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VOCM Late Day Update August 25 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Good evening, I'm Linda Swain.
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  Speaker 2: If I should stay, I would only be in your way.
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  Speaker 1: One of the world's greatest singers and songwriters has passed away.
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  Speaker 1: Dolly Parton's nephew, Brian Seaver, confirmed her passing today at
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  Speaker 1: the age of 80.
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  Speaker 3: This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years
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  Speaker 3: ago before I fully absorbed it as a future reality.
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  Speaker 3: As her head of security for more than two decades,
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  Speaker 3: a role my father Larry held before me, I have
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  Speaker 3: imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven't truly felt
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  Speaker 3: it until now. It is an honor, an honor that
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  Speaker 3: is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness
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  Speaker 3: lies with us, not with Dolly.
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  Speaker 1: Parton started her career alongside Porter Wagoner in the 1960s.
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  Speaker 1: Her personality, talent, and songwriting ability was hard to ignore,
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  Speaker 1: and she soon achieved superstar status. Parton's skills as a
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  Speaker 1: songwriter are evidenced in a lengthy list of hits, including
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  Speaker 1: I Will Always Love You, Jolene, and Coat of Many Colors.
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  Speaker 1: She started her acting career in 1980 in 9to5 with
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  Speaker 1: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Parton, who influenced and inspired
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  Speaker 1: countless artists, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of
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  Speaker 1: Fame in 1999, and her life was adapted in a
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  Speaker 1: Nashville musical in 2025. Parton had been suffering with an
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  Speaker 1: undisclosed health issue in recent years, and speculation about her
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  Speaker 1: health prompted her to record a number of responses, assuring
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  Speaker 1: the public that she was still alive and doing well.
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  Speaker 1: The federal government has outlined the details of a $ 7. 5
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  Speaker 1: billion package of supports for workers and businesses caught in
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  Speaker 1: the crosshairs of the escalating trade war between the United
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  Speaker 1: States and Canada. Here's VOCM's Richard Duggan.
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  Speaker 4: Ottawa says the package features new and enhanced measures that
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  Speaker 4: will deliver fast, simple and agile supports for those who
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  Speaker 4: need it. It includes $ 3. 5 billion for a suite of
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  Speaker 4: rapid response supports for Canadians. Government says this will help
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  Speaker 4: workers access EI supports through new and extended changes to
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  Speaker 4: the program. The money will also be used to help
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  Speaker 4: with training for workers if they have to change jobs.
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  Speaker 4: There's $ 1. 5 billion to help small and medium-sized businesses with
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  Speaker 4: things like liquidity supports to manage tariff-related pressures, a $ 500
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  Speaker 4: million liquidity stream to help businesses manage immediate cash flow pressures.
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  Speaker 4: They are lowering the minimum revenue requirement for the Business
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  Speaker 4: Development Bank of Canada's tariff-related programs to $ 1 million. There's
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  Speaker 4: $ 2 billion for shovel-ready projects for affected businesses, and they're
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  Speaker 4: making the large enterprise tariff loan facility more flexible. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 4: the federal government has confirmed that it will be matching
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  Speaker 4: all U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar as of September 8th.
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  Speaker 4: They say the tariffs will focus on things like steel, dairy, appliances,
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  Speaker 4: agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. Richard Duggan, VOCM,
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  Speaker 4: Local News Now.
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  Speaker 1: Some heavy rain in the forecast details next.