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VOCM Morning Update July 21 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. OURNC is investigating a string of suspicious
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  Speaker 1: fires at communications towers in the Metro region. The latest
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  Speaker 1: just last evening. Crews rushed to a fire at the
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  Speaker 1: Bell Tower near Pippy Park just after seven. The fire
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  Speaker 1: was put out in short order. However, authorities are on
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  Speaker 1: high alert given it's one of a number of fires
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  Speaker 1: over the last few days. OURNC called on the Canine
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  Speaker 1: Unit to assist in its investigation into last night's fire.
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  Speaker 1: No further details are available. Police began receiving reports about
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  Speaker 1: the fires on Saturday, which began out a site in
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  Speaker 1: Shay Heights and four other sites across the city. Constable
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  Speaker 1: Steph Meyers says police are unsure if the fires are
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  Speaker 1: connected and have no leads on possible suspects.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so all five fires are believed to be suspicious.
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  Speaker 2: Were unable to say at this time whether or not
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  Speaker 2: they're connected, but they have been targeted at communication towers
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  Speaker 2: and pole line areas. So we're asking again anyone with
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  Speaker 2: any information to call seventeen nine eight thousand then report.
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  Speaker 1: That authorities have reason to believe the fires may impact
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  Speaker 1: cellular service for some customers. Anyone with information or video
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  Speaker 1: footage is asked to contact the RNC or crime stoppers.
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  Speaker 1: The federal Child Benefit payments increased yesterday for eligible families.
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  Speaker 1: Government increase payments up to one hundred and sixty dollars
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  Speaker 1: per child under age six and up to one hundred
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  Speaker 1: thirty five dollars per child ages six to seventeen. Metro
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  Speaker 1: Area MP Tom Osborne says some forty seven thousand people
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  Speaker 1: in this province on increase in their account and says
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  Speaker 1: that Ottawa is looking at further affordability measures to tackle
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  Speaker 1: the rising cost of living.
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  Speaker 3: The past couple of years have been a strain on
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  Speaker 3: families and Canada's government is delivering benefits and programs that
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  Speaker 3: help ease that burden for cas and These initiatives, such
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  Speaker 3: as the Canada Child Benefit, putting thousands of dollars a
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  Speaker 3: year in the pockets of families, which is a tax
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  Speaker 3: free benefit, allows them to provide essentials, whether school supplies, clothing, food,
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  Speaker 3: to ensure that children have a good solid start.
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  Speaker 1: It's more expensive to fill up your tank this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Gas is up by three point six cents per lead, diesel,
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  Speaker 1: furnace and stove oil all increase by a little more
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  Speaker 1: than a cent severe wildfires are becoming more common across
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  Speaker 1: the country, and that has healthcare professionals worried about the
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  Speaker 1: potential long term impacts on people's health. Doctor Reagan Bergmark
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  Speaker 1: is a SIGNUS specialist at Mass General Brigham in Boston.
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  Speaker 1: She says wildfire seasons are getting worse because of climate change,
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  Speaker 1: and people need to be prepared for what that could mean.
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  Speaker 4: We know that a lot of the effects of things
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  Speaker 4: like finding particulate matter and other components of wildfire smoke
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  Speaker 4: can have long term damage. You know, air pollution just
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  Speaker 4: more broadly can affect your lungs and your upper airway,
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  Speaker 4: but also lead to things like heart disease because of
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  Speaker 4: cellular damage and inflammation that they induce.
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  Speaker 1: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada should retaliate tariff for
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  Speaker 1: tariff dollar for dollar if new US duties proceed, while
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  Speaker 1: keeping US liquor off Ontario shelves until Kuzma is renewed.
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump signed orders imposing fifty percent tariffs
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  Speaker 1: in thirty days on Canadian goods, including hockey sticks, wine
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  Speaker 1: and cement, with no Kuzma exemptions. The White House sited
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  Speaker 1: provincial liquor bands Canada's dairy system and vehicle import quotas
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  Speaker 1: while excluding energy, fish and critical minerals. Business leaders called
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  Speaker 1: the move a regrettable escalation, but urge both countries to
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  Speaker 1: use the thirty day window to advanced negotiations. OURCMP say
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  Speaker 1: Saskatchewan Roughriders player Jaden Dolki left a gas station without
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  Speaker 1: paying before a fatal crash Saturday night. Police say Dulky
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  Speaker 1: was driving the wrong way on Highway eleven when his
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  Speaker 1: SUV collided with another vehicle, killing him and a twenty
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  Speaker 1: two year old man. Alcohol and cannabis were found in
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  Speaker 1: Dulkie's vehicle, while autopsies and toxicology testing remain part of
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  Speaker 1: the investigation. The thirty year old linebacker played sixty eight
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  Speaker 1: CFL games after being selected by Saskatchewan in the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two draft. For the first time in over thirty years,
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  Speaker 1: our CMP cruisers are getting a fresh look. The Mounties
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  Speaker 1: say the new design will improve visibility and provide a modern,
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  Speaker 1: distinctive appearance. The new vehicles will begin appearing later this summer,
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  Speaker 1: but the transition will be gradual. Current vehicles will remain
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  Speaker 1: in service until there are enough new cars for a
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  Speaker 1: complete fleet. Replacement and they will operate side by side
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  Speaker 1: during the transition period. That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.