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VOCM Morning Update August 16 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Richard Duggan in the news. We now have a
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  Speaker 1: timeline on the hydro deal between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 1: Information has been coming in dribs and drabs on the
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  Speaker 1: new deal to develop hydro assets in Labrador and replace
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  Speaker 1: the existing agreement which does not expire until twenty forty one. However,
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  Speaker 1: Quebec needs confirmed access to future power needs now, as
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  Speaker 1: does Newfoundland and Labrador as several significant mining projects await.
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  Speaker 1: The deal comes down Monday afternoon with Premiers Tony Wakem
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  Speaker 1: and Christine Forschef, who will have her Energy minister and
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  Speaker 1: the President and CEO of Hydro Quebec alongside her. The
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  Speaker 1: notification of the news conference from the Government of Newfoundland
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  Speaker 1: and Labrador does not mention his Energy Minister or Hydro CEO.
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  Speaker 1: The announcement is set for one forty five Tomorrow afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: The location of the news conference has not yet been revealed.
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  Speaker 1: VOCM News will be there and will broadcast the news
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  Speaker 1: conference live. The RCMP stopped several drivers throughout the province
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  Speaker 1: last Thursday for excessive speeding. As vocm's Mahalia Artist explains,
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  Speaker 1: police clocked one of those vehicles at more than double
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  Speaker 1: the speedlane.
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  Speaker 2: According to the police, the most egregious instance happened on
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  Speaker 2: Whitless Bay Line just after seven thirty Thursday night. They
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  Speaker 2: stopped a vehicle for going one hundred and seven kilometers
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  Speaker 2: an hour in a fifty kilometer an hour zone. The driver,
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  Speaker 2: a forty seven year old man from Brigis, was also
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  Speaker 2: found to have an expired license and no insurance. He
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  Speaker 2: was ticketed for the infractions and his vehicle was impounded.
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  Speaker 2: The RCMP stopped several other vehicles for excessive speeds throughout
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  Speaker 2: the day. Just after ten am, officers in Central were
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  Speaker 2: passed on the TCCH by an SUV traveling one hundred
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  Speaker 2: and fifty five kilometers an hour in one hundred kilometers
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  Speaker 2: an hour zone, and two hours later police clocked a
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  Speaker 2: driver going one hundred and forty eight kilometers an hour
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  Speaker 2: in an eighty kilometer zone along the Betiswar Highway near
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  Speaker 2: the intersection with the TCCH. The first driver was from
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  Speaker 2: Cornerbrook and the second was from New Brunswick. In both cases,
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  Speaker 2: they were ticketed and their vehicles were seized. Meanwhile, around noon,
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  Speaker 2: the RCMP received a report of a dangerous driver who
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  Speaker 2: had a near miss nearly causing a collision on the
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  Speaker 2: TCCH near Glenwood. In that instance, the driver was ticket
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  Speaker 2: did for passing when it was unsafe to do so.
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  Speaker 2: Nahaley Artists VOCM Local News.
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  Speaker 1: Now the Norman's Cove Long Cove Volunteer Fire Department has
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  Speaker 1: unveiled its new tanker truck. Their old truck, which had
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  Speaker 1: been in service for fifteen years, had to be taken
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  Speaker 1: out of commission last fall after it didn't pass inspection.
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  Speaker 1: Chief Mike Hurley says they were able to find a
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  Speaker 1: new vehicle, which was originally a road tractor, and converted
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  Speaker 1: it to a tanker truck using some of the working
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  Speaker 1: parts from their old vehicle. In total, he says the
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  Speaker 1: project cost over eighty six thousand dollars and so far
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  Speaker 1: they've been able to raise over sixty five thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: from the community, a number which continues to grow. And
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  Speaker 1: the team from Newfoundland and Labrador has been crowned World
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  Speaker 1: champions in pool. The group known as the quefin Land Crew,
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  Speaker 1: earned the title at the American Pool Players Association Team
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  Speaker 1: Captain's Championships in Las Vegas. The tournament is described by
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  Speaker 1: the Canadian Pool Players Association and NOL East Pool League
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  Speaker 1: as the biggest amateur pool stage in the world. The
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  Speaker 1: group beat the Saginaw Bay Misfits out of Michigan to
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  Speaker 1: earn the title. That's your news. I'm Richard Duggan.