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VOCM News Evening Update September 1 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Zach Power.
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  Speaker 1: RCMP sees suspected cocaine and contraband tobacco following the recent
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  Speaker 1: search of a vehicle in Harbour, Maine. VOCM's Mahalia Artis
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  Speaker 1: has more.
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  Speaker 2: The vehicle was pulled over on Harbour Drive just before
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  Speaker 2: 8 o'clock last Tuesday night. Five people, four men and
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  Speaker 2: one woman, were arrested after officers observed unstamped tobacco in
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle. A further search also turned up a quantity
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  Speaker 2: of suspected cocaine, items consistent with drug trafficking, and open alcohol.
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  Speaker 2: Police allege that one passenger, 38-year-old Kayla Marie Owens, was
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  Speaker 2: in possession of suspected cocaine and other items and failed
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  Speaker 2: to comply with their commands. She has been charged with
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  Speaker 2: resisting or obstructing an officer and failing to comply with
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  Speaker 2: her probation. She appeared in court on Friday. According to RCMP,
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  Speaker 2: the driver of the vehicle, a 44-year-old Seelcove man, was
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  Speaker 2: driving with a suspended license. He received another suspension and
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle was impounded. The investigation continues with more charges possible.
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  Speaker 2: Mahalia Artis, VOCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: A former registered nurse has surrendered her license and has
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  Speaker 1: been struck from the NL College of Nurses Register for
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  Speaker 1: breaching the profession's code of ethics and professional misconduct. VOCM's
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  Speaker 1: Linda Swain has more.
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  Speaker 3: A complaint against Sarah Sullivan, who was working at the
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  Speaker 3: GB Cross Memorial Hospital in Clarenville, was filed by NL
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  Speaker 3: Health Services. The complaints date to a period between March
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  Speaker 3: and July of 2024. Concerns were raised about Sullivan's medication
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  Speaker 3: administration practices, including altering documentation related to controlled substances, altering
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  Speaker 3: medication orders written by physicians, and falsely documenting having administered
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  Speaker 3: a controlled substance to a patient. An agreed statement of
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  Speaker 3: facts was accepted by the college's adjudication tribunal. It found
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  Speaker 3: that Sullivan was guilty of conduct deserving of sanction. Her
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  Speaker 3: license was surrendered and her name has been stricken from
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  Speaker 3: the college's register. Linda Swain, The OCM, Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: RCMP are hoping to get some help in identifying a
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  Speaker 1: man believed to be responsible for the theft of approximately
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  Speaker 1: $ 670 worth of groceries from the Walmart in Clarenville on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Surveillance images captured the men who police say left the
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  Speaker 1: store with a cartload of goods without paying. When approached,
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  Speaker 1: the man allegedly shoved one of the workers before leaving
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  Speaker 1: the area in a gray Chevy Impala. The man has
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  Speaker 1: hair cut close to his scalp, a goatee, and tattoos.
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  Speaker 1: He was wearing a gray long-sleeved shirt and a gray
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  Speaker 1: zip-up hooded sweatshirt. A man was arrested for impaired while
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  Speaker 1: trying to get off the boat in Fogo. The RCMP
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  Speaker 1: were alerted to a possible impaired driver by a passenger
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  Speaker 1: on the ferry, and the man's vehicle was stopped as
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  Speaker 1: he tried to get onto the wharf. An open bottle
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  Speaker 1: of liquor and contraband tobacco were found inside the vehicle
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  Speaker 1: during the search. RCMP say the man failed a both-side
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  Speaker 1: breath test. And finally, a Blue Rodeo hit has suddenly
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  Speaker 1: become increasingly popular.
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  Speaker 2: Black Panther!
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  Speaker 1: Become increasingly popular thanks to Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario
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  Speaker 1: to Lake America. The 1993 hit Hasn't Hit Me Yet
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  Speaker 1: has that lyric and a clip from a waterfront show
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  Speaker 1: in Toronto shows the crowd singing along to that. And
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  Speaker 1: that's your news. I'm Zach Power.