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VOCM News Morning Update September 14th · 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. The upcoming winter season is going to
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  Speaker 2: deliver one heavy jolt to the pocketbooks of people who
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  Speaker 2: use oil to heat their homes. Virtually all transportation and
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  Speaker 2: heating fuels jump by about 10 cents a liter, give
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  Speaker 2: or take a penny or two, on the weekend. That
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  Speaker 2: means filling your standard 800 liter oil tank will now
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  Speaker 2: cost about $ 800 more than this time last year. Heating fuel,
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  Speaker 2: according to the Public Utilities Board, costs close to $ 1. 20
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  Speaker 2: a liter on the Avalon Peninsula in mid-September 2025. After
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  Speaker 2: the weekend price jump, that's now $ 2. 20 a liter. As
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  Speaker 2: for gassing up, it was $ 1. 55 a liter this time
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  Speaker 2: last year on the Avalon. Today, it's $ 2.
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  Speaker 3: 15.
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  Speaker 2: Diesel, the fuel that drives the economy, was $ 1. 56 a
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  Speaker 2: year ago. Today, The cost of diesel fuel has hit
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  Speaker 2: a nationwide high in the United States. The national average
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  Speaker 2: is now $ 6 a gallon, around $ 1. 35 a liter. Gas
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  Speaker 2: buddies Patrick DeHaan explained it may be even more expensive
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  Speaker 2: than analysts anticipated.
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  Speaker 4: The U.S. economy is already spending roughly $ 300 million more
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  Speaker 4: on diesel today than it was a year ago. So
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  Speaker 4: coupled with higher gas prices, the cost to the economy
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  Speaker 4: is exceeding $ 700 million a day compared to costs from
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  Speaker 4: a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: The PUB will adjust prices again at midnight tonight. The
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister will be right on our southern doorstep this
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  Speaker 2: coming weekend, trying to strengthen partnerships between Canada and France.
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  Speaker 2: Mark Carney will be in Saint-Pierre-Miquelon on Sunday to meet
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  Speaker 2: with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. He says they'll
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  Speaker 2: discuss deepening the partnership between the two countries in strategic sectors,
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  Speaker 2: including aerospace, energy and critical minerals, and advanced technologies such
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  Speaker 2: as quantum, satellites and supercomputing. Last year, bilateral trade between
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  Speaker 2: Canada and France totaled $ 15. 2 billion, with Canadian exports to
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  Speaker 2: France valued at $ 5 billion and imports at $ 10. 2 billion.
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  Speaker 2: Carney says at this pivotal time in history, Canada is
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  Speaker 2: working to deepen and expand the relationship with France across AI,
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  Speaker 2: critical minerals and energy. A hydro deal worth billions of
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  Speaker 2: dollars hangs in the balance as the House of Assembly
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  Speaker 2: begins debate on the MOU between Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec.
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  Speaker 2: Brian Madour reports.
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  Speaker 3: The Liberal opposition says government was still scrambling as of
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  Speaker 3: Saturday afternoon to finalize the format and schedule of the
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  Speaker 3: Churchill Falls debate. Further, Leader John Hogan says government has
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  Speaker 3: now decided at the last minute that Jerome Kennedy, a
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  Speaker 3: former PC cabinet minister brought in quietly by Premier Tony
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  Speaker 3: Wakeham early this year to review the original MOU, will
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  Speaker 3: be available. Kennedy was one of the main architects of
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  Speaker 3: the Muskrat Falls project, which doubled in cost. Hogan says
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  Speaker 3: members of the House of Assembly were informed Friday night
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  Speaker 3: that Kennedy was being added as a guest, despite previously
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  Speaker 3: being told that he would not be available to answer questions.
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  Speaker 3: Hogan says the format... is designed to hide the Premier
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  Speaker 3: from questions and accountability, and that the debate looks more
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  Speaker 3: and more like a public relations exercise.
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  Speaker 2: Did you notice something missing from this year's Atlantic hurricane season?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, hurricanes. Here's ABC News.
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  Speaker 1: No Atlantic hurricanes have formed this year and none are
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  Speaker 1: likely in the coming days, says the National Hurricane Center,
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  Speaker 1: due to an enormous El Nino warming the Pacific. A
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  Speaker 1: state university at Albany, New York, atmospheric science professor cited
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  Speaker 1: a triple whammy of winds that decapitate a storm, dry
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  Speaker 1: air that starves it, and downward pushing winds that basically
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  Speaker 1: stomp it.
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  Speaker 2: Eight people will be named to the Order of Newfoundland
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  Speaker 2: and Labrador next month. The distinction, the highest honor that
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  Speaker 2: the province can bestow, recognizes people who have demonstrated excellence
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  Speaker 2: and achievement in their chosen field to the benefit of
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  Speaker 2: the province. Included in the list of people being invested
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  Speaker 2: into the order is Reverend Dr. Marion Party, a former
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  Speaker 2: moderator of the United Church of Canada. The investiture ceremony
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  Speaker 2: is taking place on October 8th. A full list of
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  Speaker 2: recipients can be found online at vocm.com. Celine Dion, welcome
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  Speaker 2: back on stage Saturday night in Paris. Dion started her
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  Speaker 2: Paris residency before a sold-out crowd, her first concert in
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  Speaker 2: six years following health problems.
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  Speaker 5: Celine visibly emotional when she ascended on stage. I made
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  Speaker 5: a promise.
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  Speaker 4: I made a promise to come back and to be
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  Speaker 4: back on stage.
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  Speaker 3: So here I am.
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  Speaker 5: A far cry from where she was back in August 2022,
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  Speaker 5: suffering severely from stiff person syndrome.
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  Speaker 4: It's like I know what I want to do.
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  Speaker 5: Her documentary showed just how determined she was to get
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  Speaker 5: back on stage.
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  Speaker 2: That's your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.