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VOCM News Afternoon Update October 7th · 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 new narrative research poll of Atlantic
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  Speaker 2: Canadians shows a high level of satisfaction with the federal
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  Speaker 2: government's performance to date, much higher than approval ratings for
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  Speaker 2: each of the four Atlantic provincial governments. VOCM's Linda Swain
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  Speaker 2: has more.
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  Speaker 1: Of those asked in this province, 72% are satisfied with
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  Speaker 1: the federal government's performance. That's up from 65% just three
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  Speaker 1: months ago. Narrative research says the results reflect the Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister's response to the ongoing trade war with the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: and President Donald Trump's increasingly erratic threats and insults against Canada.
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  Speaker 1: On a provincial level, satisfaction in the performance of the
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  Speaker 1: Wakeham government has dropped by five points to 23%. Dissatisfaction
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  Speaker 1: in the Premier's performance rose substantially over the last three months,
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  Speaker 1: from 29% to 40%, while Churchill Falls continues to be
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  Speaker 1: a defining issue, according to the pollster. Narrative research says
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  Speaker 1: those who are dissatisfied focus on broken promises, including the
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  Speaker 1: reversal on a commitment to hold a referendum and fears
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  Speaker 1: that the proposed agreement disproportionately benefits Quebec.
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  Speaker 2: A pumpkin is growing in Clarenville that some believe is
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  Speaker 2: on track to become the largest ever grown in the province.
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  Speaker 2: Leslie Lake says the massive gourd is already larger than
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  Speaker 2: a 1,034-pound giant he previously grew. Lake, who has been
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  Speaker 2: growing pumpkins for years, says genetics play an important role
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  Speaker 2: in overall size.
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  Speaker 3: It's the genetics. When you go to the store, you
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  Speaker 3: buy like an Atlantic giant. That's not going to get
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  Speaker 3: you what I have this year. So I'm on a
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  Speaker 3: couple of Facebook groups, and I found that there's There's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of pumpkins in the States and other places
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  Speaker 3: where you can get the right genetics. So the genetics
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  Speaker 3: I got this year, the seed, I can trace the
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  Speaker 3: genetics and the parents and the grandparents back several years.
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  Speaker 2: Once the pumpkin, he's named Pothole, is ready to be picked,
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  Speaker 2: Lake plans to set it up on his front lawn
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  Speaker 2: and invite anyone interested to come and have a look.
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  Speaker 2: Applications are now open for Collision Clinic's Enriching Lives car giveaway.
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  Speaker 2: The event has become a staple of the holiday season
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  Speaker 2: in the province. Workers at Collision Clinic volunteer their time
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  Speaker 2: to restore an accident-damaged vehicle, which is then given to
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  Speaker 2: a person or family that otherwise could not afford it.
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  Speaker 2: The application deadline is 4-30 on November 2nd. The recipient
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  Speaker 2: of the refurbished rig is usually revealed within the first
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  Speaker 2: few weeks of December. More information can be found at vocm.com.
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  Speaker 2: President Donald Trump is set to speak with Russian President
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  Speaker 2: Vladimir Putin as the U.S. demands more answers from Russia
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  Speaker 2: concerning the death of a 28-year-old researcher who worked in
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  Speaker 2: a lab studying plagues in Siberia. Here's ABC News.
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  Speaker 4: The World Health Organization wants Russia to provide more information
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  Speaker 4: about why it put in place those public health measures
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  Speaker 4: like quarantines at hospitals. And in a new alert, the
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  Speaker 4: State Department is reminding Americans not to travel to Russia,
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  Speaker 4: saying the U.S. government has limited ability to help citizens
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  Speaker 4: who go there.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.