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VOCM Midday Update August 17 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The Opposition has no knowledge of what
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  Speaker 1: the Upper Churchill deal, set to be announced this afternoon
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  Speaker 1: at quarter to two, looks like. But the addition of
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  Speaker 1: a fifteen percent rebate on electricity bills has raised questions
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  Speaker 1: about what concessions Newfoundland and Labrador might have made. Opposition
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  Speaker 1: Energy critic Fred Hutton says leaked information on a rebate
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  Speaker 1: leads to questions about what may have been given up
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  Speaker 1: in the negotiation process.
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  Speaker 2: The leaks that come out aren't going to be any
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  Speaker 2: of the bad things that would be noted by reporters
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  Speaker 2: or by opposition that may be questionable. It would be
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  Speaker 2: the good stuff, like a fifteen percent reduction in your
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  Speaker 2: electricity bill. Everybody would want that. My question, like right
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  Speaker 2: off the bat, would be, is this because of the
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  Speaker 2: federal government's involvement? Is this why Tony Wakem will Wakem
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  Speaker 2: will not do a referendum. He hasn't spoken about that
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  Speaker 2: at all, but he was adamant in the beginning that
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  Speaker 2: you know, there was going to be a referendum on
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  Speaker 2: any deal that was reached.
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  Speaker 1: The Journal de Quebec is reporting that Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: will be able to sell surplus power to the US,
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  Speaker 1: but that hydro Quebec remains the essential intermediary. That means
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  Speaker 1: that NL will only negotiate with hydro Quebec and will
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  Speaker 1: have to pay them the cost of transporting electricity to
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  Speaker 1: foreign markets. Hutton says the opposition has long said it
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  Speaker 1: will support any deal that is as good as the
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  Speaker 1: previous MoU or better. Stats Canada says the annual rate
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  Speaker 1: of inflation accelerated to three percent in July as drivers
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  Speaker 1: were once again paying more to fill up their tanks.
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  Speaker 1: Michelle Zadigian reports.
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  Speaker 3: Inflation had cooled to two point eight percent in June
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  Speaker 3: as the US and Iran worked toward a peace agreement,
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  Speaker 3: but fresh conflict in the Gulf region in July pushed
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  Speaker 3: global gas prices higher again Stackans as consumers were also
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  Speaker 3: paying more for airfares and travel tours last month as
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  Speaker 3: the energy shock made jet fuel more expensive and the
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  Speaker 3: FIFA World Cup drove up demand to US destinytions. Canadians
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  Speaker 3: found some relief in the grocery aisles, though, as annual
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  Speaker 3: price hikes on food bought from the store cooled sharply
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  Speaker 3: to three point one percent in July from three point
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  Speaker 3: nine percent previously. Michelle Zadekian the Canadian Press.
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  Speaker 1: The rate in Newfoundland and Labrador was four point two
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  Speaker 1: percent compared to three point eight in June. In Saint
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  Speaker 1: John's it was four point one compared to three point
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  Speaker 1: seven the month before. New research shows the beneficial relationship
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  Speaker 1: between young teens struggling with anxiety and dog ownership. Here's
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  Speaker 1: ABC's Sherry Preston.
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  Speaker 4: Walking a dog at you outside and gives you exercise.
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  Speaker 4: Feeding a dog helps you learn responsibility and empathy for
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  Speaker 4: another creature, and just being with the dog in a
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  Speaker 4: positive environment can help teenagers struggling with social anxiety. Researchers
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  Speaker 4: at Tufts University studied more than five hundred kids between
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  Speaker 4: the ages of thirteen and seventeen struggling with high levels
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  Speaker 4: of stress and anxiety. They found that dog companionship was
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  Speaker 4: associated with more adaptive coping skills, solving, and positive thinking.
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  Speaker 4: Should be noted that relationship quality, i e. A positive
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  Speaker 4: relationship with that dog, not just owning one, is what's beneficial.
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  Speaker 1: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.