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VOCM News Morning Update October 12th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland. A United Airlines flight landed at St.
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  Speaker 2: John's International early this morning after declaring an emergency en
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  Speaker 2: route to Amsterdam. The flight, which took off from Washington Dulles,
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  Speaker 2: reportedly experienced engine trouble over the Atlantic. An emergency was
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  Speaker 2: declared and the Boeing 767 landed at YYT around 3.30.
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  Speaker 1: St.
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  Speaker 2: John's Regional Fire Department was called in to assist firefighters
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  Speaker 2: at the airport. The airline is sending a second aircraft
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  Speaker 2: from New York to get passengers to their destination. Police
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  Speaker 2: have been keeping an extra eye on the roadways this
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  Speaker 2: long weekend. However, not all traffic stops were for bad behavior.
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  Speaker 2: The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was out patrolling roadways in the
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  Speaker 2: metro area on Saturday, hauling over law-abiding drivers and rewarding
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  Speaker 2: them with a turkey just in time for Thanksgiving. Not
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  Speaker 2: all were treated to a feast, however, as RNC ended
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  Speaker 2: up ticketing two drivers for going more than 50 kilometers
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  Speaker 2: an hour over the posted speed limit on the outer ring.
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  Speaker 2: Police forces across the country have been taking part in
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  Speaker 2: Operation Impact, which runs until today. A journalist who delved
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  Speaker 2: into the world of chips, VLTs and casinos is warning
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  Speaker 2: that gambling is becoming an epidemic in Canada. Rob Chernick,
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  Speaker 2: the author of A Losing Hand, examined the various jurisdictions
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  Speaker 2: across Canada for the book, including Newfoundland and Labrador. He
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  Speaker 2: says stronger public awareness is needed to reduce the human cost.
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  Speaker 2: Recent evidence in Ontario shows a trend of related emergency
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  Speaker 2: room visits, self-harm risk, and acute harms among younger men.
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  Speaker 2: But not all provinces have that data, Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 2: being one of them.
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  Speaker 1: When we legalize and we expand gambling, there's always a risk.
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  Speaker 1: And so you have to say to yourself, is it
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  Speaker 1: worth that risk? And if you don't know the numbers
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  Speaker 1: like this, you don't know if it's worth the risk.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's important to note that Newfoundland and
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  Speaker 1: Labrador is the only province without a physical casino.
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  Speaker 2: Chernick says getting information from this province was not easy.
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  Speaker 1: And for a long time, the line was they were
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  Speaker 1: not going to open an ALC online casino. And then
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  Speaker 1: they did quite quietly. And when I asked the government why...
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  Speaker 1: they kind of tiptoed around it. So I think it's
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  Speaker 1: just important to know that this expansion keeps happening and
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  Speaker 1: people aren't necessarily looking at this data and making decisions
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  Speaker 1: based on that.
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  Speaker 2: Most government offices and facilities will be shut down today
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  Speaker 2: for the Thanksgiving holiday. As this is a shop's closing holiday,
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  Speaker 2: most stores will also be closed with the exception of
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  Speaker 2: some restaurants, pharmacies, and other locally owned businesses. In St. John's,
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  Speaker 2: garbage collection is moved to tomorrow, Robin Hood Bay is closed,
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  Speaker 2: and paid parking restrictions are not in effect. The annual
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  Speaker 2: moose hunt in Terranova National Park begins tomorrow. Framed as
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  Speaker 2: a moose reduction program and not a moose hunt per se,
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  Speaker 2: the program began in 2011 as a way to control
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  Speaker 2: the damaging impact too many moose have on forest growth
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  Speaker 2: in the park. The park is divided into two zones.
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  Speaker 2: Hunting in Zone 1 begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: January 31st. Hunting in Zone 2 is closed for the
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  Speaker 2: entire 2026-27 season. The remnants of Hurricane Isaias have brought
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  Speaker 2: heavy rain and flooding risk to parts of the Central
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  Speaker 2: Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic region. The late-season storm, which hit Florida
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  Speaker 2: as a Category 2 hurricane, has caused at least four
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  Speaker 2: deaths since it made landfall near Pensacola Friday night. Significant
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  Speaker 2: damage and power outages have been reported in Florida, Alabama
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  Speaker 2: and North Carolina. Meanwhile, Hurricane Simon is pounding Mexico's Pacific
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  Speaker 2: coast as a Category 3 storm. Its maximum sustained winds
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  Speaker 2: have weakened to 195 kilometers per hour, but forecasters say
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  Speaker 2: it remains dangerous with life-threatening storm surges and heavy rainfall.
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  Speaker 2: Up next, your VOCM weather forecast.