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VOCM News Morning Update October 25th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. It is a
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  Speaker 1: chilly Sunday morning in Metro, but skies are clearing. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Brian Medore. A one-man crime spree, which concluded the ramming
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  Speaker 1: of a police car in an all-out search in Metro
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  Speaker 1: involving drones and officers on foot, has resulted in the
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  Speaker 1: arrest of a 35-year-old. The incident began unfolding at about 10.30
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  Speaker 1: last night when RNC pulled over a vehicle on Ash
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  Speaker 1: Grove Drive. An officer was speaking with the driver who
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  Speaker 1: had given police a false name. With no warning, the
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  Speaker 1: driver shifted the vehicle in reverse, slamming into the police
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  Speaker 1: car and nearly hitting some officers. RNC were then called
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  Speaker 1: out to a car fire in the area of Danny
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  Speaker 1: Drive and determined that it was the car in question.
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  Speaker 1: After a search, the suspect was found hiding in the area.
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  Speaker 1: He now faces numerous charges. A young teenager has been
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  Speaker 1: arrested on some serious charges following an incident in Conception
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  Speaker 1: Bay South. RNC responded around mid-afternoon Saturday. A 13-year-old girl
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  Speaker 1: has been charged with assault with a weapon, causing damage
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  Speaker 1: to property and breaching release orders. There was a commotion
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  Speaker 1: at McDonald's on Kenmont Road last night, resulting in the
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  Speaker 1: arrest of two people. RNC were in the area at
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  Speaker 1: about 8 o'clock looking for a 41-year-old woman who had
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  Speaker 1: warrants out against her. While dealing with that matter, there
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  Speaker 1: was an assault happening, which led to the arrest of
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  Speaker 1: a 41-year-old man. He was taken to the lockup. British
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  Speaker 1: Columbia has turned blue as the Conservative Party won a
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  Speaker 1: majority government. Just over five weeks ago, Lorne Dirksen was
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  Speaker 1: an obscure British Columbia legislator whose party was falling apart
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  Speaker 1: at the seams. Now he says he'll do everything in
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  Speaker 1: his power to get the province back on track. British
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  Speaker 1: Columbia made a choice. And it is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the honour of my lifetime to serve you as your Premier.
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  Speaker 1: The province is going to cut some fees as part
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  Speaker 1: of its next hit on the cost of living to
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  Speaker 1: be unveiled. Tomorrow morning we don't have details of the package,
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  Speaker 1: but the location tells us that the measure will have
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  Speaker 1: a lot to do with the expense of owning and
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  Speaker 1: driving a vehicle. News conference slated for Monday morning 10.30
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  Speaker 1: at the Motor Vehicle Registration Building. In Mount Pearl, according
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  Speaker 1: to the Finance Minister, Craig Pardee. Weather forecast, St. John's, Metro,
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  Speaker 1: rest of the Avalon. Looking at a mix of sun
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  Speaker 1: and cloud today, light winds and a high of 9. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: clear skies, southwesterlies pick up to 40 and the low
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  Speaker 1: of 3. And for Monday, sunny, southwesterlies 40, a high
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  Speaker 1: of 13. Clareville Central, sunny and 10 for the next
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  Speaker 1: couple of days. South Coast, sunny and 11 for the
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  Speaker 1: next two days. And the West Coast, Southwest Coast, Northern Peninsula,
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  Speaker 1: sunny today, 11, showers on Monday. I'm Brian Medour.