall.
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  Speaker 1: She says business is good.
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  Speaker 2: Over the past weekend.
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  Speaker 1: I made over $ 600. It's fun to like sell things
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  Speaker 1: and stuff. Mugford says the rest of the year will
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  Speaker 1: be busy with over a dozen more markets between now
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  Speaker 1: and Christmas. A link to the Rowan's Creations Facebook page
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  Speaker 1: can be found online at vocm.com. That's your news. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Richard Duggan.