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VOCM Late-Day Update August 18 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Sunshine twenty degrees in VOCM Valley. Good afternoon, I'm Linda Swayin.
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  Speaker 1: A nineteen year old man is facing charges after two
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  Speaker 1: women were sprayed with bear spray at a home on
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  Speaker 1: Jeffer's Drive in Mount Pearl on Sunday. Here's vocm's Richard
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  Speaker 1: Duggan rncsay.
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  Speaker 2: The man responsible was known to his two victims and
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  Speaker 2: fled the area before police arrived. The women did not
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  Speaker 2: require medical attention. The nineteen year old suspect was found
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  Speaker 2: in the backyard of the home, but tried to run
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  Speaker 2: when found by police. After a brief foot chase, the
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  Speaker 2: young man was arrested. He's now facing two counts of
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  Speaker 2: assault with a weapon and one charge each of assault,
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  Speaker 2: violence against an intimate partner, possession of a weapon for
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  Speaker 2: a dangerous purpose, possession of a prohibited weapon, and breeches.
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  Speaker 2: Richard Duggan VOCM Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: An investigation is underway following two recent fires that caused
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  Speaker 1: damage in an apartment building in Harbor Grace. Both fires
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  Speaker 1: at Harvey Street apartments were extinguished before they could spread.
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  Speaker 1: The first occurred in the front lobby of the building
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  Speaker 1: shortly after midnight on Sunday, morning, while the second was
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  Speaker 1: discovered in a hallway around eleven Monday night. No injuries
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  Speaker 1: were reported. The Provincial Fire Commissioner's Office is involved in
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  Speaker 1: the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Harbor
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  Speaker 1: grayse RCMP. A thirty three year old man facing intimate
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  Speaker 1: partner violence charges following a traffic stop in Cornerbrook on Monday,
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  Speaker 1: RNC pulled the vehicle over on Confederation Drive around four
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  Speaker 1: Monday afternoon. The vehicle was seized after police learned that
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  Speaker 1: it was not insured. While officers were on the scene,
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  Speaker 1: the female passenger reported that she had been assaulted by
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  Speaker 1: the driver of the previous day. The man was arrested
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  Speaker 1: and charged with assault, forcible confinement and violence against an
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  Speaker 1: intimate partner. He was held to appear in court. The
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  Speaker 1: town of Happy Valley, Goose Bay is taking a hard
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  Speaker 1: line approach to the newly announced hydro agreement with Quebec,
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  Speaker 1: saying it won't support hydro development at Gull Island and
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  Speaker 1: expansion at Churchill Falls unless the governments involved provide clear
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  Speaker 1: guarantees that address the infrastructure, social and environmental impacts the
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  Speaker 1: projects will have on the town. Here's vocm's Sarah Strickland.
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  Speaker 3: Mayor Burt Pomeroy says as the regional hub and municipality
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  Speaker 3: closest to the developments, Happy Valley Goose Bay will experience
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  Speaker 3: their combined impacts directly. He says the town must be
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  Speaker 3: recognized as a major stakeholder in the process and large
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  Speaker 3: scale projects cannot succeed if Happy Valley Goose Bay is
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  Speaker 3: left without the resources and capacity needed to support growth,
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  Speaker 3: protect residents and plan for the future. The town has
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  Speaker 3: outlined a number of essential requirements that must be in
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  Speaker 3: place before any development proceeds. They include expansion of the
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  Speaker 3: municipal water supply, long term waste management planning, improvement to
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  Speaker 3: water and sewer services, upgraded emergency response including a new
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  Speaker 3: fire hall, municipal depot, and ambulance facilities, and critical road
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  Speaker 3: and road safety improvements. Pomeroy says pass mega projects in Labrador,
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  Speaker 3: including muskrat Falls, have demonstrated what he calls the consequences
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  Speaker 3: of inadequate planning to address social impacts and increase pressure
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  Speaker 3: on mental health and addiction services, housing, community safety, and crime.
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  Speaker 3: Palmeroy and his counsel acknowledged Premier Tony Wakem's commitment to
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  Speaker 3: work with the town as the projects move forward, and
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  Speaker 3: the mayor says he intends to hold the Premier to
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  Speaker 3: that promise. Sarah Strickland VOCM Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: The Independent MHA for Bay of Islands, fears that an
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  Speaker 1: increasingly polarized political landscape could create difficulties for the newly
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  Speaker 1: announced Churchill Falls Agreement. Premier Tony Wakem made it clear
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  Speaker 1: in his comments this week that the federal government's role
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  Speaker 1: was essentially in bringing forward a collaborative agreement on the
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  Speaker 1: development at a Joyce told VOCM open Line with Brian Callahan,
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  Speaker 1: his fear is that the opposition Conservatives will use that
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  Speaker 1: approach to foster division.
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  Speaker 4: Once the Prime Minister Canada stepped in and said this
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  Speaker 4: is a national project and put in ten billion dollars,
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  Speaker 4: you're going to start hearing the federal PC greater rhy
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  Speaker 4: start saying well habout Queen Alberta and British Columbia. Then
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  Speaker 4: you're going to get that polarized here a Newfland and
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  Speaker 4: Labrador that Carney's given this away, that he should do
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  Speaker 4: this and and provincially and the stern lawry when not
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  Speaker 4: when I when I heard some statements yesterday by the
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  Speaker 4: opposition you can see it starting made away, which is
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  Speaker 4: not only totally not true, but are so fabricated it's
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  Speaker 4: not even a good story.
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