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VOCM News Morning Update October 18th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: It is four degrees in Metro on this Sunday morning.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Medore. There are fatalities and injuries at CFB
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  Speaker 2: Wainwright in Alberta after a fire and explosion in the
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  Speaker 2: training area of the military base. The fire is now
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  Speaker 2: under control, but we do not have any numbers on
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  Speaker 2: fatalities and injuries. A hospital in Wainwright and hospitals in
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  Speaker 2: the city of Edmonton, about 200 kilometres away, are said
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  Speaker 2: to be overwhelmed. The fire started at about 4 o'clock
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  Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon local time and quickly spread. The full extent
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  Speaker 2: of the impact remains unknown. The RNC have arrested a
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  Speaker 2: 15-year-old in connection with the assault of a woman at
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  Speaker 2: Memorial University on Friday. The victim was in an office
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  Speaker 2: on campus when the assault occurred around 2 o'clock in
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  Speaker 2: the afternoon. Munn notified students and staff of the incident
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  Speaker 2: through its news line on Friday. RNC say the woman
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  Speaker 2: was not injured. The suspect, who was not known to
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  Speaker 2: the victim, had fled the scene before police arrived. Campus
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  Speaker 2: security increased their patrols. A teenager was arrested on Saturday
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  Speaker 2: and charged with assault with a weapon and assault by choking.
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  Speaker 2: He was held in custody pending a court appearance. Police
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  Speaker 2: were called in when a woman was spotted passed out
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  Speaker 2: behind the wheel of her car in the area of
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  Speaker 2: Merchant Drive in Mount Pearl last night. RNC were on
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  Speaker 2: the scene at about 7 o'clock and arrested the woman
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  Speaker 2: for impaired driving by drug, breach of a release order
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  Speaker 2: and obstruction. The 40-year-old was also ticketed for driving while
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  Speaker 2: suspended and having no insurance. The vehicle was impounded. The
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  Speaker 2: MHA for Bell Island, concerned about a fuel shortage on
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  Speaker 2: the island. Its only gas station has been without fuel
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  Speaker 2: for more than a week. The owners are currently in
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  Speaker 2: negotiations with the provider to try to resolve the situation.
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  Speaker 2: The station reopened in July of last year after nearly
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  Speaker 2: two months without fuel following a change in ownership. MHA
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  Speaker 2: Fred Hutton says he has been in contact with various
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  Speaker 2: government departments to find a solution to get gas and
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  Speaker 2: diesel out back on the island.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the thing that concerns me the most about
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  Speaker 1: all this is that despite the fact that from the
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  Speaker 1: shore in Portugal Cove you can see Bell Island, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: essentially they're isolated. And when it comes to emergency vehicles
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  Speaker 1: like ambulances and fire trucks and police vehicles over there
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  Speaker 1: for the RCMP, and if you've got to get on
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  Speaker 1: a ferry and spend, you know, half an hour waiting
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  Speaker 1: or whatever in a perfect world, and then 20 minutes
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  Speaker 1: getting over, getting your fuel and getting back, if something
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  Speaker 1: happens while those vehicles are gone, that's going to be problematic.
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  Speaker 2: Weather forecast, St. John's Metro, rest of the Avalon, sunny
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  Speaker 2: and 7 degrees next two days with winds around 40. Central,
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  Speaker 2: same thing, sunny and 7 for the next two days,
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  Speaker 2: winds around 30 or 40. South Coast, sunny and 7
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  Speaker 2: or 8 for the next two days with winds around 30.
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  Speaker 2: And the West Coast, southwest coast, northern peninsula, showers or
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  Speaker 2: flurries today and tonight, winds 40. That's your news, I'm
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  Speaker 2: Brian Medore.