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VOCM Late-Day News Update August 27th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Medore. RNC and Lab City turning to the
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  Speaker 2: public for information after a collision involving an ATV. First
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  Speaker 2: responders rushed to the single vehicle crash at the intersection
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  Speaker 2: of Hudson and Carroll Drive around 2 o'clock this morning.
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  Speaker 2: The 24-year-old driver was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators are now seeking any witnesses or surveillance footage from
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  Speaker 2: the area in the lead-up and the aftermath. Information should
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  Speaker 2: be passed along to the Lab West Detachment, 709-944-7602. Provincial
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  Speaker 2: government spending another $ 4 million to help with revitalization of
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  Speaker 2: a marine facility on the northeast coast which has fallen
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  Speaker 2: into disrepair. Government had previously committed $ 10 million to help
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  Speaker 2: with bringing the wharf and port in Lewisport back to life,
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  Speaker 2: and yesterday boosted that by $ 4 million. The Minister of
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  Speaker 2: Transportation and Infrastructure, Barry Pettin, says the money will help
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  Speaker 2: Lewisport advance its vision for transforming the facility into a
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  Speaker 2: catalyst for economic development. Lewisport used to be the gateway
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  Speaker 2: to the north, providing ferry service to and from Labrador.
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  Speaker 2: He says supporting rural Newfoundland and Labrador remains a key
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  Speaker 2: component of its economic strategy.
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  Speaker 1: It's quicker as soon as they can, basically, is what
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  Speaker 1: the mayor is telling me and everyone interested. There's groups
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  Speaker 1: out there that are waiting for this wharf to be developed,
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  Speaker 1: to set up business, their research vessels and what have you.
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  Speaker 1: And I just think it's a great day for the town.
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  Speaker 1: And it's excitement on the ground out there. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll be a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: RCMP in Nova Scotia say there are insufficient grounds to
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  Speaker 2: lay charges following the death of a 13-year-old boy attacked
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  Speaker 2: by three dogs in January. Police say the boy, later
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  Speaker 2: identified as Drew Nickerson, was attacked on January 3rd by
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  Speaker 2: two cane corsoes and a rottweiler as he rode his
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  Speaker 2: bike in the rural community of Welch Town in Nova Scotia.
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  Speaker 2: The attack saw an outpouring of support from across the country,
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  Speaker 2: including more than $ 150, 000 in donations to the boys' family.
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  Speaker 2: Mounties say their eight-month investigation included video footage, interviews with
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  Speaker 2: neighbors and witnesses, and a review of information from the
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  Speaker 2: medical examiner's offices. The dogs involved in the attack have
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  Speaker 2: been euthanized. Charges laid against two women in connection with
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  Speaker 2: a protest at Confederation Building in St. John's nearly two
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  Speaker 2: years ago have been stayed. That decision was delivered in St.
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  Speaker 2: John's Provincial Court this morning. In November of 2024, the
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  Speaker 2: group known as Protect NL brought a large, colourful boat
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  Speaker 2: into the parking lot of Confederation Building to demonstrate against
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  Speaker 2: proposed wind energy development in the province. After repeated requests
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  Speaker 2: to remove the boat, the RNC recalled that Brenda Lee
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  Speaker 2: Kitchen and Jennifer Whiteway were arrested and charged with unlawful
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  Speaker 2: occupation of government property. That's your news. I'm Brian Madour.