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VOCM News Morning Update October 27th · 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. Two people in Newfoundland are facing $ 4, 000
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  Speaker 2: fines for endangering the safety of an airline flight when
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  Speaker 2: they refuse to stay in their seats. A court in
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  Speaker 2: Cornerbrook heard that Corey Panzer and Deborah Bojman were aboard
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  Speaker 2: a Flair Airlines flight headed to Deer Lake on August 28, 2024.
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  Speaker 2: The provincial court judge says Panzer and Bojman were yelling
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  Speaker 2: at passengers and crew while partially undressing and failing to
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  Speaker 2: follow airplane safety instructions. Both pleaded guilty to endangering the
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  Speaker 2: safety of an aircraft in flight and interfering with the
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  Speaker 2: lawful use of property. the long-awaited core staffing review for
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  Speaker 2: Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has been released. Richard Duggan reports.
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  Speaker 3: Government says the review assesses the minimum levels and skill
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  Speaker 3: mix needed to meet patient care needs. The review includes
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  Speaker 3: a study of staffing models for nurse practitioners, registered nurses,
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  Speaker 3: licensed practical nurses, and personal care attendants across six sites,
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  Speaker 3: as well as a guide to inform the evaluation of
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  Speaker 3: other NLHS sites. The report includes 21 recommendations in four areas,
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  Speaker 3: Those are enabling staff to work to full value, stabilizing
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  Speaker 3: and sustaining core staffing, transitioning from reactive to evidence-based forecasted staffing,
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  Speaker 3: and reducing the structural load on staffing. Health Minister Jody
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  Speaker 3: Wall says government is working through the recommendations now and
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  Speaker 3: speaking with the unions that represent workers. He addresses concerns
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  Speaker 3: raised last week by CUPE President Sherry Hillier, who says
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  Speaker 3: she is deeply concerned about some of the proposed changes.
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  Speaker 4: It was in the media earlier this week with respect
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  Speaker 4: to what was thought was a downloading of extra work
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  Speaker 4: onto certain workers. That is not the case. We want
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  Speaker 4: to make sure that workers are worked to their full potential,
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  Speaker 4: and we also have to make sure that we have
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  Speaker 4: the proper number of workers in each classification.
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  Speaker 3: The review can be read through a link online at vocm.com.
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  Speaker 2: More affordability measures are set to come in the next
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  Speaker 2: few days, but exactly what will be announced is still unknown.
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  Speaker 2: Finance Minister Craig Party has announced about $ 79 million over
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  Speaker 2: the past week with money to help with home heating
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  Speaker 2: and gasoline. Party says the next announcement will be more
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  Speaker 2: targeted and will be at least another $ 20 million.
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  Speaker 5: Well, we know we have two more coming that I
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  Speaker 5: think are substantive. So I think when you add that
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  Speaker 5: on to what the $ 79 million that we're talking about,
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  Speaker 5: we're We're up there in excess of $ 100 million that
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  Speaker 5: will come out in this envelope. And keep in mind,
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  Speaker 5: that is something that is fluid, that next month, the
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  Speaker 5: month after, we get to reevaluate what we got.
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  Speaker 2: Government is currently using an 80-20 model to cover its debts,
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  Speaker 2: but party says that number could drop to as low
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  Speaker 2: as 16% if its windfall continues. Those picking up their
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  Speaker 2: Halloween candy may have noticed they're paying a lot more
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  Speaker 2: for a lot less. Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie's Food Analytics
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  Speaker 2: Lab says chocolate is expensive because most of the bars
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  Speaker 2: on the market today were produced when cocoa prices were
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  Speaker 2: very high.
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  Speaker 1: The biggest factor right now affecting the commodity market right
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  Speaker 1: now is the super El Nino cycle. Wheat is up
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  Speaker 1: almost 50 percent. Rice is up 30 percent. Sugar is
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  Speaker 1: also more expensive. That's the real factor impacting prices for
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  Speaker 1: inputs right now.
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  Speaker 2: MHAs were wearing their poppies in the House of Assembly yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: And if you thought that it was a bit earlier
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  Speaker 2: than usual, you'd be right. The Royal Canadian Legion has
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  Speaker 2: begun its annual Poppy Campaign, which from this point onwards
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  Speaker 2: will begin each October 24th. Starting this year, the Legion
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  Speaker 2: chose to set a fixed date for the annual campaign
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  Speaker 2: about a week earlier than usual to help with fundraising.
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  Speaker 2: Funds raised through the Poppy Campaign go to support veterans
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  Speaker 2: and the Legion's veterans programs. Olivia Chow has won a
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  Speaker 2: full four-year term as Toronto's mayor, defeating Brad Bradford and
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  Speaker 2: earning another mandate for her progressive agenda. Chow maintained a
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  Speaker 2: strong lead as results came in, despite late polls suggesting
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  Speaker 2: Bradford made the contest much closer. She campaigned on her
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  Speaker 2: record of renter protections, changes to expressway funding, and shorter
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  Speaker 2: 911 wait times, while promising more affordable housing and lower
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  Speaker 2: transit costs. One of two pilot whales that beached at
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  Speaker 2: Point May on the Burren Peninsula on the weekend succumbed
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  Speaker 2: following the ordeal. Mayor Darren Harris says residents jumped into
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  Speaker 2: action when the two animals, a male and a female,
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  Speaker 2: came ashore and got stranded on the beach on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Residents came out to try and help the whales, and
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  Speaker 2: Harris brought out his excavator to cut channels, allowing the
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  Speaker 2: animals to get back in the water. Unfortunately, says Harris,
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  Speaker 2: despite those efforts, the female did not survive. That's your news.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland.