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VOCM Morning Update August 26th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. A judge in Western Newfoundland gave a
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  Speaker 1: man a five-month community sentence for changing the labels on
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  Speaker 1: meat at Dominion to make them cheaper for him and
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  Speaker 1: his friends. Judge Wayne Gorman's decision says the 24-year-old man
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  Speaker 1: from India worked at the grocery store and was afraid
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  Speaker 1: he would be deported if convicted of the crime. However,
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  Speaker 1: Gorman said he could not hand down an inadequate sentence
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  Speaker 1: because of immigration concerns. His decision, says Dominion Estimates, the
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  Speaker 1: man was relabeling meat for about 27 weeks, resulting in
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  Speaker 1: an estimated loss of about $ 2, 700. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene.
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  Speaker 2: Jolene, please don't take him just because you.
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  Speaker 1: Tributes are pouring in from around the world and from
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  Speaker 1: here in this province following the news of the death
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  Speaker 1: of one of the best known singers and songwriters of
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  Speaker 1: all time. Dolly Parton's nephew, Brian Seaver, confirmed the news
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  Speaker 1: yesterday that she had passed away at the age of 80.
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  Speaker 3: This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years
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  Speaker 3: ago before I fully absorbed it as a future reality.
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  Speaker 3: As her head of security for more than two decades,
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  Speaker 3: a role my father Larry held before me, I have
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  Speaker 3: imagined the heaviness of this moment, but haven't truly felt
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  Speaker 3: it until now. It is an honor, an honor that
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  Speaker 3: is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness
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  Speaker 3: lies with us, not with Dolly.
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  Speaker 1: Parton's career dated back to the 1960s when she performed
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  Speaker 1: alongside Nashville royalty Porter Wagoner, but her talent soon eclipsed
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  Speaker 1: that of her fellow performer and she achieved superstar status.
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  Speaker 1: Parton was responsible for countless hits, including I Will Always
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  Speaker 1: Love You, Code of Many Colors, Jolene, and 9 to 5,
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  Speaker 1: and she penned many more songs for fellow artists. Among
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  Speaker 1: her most famous collaborations included Kenny Rogers, and she joined
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  Speaker 1: Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in the supergroup known as Trio.
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  Speaker 1: Parton also had a successful acting career, which was launched
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  Speaker 1: with her role in 1980's 9 to 5. She influenced
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  Speaker 1: and inspired countless performers and held a number of successful
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  Speaker 1: business ventures. Named the richest artist in country music, she
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  Speaker 1: was also known for her philanthropy, giving back to numerous causes.
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  Speaker 1: She was reportedly suffering from an undisclosed illness in recent months,
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  Speaker 1: but she would not offer details on her health status,
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  Speaker 1: only to give periodic updates to the public that she
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  Speaker 1: was still alive. Parton's publicist has since revealed that she
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  Speaker 1: also fought a brief battle with cancer. Dolly will be
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  Speaker 1: remembered this Saturday on the Cabin Party on the VOCM
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  Speaker 1: Big Land FM radio network and on New Country with
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  Speaker 1: Brian O'Connell. Saying Canada has been placed in a challenging
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  Speaker 1: position by the U.S. decision to impose 50% tariffs on
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  Speaker 1: Canadian goods... Premier Tony Wakeham has issued a statement to
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  Speaker 1: the people of Newfoundland and Labrador in light of the
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  Speaker 1: escalating trade war with the United States. The federal government
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  Speaker 1: yesterday announced a range of supports for Canadians and its
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  Speaker 1: plans to impose counter-tariffs on American goods, including a 50%
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  Speaker 1: tariff on American clothes and U.S. steel and aluminum. A
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  Speaker 1: 25% tariff will be applied to American appliances, dairy products, seafood,
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  Speaker 1: and certain steel and aluminum derivatives. VOCM's Linda Swain has more.
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  Speaker 2: The premier says the tariffs amount to an economic attack
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  Speaker 2: that threatens key industries, increases costs, and creates uncertainty for
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  Speaker 2: workers and business. Wakeham says those measures have real consequences
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  Speaker 2: for Canadian families, businesses, and communities that rely on cross-border trade.
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  Speaker 2: The Premier says he's reached out to key industry partners
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  Speaker 2: to track the impacts of Canada's response to the trade
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  Speaker 2: war and ensure that the interests of Newfoundland and Labrador workers,
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  Speaker 2: businesses and communities are protected. Wakeham says the supports announced
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  Speaker 2: by the federal government yesterday will help affected workers and
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  Speaker 2: the province will be reviewing the measures in detail to
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  Speaker 2: ensure that Newfoundland and Labrador receives the support it needs
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  Speaker 2: to protect jobs and communities.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, there are growing calls for the provincial government to
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  Speaker 1: reconvene its trade roundtable following the breakdown in talks between
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  Speaker 1: Canada and the U.S. Former Premier Andrew Furey first put
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  Speaker 1: the roundtable together not long after Donald Trump was sworn
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  Speaker 1: into office. But Jessica McCormick, the president of the NL
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  Speaker 1: Federation of Labor, says that group has not met since
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  Speaker 1: the PCs took office last fall.
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  Speaker 4: And I believe that it's a missed opportunity. So I'm
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  Speaker 4: looking to him to bring stakeholders together to share information
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  Speaker 4: and to talk to us about how he plans to respond.
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  Speaker 1: Both the official opposition and the NDP are also calling
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  Speaker 1: for the roundtable to be reconvened. VOCM News has reached
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  Speaker 1: out to the premier's office for comment. The price of
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  Speaker 1: all fuels is down this morning. Gas drops by about
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  Speaker 1: two and a half cents. Diesel is down by more
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  Speaker 1: than eight cents per liter. Furnace oil drops by seven cents,
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  Speaker 1: while stove oil is down by seven and a half cents.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.