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VOCM News Afternoon Update October 14th · 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: Residents who wish to receive their fall vaccinations can now
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  Speaker 1: book an appointment through Public Health. Flu and COVID shots
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  Speaker 1: are being offered at clinics across the province starting next week.
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  Speaker 1: Vaccines are already available for booking at local pharmacies. Appointments
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  Speaker 1: for flu and COVID shots can be booked online through
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  Speaker 1: the MyChart app or by calling 1-833-951-3884. The opposition is
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  Speaker 1: questioning government's use of public funds to purchase souvenir keychains
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  Speaker 1: for students who took part in a pilgrimage to Beaumont-Hamill.
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  Speaker 1: CBC is reporting that Minister Andrea Barber spent over $ 1, 000
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  Speaker 1: on 150 custom yellow rubber boot keychains made by a
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  Speaker 1: company on the West Coast. That company is said to
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  Speaker 1: have connections to a PC candidate who was unsuccessful in
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  Speaker 1: last year's election. Barber, who was well-known on social media
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  Speaker 1: before becoming a public servant... is known for wearing yellow
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  Speaker 1: rubber boots in her posts. The Liberals are questioning the
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  Speaker 1: decision to hand out souvenir keychains that are part of
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  Speaker 1: Barber's personal brand and not that of the province. Tourism
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  Speaker 1: and culture critic Bettina Ford says the students had traveled
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  Speaker 1: to Europe to remark on the province's solemn history and
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  Speaker 1: it should not be remembered through a token that reflects
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  Speaker 1: the minister's personal interests. VOCM News has reached out to
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  Speaker 1: the province for comment. Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson is
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  Speaker 1: laughing off an allegation that she gave the finger to
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  Speaker 1: the opposition side of the House of Commons last week.
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  Speaker 1: The alleged incident occurred during a heated exchange on Canada's
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  Speaker 1: relationship with France. and reports indicating that the EU nation
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  Speaker 1: was interested in pursuing a snow crab fishery on the
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  Speaker 1: continental shelf. Thompson is dismissing the notion that she flipped
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  Speaker 1: the bird.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not, and you think otherwise. It's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: Thompson calls the controversy surrounding the French crab question not
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  Speaker 1: an active story and says she and her cabinet colleagues
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  Speaker 1: are working together in the best interest of the country.
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  Speaker 2: I take this work seriously. In the heat of a
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  Speaker 2: moment in the House, things get said. But I think
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  Speaker 2: what's most important for me, for people to know is, look,
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  Speaker 2: we are in challenging times. We have headwinds as a
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  Speaker 2: country within the globe. But I am grateful for the
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  Speaker 2: prime minister's leadership. I'm grateful for the team around me.
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  Speaker 1: Stats Canada says more Canadians and Americans have traveled across
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  Speaker 1: the border between the two countries over the last six
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  Speaker 1: months compared to last year. The agency says Canadian residents
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  Speaker 1: made 1.9 million return trips from the United States last
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  Speaker 1: month by car and plane, up 6.8% compared to September 2025.
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  Speaker 1: Stats Canada says the spike marks the sixth consecutive month
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  Speaker 1: of year-over-year growth of visits to the U.S. by Canadian residents.
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  Speaker 1: It says U.S. residents' visits to Canada also increased by 17.2
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  Speaker 1: percent last month compared to the same month last year,
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  Speaker 1: totaling 1.8 million trips. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.