Here & Now, Wed. April 24, 2024
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tonight the ffaw expects it to be a
difficult season for
Harvesters you know what the temperature
of water is at this time of year was
literally minutes that you have to get
out of that water before the hypothermia
an uncle and nephew taken too soon
fellow Harvesters are heading west to
pay tribute to two men who lost their
lives at Sea in Lark
Harbor this is a great example
of what we need to do in our country
which is get more homes built faster
Federal Finance Minister Christia
Freeland was in Mount Pearl today to
talk housing we’ll take you
there they hit a half court shot and
they thought it was a buzzer beater but
we had5 seconds left on the clock and a
local basketball player helps hit a
Highlight Reel Shot
this is CBC Here and
Now good evening and welcome to herein
now we begin tonight with a fishing
tragedy that has devastated the west
coast of the island many Harvesters are
making their way west to attend the
funerals of two men who died after their
boat capsized near Lark Harbor the ffaw
says Harvesters in that community and
neighboring York Harbor are in for a
difficult season two generations were
lost Sunday when a boat capsized
44-year-old Trevor Childs and his nephew
Nicholas Skinner died while setting
Lobster pots near the shore sadly today
would have been Skinner’s 27th birthday
ffaw spokesperson Jason spingle says
he’s heard the men were wearing
flotation devices but says this time of
year hypothermia can occur in mere
minutes I don’t know if you can make it
anymore heart r ing than it is I think
it’s lot like as uncle
Trevor a quiet friendly young man
excited about being involved in the
fishing industry as I understand that as
Trevor had taken him under his wing and
he was uh looking forward to uh building
a career as a professional fish
Harvester it’s a blow it’s a blow in
many fronts to the communities to the
region to our Province really and we we
got to we got to move on but it’s uh it
doesn’t make it any easier for sure
spingle was an inshore council rep for
that area for 16 years and he knew
Trevor Childs we spoke with him while he
was on route to the West Coast for the
funeral and we’ll hear more about how
this tragedy is affecting everyone who
works on the water that’s ahead in 30
minutes on here and now well police are
investigating after a woman was struck
by transport truck on the Trans Canada
Highway yesterday afternoon it happened
outside St John’s west of Patty’s Pond
now according to the RCMP the woman was
walking in the eastbound Lane when she
was struck she was pronounced dead at
the scene police say the driver showed
no signs of impairment and no one in the
vehicle was
injured now to Mount Pearl where Deputy
Prime Minister Christia Freeland made a
housing announcement this afternoon she
was there selling the federal budget to
voters and she also broke ground on two
new apartment buildings which received
accelerated fun in and approvals to
build Freeland says it’s a step toward
building more homes faster Heather
Gillis was there and she’s joining us
now live from The Newsroom so what did
the Deputy Prime Minister have to say
today Heather well Caroline she was here
to sell the 2024 budget and all the
housing initiatives that the fed’s
recently announced to tackle the housing
crisis and like you said she was here to
break ground on 24 new apartment units
they’re in Mount Pearl Donovan Holmes is
going to build them on the corner of
Mount Carson Avenue and dun Robin Street
the company president Phil Ryan says
that new federal provincial and municial
Municipal housing initiatives helped
them get started on the project which
had been on hold for a while notably the
exclusion of HST on purpose-built rental
properties both federally and
provincially uh as well as cmhc approval
of this project under their M mli select
program which was turned around in what
I think would be a record time of just
over 30 days okay we have to CL
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also we’ve had fantastic support from
the city of Mount Pearl uh who were able
to turn this development approval around
in 60 days which I think is
fantastic now the 2 24 units that Ryan
is building is just a fraction of the
number of homes that are needed to solve
the housing crisis in this province and
the country in the federal budget the
government promised 3.8 million new
homes by 20 31 the Canada mortgage
housing Corporation says this province
needs to build 60,000 new homes in the
next six years so to break that down
that’s 10,000 housing starts a year but
the most productive construction year
ever in this province only 3,300 homes
were built Freeland acknowledges that
the housing plan they have is
ambitious I think the key to it is what
you’re seeing to today which is all
levels of government working together
and government and the private sector
working together but of course we have
to keep on going we have to do more
faster that’s what we’re going to
continue to do what you’ve seen in the
budget is a really ambitious plan I
would say a plan of unprecedented
ambition for
Canada meanwhile there was only one
provincial representative at the event
liberal backbencher Mount Pearl North MJ
Lucy stoyles no new provincial housing
Minister Fred Hutton now Premier Andrew
Fury has been critical of the carbon tax
writing the prime minister Justin
Trudeau last month to call for a pause
to the April 1 increase in the carbon
tax with Trudeau then hitting back
accusing him of bowing to political
pressure so when asked about the
relationship between the federal and
provincial parties Freeland says she was
in touch with the premier this
morning um I um was in touch with the
premier this morning on my way here um I
and I know Sheamus and Joanne have a
very good working relationship with him
as well um look my view is that Canada
works best when we work
together now those new apartments in
Mount Pearl they’re expected to take 18
to 24 months to build with a third one
in the works but not until interest
rates and inflation settles down I’m
Heather Gillis reporting Live From The
Newsroom well the official opposition is
slamming the province’s plan to provide
more housing and services in St John’s
saying the cost just doesn’t add up but
as hearing now’s Mark Quinn reports the
Liberals are defending what they’ve done
and asking for
patience we’re now four months into a
lucrative sole source $21 million
contract with the airport in the
opposition Progressive conservative
leader is questioning the province’s
plan to shelter and provide services to
people living in places like this here
at 106 Airport Road the former Hotel was
set to open last month with rooms
dedicated to people without adequate
housing with a plan to Usher them into
more permanent housing we’re spending
$600,000 a month wow or
$48,000 a room I asked the minister does
he believe that this is good value for
money we were told that everything would
be done by the 1st of March here we are
it’s almost may we still don’t see
anybody actually moving in to this hotel
speaking with reporters after question
period the new Minister of Housing
defended what the liberal government has
done is this a wise investment
absolutely can you put a cost on what it
would be to get somebody out of a tent
and put them in a in a in a safe hotel
room with a bed a warm bed and a
bathroom right there and you know like
other a television and food offered and
and the supports they need somebody who
is in uh you know mental having a mental
health crisis having to live in a tent
of course not Hutton says it will take
more time to find staff and convert the
hotel to provide Living Spaces and
services today he said when that is done
this former Hotel will have enough space
for more than 100 people in the meantime
this tent encampment near downtown
continues to grow Mark Quinn CBC News St
John’s Well a Happy Valley goosebay
radio station has been hit hard as a
result of an explosive fire in the
community the investigation into
Friday’s Raging Fire continues and so
does the cleanup a fire at an old Air
hanger led to a state of emergency late
last week part of the Town being
evacuated among the losses the local
headquarters of V
vfm it’s the largest Christian radio
station in Canada it’s now off the air
in central Labrador after the building
that housed the antenna and other
technology burned the church that runs
the station says it has lost upwards of
$40,000 in equipment and nothing is
salvageable we think we may have located
a another transmitter and uh an antenna
of course we we would need that as well
but the challenge that we’re facing is
is that uh you know we had been uh
working with uh industry Canada and
Consultants with the crtc to make sure
that you know we were in the area that
would be uh a best service and we’re not
sure if we’re able to uh to put things
back on that location because it wasn’t
our building we were simply using that
space
well meanwhile in Labrador West police
are investigating a suspicious fire at a
20 un NL housing apartment building
early this morning the fire was
contained to just one unit one person
was treated for smoke
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inhalation well depending on where you
are across the province today you’re
either seeing an absolutely beautiful
day snow or you’re socked in fog uh
temperatures are sitting in the single
digits pretty much across the board uh
for the island but take a look at these
temperatures in Labrador specifically
Southeastern Labrador 15 degrees in
Happy Valley goosebay 15 in cartrite and
then you head a little bit further west
to uh lab City and your temperature is
about minus six so if we take a look at
the cameras certainly seeing snow uh for
Western portions of Labrador at the
moment in fact uh lab City or wush has
uh recorded about 20 cm since yesterday
and then of sunshine and beautiful in
Happy Valley Goose Bay and then for the
northern Peninsula a whole lot of fog so
as we head through the next couple of
days really into tomorrow this cold air
is going to head east and that is going
to drop the temperature significantly
for parts of Labrador uh we’re going to
hang on to some of that mild air across
the island that will be the story really
through Friday and another cold uh
pocket of air we’ll move in for Labrador
I’ll get into all the details coming
up thanks Ashley we go now to come by
chance where a Refinery that was brought
to its knees by the pandemic has roared
back to life but this time instead of
being one of this province’s biggest
carbon emitters it’s refining its focus
here in now Terry Roberts
explains four years ago upbeat scenes
like this could have been considered a
thing of the past at the come by chance
Refinery a room filled with leaders in
the energy sector deep pocketed
investors political leaders but more
than 140 people crammed into this
building today to mark two occasions the
50-year legacy of the refinery in this
province and a new era one with a future
pinned on supplying the growing demand
for cleaner fuels instead of refining
fossil fuels and the tone here was
hopeful Brea and come by chance are now
a world leader in the energy transition
it’s a big departure from these dark
days the pandemic crippled world energy
markets in early 2020 and one of the
casualties was the oil refinery in
Placentia Bay the refinery’s future was
Bleak until this news conference in late
2021 new owners promising something
novel to convert the petroleum based
facility into a producer of renewable
Diesel and sustainable aviation fuel
using feed stocks derived from plant and
animal based fats and oils in other
words refining products like corn and
soybean oil into fuels that can power
heavy industry and heavy Transportation
sectors more than 2 years later and with
about 1 and A2 billion invested that
promise is now a reality Brea renewable
fuels began commercial operations this
winter says it’s producing between 14
and 18,000 barrels of renewable diesel
every day there’s plans for expanded
production in the future with aviation
fuel production Yet to Come the refinery
employs more than 200 people and the
first shipment of diesel was put on a
tanker in March shipped all the way to
California where generous government
incentives and clean fuel regulations
are driving the demand for these fuels
there’s a massive amount of private
investment into this operation but the
federal and provincial governments have
also been generous eager to support an
operation that will help Canada meet
ambitious emission reduction targets
it’s a huge win for the people it’s a
huge win uh for the economy and it’s a
huge win for the climate not only has
come by chance alive and well and got
significant backing now but it is
showing the rest of the country and I’d
say the world how it’s done it hasn’t
been a smooth transition the work took
longer than expected Bria officials
admit a $90 million investment from
Ottawa saved the project and 19 months
ago a flash fire injured a handful of
workers Shawn ped eventually died from
his injuries but but those In This Crowd
are focusing on the future a future that
hopes to capitalize on the push to
tackle climate change and lower the
amount of pollutants entering the
atmosphere Terry Roberts CBC news com by
chance well we may never know the full
cost of the 2021 Cyber attack on the
Health Care System the provincial
government is keeping the details Under
Wraps the attack shut down the
province’s Health Care system in the
middle of the pandemic with a attackers
stealing the personal information of
nearly 60,000 people officials say the
group known as Hive a Russian ransomware
gang was responsible the health Minister
says about $20 million has been spent
upgrading the it system but when the
opposition asked about how much
government paid the group behind the
attack here’s what Tom Osborne
said I’m not sure the information on
what’s uh been paid out uh is
available Mr Speaker I know that
International uh agencies and and uh
federal agencies have indicated to us
that there is certain information that
should not be uh put into the public
realm uh to help prevent future cyber
attacks uh this is one of those pieces
of
information a young basketball player
from Mount Pearl took part in a large
basketball ball tournament in the United
States over the weekend and while the
team did go 5-0 it’s a pass that she
made that’s getting a lot of press now
if this is something that you didn’t
know about let me tell
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you they hit a half court shot and they
thought it was a buzzer beer but we had5
seconds left on the clock and there was
no timeouts left for either team their
team flooded the floor like they to get
everyone off the floor and then we had5
seconds left no time out so I had to
talk to all my girls on the team and on
the floor and I just told one of them go
long get open and then I just threw it
and hope for the
best it played out great it missed one
of the girls and another girl caught it
on my team and then she just chucked it
up from the three-point line and then it
went in and we won by
one I was really nervous I didn’t know
what was going to happen when she caught
it I was so excited and then when she
made it I didn’t even know how to react
like I just ran over to her didn’t know
didn’t know if it was going to count
didn’t know what was going to happen but
it did count in the end and it was just
awesome my parents freaked out they
didn’t actually watch the game online
because they were in a championship game
for grade 11 provincials so when I
called them after they freaked out and
it was just awesome
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there’s talk of gold and gold and more
gold here at Central monx a mining
conference taking place today in Gander
folks that are looking for employment uh
we’re certainly hiring a lot right now I
I think we’ve got something like 60 job
uh ads out at the moment uh for
different positions and we’re hiring uh
we’re going to be we’re hiring about
another 150 before the end of the year
we’ll have that story tonight on here
now
while temperatures are certainly warm
for parts of the province teens up
across parts of Labrador there is snow
on the way though and I’ll get into all
of that when I come back
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the weather and not great out there
today Ashley we saw the Deputy Prime
Minister at Mount Pearl earlier and uh
she looked pretty cold she looked cold
uh certainly and uh you know other parts
of the province so as I mentioned a
little bit earlier certainly seeing some
nice weather not the Cas for most of the
island let take a look at what’s going
on right now so we’ve got an area of low
pressure to the South lots of moisture
associated with that as well a couple of
fronts also playing a role in what’s
happening at the moment uh warm front to
for Southeastern Labrador there’s no
surprise there you are seeing
temperatures well into the teens uh but
we do have that onshore flow that is
keeping some of the cooler temperatures
across the island uh at the moment and
we’ve got this cold pocket of air just
to the West that is affecting lab City
at the moment and most of uh Northern
portions of Labrador and this front uh
is going to sink South as we head
through the night so that is going to
creep uh that easterly uh the cold air
East as we head through tonight
temperatures uh overnight we’re sitting
into the minus single digits uh even
through parts of central we were seeing
that as well but they’ve recovered quite
nicely uh especially for Southeastern
portions of Labrador as I as I showed
you but 3 to 7 degrees 8 degrees even uh
across the Island today but we do have
some colder temperatures on the way
tonight uh especially for the northern
Peninsula so uh current conditions the
fog has retreated just a little bit at
the moment uh just about a half hour ago
this was completely uh covered in fog
but we’re at about six degrees in St
John’s feels more like two degrees with
that windchill but we’re seeing those
southerly winds uh at the moment so it
is leading to windchills feeling more
like minus four in Bonavista minus two
in Gander and uh still a evening uh for
those of you that are lucky enough to
see those temperatures uh tonight so the
satellite radar we’ve been seeing on and
off showers for most of the day more
steady showers for the west coast and if
I stop the radar picture here uh we are
going to start to see some of that
freezing rain uh likely for the northern
Peninsula and that will be the story
tonight some of the heavier showers
though for the West Coast we can
anticipate that will continue tonight as
well um eventually easing as we get into
the morning but Environment Canada has a
couple of warnings in place freezing
rain warnings for Southeastern portions
of Labrador as well as Northern
Peninsula East and then a blowing snow
advisory for uh Movic and uh it is going
to feel very wintry over the next couple
of days for you but as those
temperatures drop tonight for the
northern Peninsula Southeastern Labrador
in fact you’ll probably see the start of
snow and then it will transition through
to freezing rain uh but that’s really
the best place that uh the best chance
where we’re going to see that otherwise
the chance of showers will generally
continue across the island then we’ve
we’ve got this snow in a swath uh pretty
much from Lab West through the northern
Labrador and that will uh fill in
essentially as we head into tomorrow
morning now temperatures tonight are
going to stay relatively mild 4 to about
8 degrees across the Island northern
Peninsula though Southeastern labor much
cooler than that hovering around zero
hence that freezing rain and then into
about minus 12 uh for those of you in
lab City now along the south coast of
the island where you’re in onshore flow
definitely fog tonight and you’re
looking at temperatures between 1 and
four degrees now as we head into
tomorrow that snow will fill in like I
said temperatures really cold in the
upper levels so we’re looking at uh you
know 10 to 15 maybe even 20 cmers of
snow possible with those cold
temperatures in the upper levels there’s
no uh it’s very easy for the snow to
accumulate and we’re eventually going to
see things clear out for a good chunk of
the island tomorrow except for those of
you on the west coast onshore flurries
uh certainly possible temperatures much
colder than they have been and
eventually we’ll see that clearing as we
head into Friday morning uh further east
as well and the weather will eventually
improve improve for those of you up
across the Big L daytime highs tomorrow
are really going to vary depending on
where you are central eastern areas of
the island 12 13 degrees for tomorrow uh
you’re in onshore flow though along the
South Coast 6 to 7 degrees through the
day you can expect some fog to linger as
well West Coast very windy tomorrow 50
to 80 kilm per hour uh those onshore
flurries again 2 to 4° as your daytime
highs and then Labrador single digits
for the southeast but you’re still
sitting well below zero for the West
we’ll talk about the long range when I
come
back thanks Ashley gold prices hit a
record high this month so you can guess
what the Hot Topic is at a mining
conference happening in central Newland
hundreds of delegates have gathered in
Gander for the central minex trade show
and as here inos Troy Turner reports
it’s gold that’s all the rage
there were Prospectors service and
supply companies and people in
Exploration but gold took center stage
at Gander MX conference we’ve been in
development now construction that is
since uh October 2022 uh we’re
approaching 65% complete in terms of our
construction uh things are going quite
well we’re on schedule to uh to reach
actual gold production in uh in the
first half of 2025 caliber mining who
purchased marathon gold is leading gold
exploration in the province located near
Millertown an area the company says
contains the largest undeveloped gold
resource in Atlantic Canada it’s really
good uh I’ve been I’ve been a part of
projects all over the province for for
about 25 years now uh very few prod like
from a mineral Discovery to actual uh to
actually creating a mine and producing
uh minerals and and uh from the ground
takes a long time but it actually is
very rare and people don’t realize how
rare that is the central MX trade show
is a great networking tool for caliber
it’s an opportunity to meet with
suppliers uh folks that are looking for
employment we’re certainly hiring a lot
right now I I think we’ve got something
like 60 job uh ads out at the moment uh
for different positions and we’re hiring
uh we’re going to be we’re hiring about
another 150 before the end of the year
and there are companies here following
calibur’s lead hoping to be the next big
gold project in the province we’re
exploring for gold we had our first gold
Discovery uh on Bullseye property we’ve
got a great land position on the Alon
fault which is the famous fault line
that has new founds had like 20 gold
discoveries so far it’s uh germinating
right now and so with the high gold
price and also uh more focus on the the
area and the land uh there’s been and
things haven’t stopped so we’ve been
working really hard over the last two
years to get everything ready and now
you know hopefully we’re on the start of
a new bull market for gold and that’ll
allow not just Matador but all the other
gold exploration companies in Newland um
to make a big Discovery and and that
would be ultimately benef The Province
Chrisman Pike was a panelist at the
session on investments earlier today he
says the record high price of gold is
helping them attract investors been a
hard industry uh mining and mineral
exploration the last couple of years uh
to raise the capital but things are on
the turn the price of gold now has just
hit $2,400 which is the highest it’s
ever been and there’s new sentiment now
moving forward to to to you know invest
into newf labador for the next big gold
mine a bright future of mining could
mean great employment opportunities for
Youth of the province
schools in the area are taking in the
conference I’ve learned that there’s a
lot more like opportunities and job
opportunities with like the mining and
like the oil and all that and I find
that’s really fascinating yeah a lot of
people talk about it pretty often since
they find a lot of like gold there and
stuff and a lot of people I’ve seen have
been interested in going into it for
Robinette the conference was an
eyeopener to the entire mining Community
I thought they only found like gold here
but it turns out they find multiple
other things and I never realized just
how many companies and different
businesses are in this area I’ve only
really heard about the one in Glenwood
but coming here I found out there’s
multiple as caliber expects to take gold
out of the ground in 2025 the future is
looking bright here in newf Labrador and
the exploration companies agree they say
gold will be a game changer for this
province for years to come Troy Turner
CBC News
Gander wasn’t their first trip for the
day uh the weather wasn’t perfect but it
wasn’t terrible as again that’s a report
I’ve received tragedy on the west coast
as two Harvesters two generations of one
family lost their lives while fishing in
lar Harbor we’ll hear from a friend and
fellow Harvester just ahead
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well the local fishing industry is
reeling from the latest tragedy at Sea
on Sunday Trevor Childs and his nephew
Nicholas Skinner died while setting
Lobster pots both men were from the
South Shore of bay of islands Jason
spingle was the ffaw inshore council rep
for that area for 16 years he’s driving
across the island on his way to attend
the funeral and he stopped in Gander to
speak with us uh thanks so much for
being here Jason and so sorry for your
loss thank you so much uh I guess it was
on behalf of all Harvesters and all
members you know we’re all uh deeply
deeply saddened heartbroken really by
this on so many fronts and uh say on the
way now back to the West Coast the
funerals on Friday and uh I’ll be
attending I’m sure with a lot of
Harvesters from all around the region
for sure to pay our respects to Trevor
and Nicholas and your families and you
knew Trevor child’s personally uh what
can you tell tell us about
him uh just a very uh positive young man
had a smile on his face most of the time
really uh
softspoken and uh if he had an issue he
dealt with it in a very uh direct but
calm way easy to talk to what I’ve been
thinking about with Trevor is you know
that smile the grein kind of positive
grin that if your side you know would
just make you feel better and just how
happy he was about you know making a
living in his community where he grew up
excited about the fishery lobsters were
picking you know starting to pick up and
catching price and uh you know we had
secured some halibut quota and just uh
just happy about uh the the the looking
forward to building a life uh with his
family and uh being a part of the
fishing industry and of course he was uh
there in the vessel with his his nephew
nick uh who you didn’t uh know but he
was such a young man and I believe today
would have been his 27th
birthday uh my understanding is uh
pretty sure 27th birthday today I don’t
know if you can make it any more
heart-wrenching than it is Carolyn but
uh you know to when I heard that
yesterday that it was Nicholas’s
birthday today it just uh I don’t know
it’s uh really unbelievable and
uh I can’t get any sadder but I guess it
adds another element to it about the
realization of this right should have
been uh fishing today and celebrating
his birthday right so what have you been
hearing about him I think it’s lot like
as Uncle Trevor a quiet friendly young
man really uh excited about being
involved in the fishing industry as I
said that as Trevor had taken him under
his wing and he was looking forward to
uh building a career as a professional
fish Harvester and you know being a part
of the future of our Coastal communities
is communities of uh you know lar haror
and um and it’s like I said to have two
young people taking away as uh like I
said before every life is precious but
when you’re talking about young people
that’s you know that’s had many many
decades in front of them to be uh you
know unfortunately Tak away it’s a it’s
a blow it’s a blow in many fronts to the
communities to the region to our
Province really and we we got to we got
to move on but it’s uh it doesn’t make
it any easier for sure you mentioned
their age and I’ll just say that Trevor
was 44 years old so 44 year old and and
27 year old
taken yeah and like I said I mentioned
Trevor’s uh children there and his wife
young family uh three children
uh two uh two under between five and 10
and one I think their youngest is only
two so it’s uh certainly everyone’s
thinking about his wife and his children
and his mom and dad and and sister there
so I just can’t imagine uh you know what
they’re having to deal with but we we’ve
got to be strong we’ve got to help them
get through it that’s that’s what we’ve
got to do but it’s going to be a tough
season for uh for everyone I think on
the west coast in many respects for for
Harvesters everywhere you know this
seems like I think it is to to most of
our members Harvesters in particular
that have reached out to me with their
condolences and their
respects uh but it’s going to it’s going
to be a tough year in lar Harbor and
York
Harbor and uh and I guess time will help
but it’s it’s uh it’s going to be very
difficult for 2024 that’s for sure we
know that they were out setting Lobster
pots but do we know yet what went wrong
or do we have any idea yet about what
happened I guess the details will come
out the authorities with the province
and you know Federal involved here the
transport safety board for example I’m
sure will be evolved I’m sure there will
be a report at some point but uh The
Vessel capsized and they they went into
water and we know what the temperature
of water is at this time of year it’s uh
literally you know uh even with
and you know it’s literally uh minutes
that you have to get out of that water
before the before the uh
hypothermia takes away your uh your
abilities right yeah and as you say the
investigation I’m sure we will have all
of this information do we know if
flotation uh devices were being used my
understanding again this is so I’m given
unofficial report but I believe from a
very good source uh is that yes they
were both wearing flotation devices yeah
well Jason spingle it’s just such a
terrible tragedy but we really
appreciate you taking the time to speak
with us and uh safe driving on your way
to the West
Coast thanks Carolyn and uh you know
like I said uh we’re I’m going to attend
the funeral on behalf of our membership
and uh hopefully there’s some comfort in
knowing that there’s so many people that
are sharing some of this heartbreak with
them uh although none of us can really
understand it but we’ll do the best we
can and uh certainly that’s what we have
to do so thank you thank you
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well a homeless tent encampment in St
John’s is growing desite government
promises months ago to have everyone
living there moved into housing by
Christmas a fire at a tent there earlier
this week has raised more concerns about
the safety of the people living there
and in the House of Assembly today the
new housing Minister faced tough
questions about the
situation Minister of Housing who still
doesn’t have a mandate said that those
who are living at 10th City are
protesters quite
clearly while the organizers make call
their involved a protest I asked the
minister and the premier for that matter
are you actually saying that you believe
that the people are living in this tent
in the tents during some of the most
harshest weather are are are simply
protesting because I can assure you
they’re not despite what you just said
Mr Speaker it is not what I said but let
me be clear there are there are two
aspects to this there are people who
need help and we are offering the help
on a regular basis we understand that
nobody on this side of the house that
side of the house or outside side of the
house is disputing that people need our
help which is why we are making a record
investment in housing but what I will
say Mr Speaker is there are very clearly
uh protest aspects to this and I will
quote one of the organizers from the CBC
yesterday this is still 100% a protest I
asked the
premier will he admit that his key goal
here is to clear out 10 City before the
start of the tourism season The
Honorable min
rousing Mr Speaker the key goal is to
clear 10 City so that the people living
there are living somewhere safe that is
what our goal
is that is why this government is making
a record investment in housing that is
why we have a transitional supportive
initiative we are we have partnered with
our Community Partners who know what the
needs
are but I will tell you this as well Mr
Speaker sometimes and I have heard from
our Community Partners that the folks
who are protesting are impeding our
ability to convince people if what
options are available might be better
suited for
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them well let’s head to Prince Edward
Island now for a little inspiration Joe
dun is turning heads by doing flips
handstands and rope climbing all at 79
years of age people try to keep up with
him but he’s Leaps and Bounds ahead just
see for yourself
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anytime I’d ever watch the Olympics or
anything like that it was the one sport
would hold my attention and I said when
I was in my 40s I said I’d love to give
that a try sometime thinking I’d never
get the
opportunity every time I’m here I’m
inspired by Joe but what he does he was
definitely growing the sport everyone’s
OB was like oh no too old and like I can
assure you you were not we have someone
who is 79 turning 80 um and he comes and
he participates and he’s catching better
every
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time and I said to the coach well uh I’m
not a parent I’m a grandparent and he
said well it’s a pretty rugged class but
if you want to give it a what do people
say to you when they see you doing
gymnastics well they’re surprised most
of them well they think like you said
they think it’s for younger folks which
it is if you’re going to be a competitor
and that it is too but you can still
have fun with
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it okay I’ll do it as long as they can
as long as they feel healthy and great
yeah give it a try you’ll enjoy it
there’s a few Growing Pains until you
get in condition for it but once you do
it’s
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great well new US military aid is set to
start making its way to Ukraine US
President Joe Biden has signed a funding
bill will provide up to $60 billion in
assistance for the fight against
Russia I’m making sure the shipments
start right away in the next few hours
literally the few hours we’re going to
begin sending in equipment to uh Ukraine
for air defense Munitions for artillery
for Rocket systems and armored vehicles
Biden calls the bill an investment in us
and European security he says defeating
Russia and Ukraine will greatly reduce
the risk of a wider conflict that could
draw NATO into the fighting the bill
also provides assistance to Israel Gaza
Taiwan and the Indo Pacific
region and staying South of the Border
the clock is ticking for the social
media app tick talk the funding bill
signed by President Biden today contains
contentious legislation that could ban
the platform in the United States
the new law calls on Tik tok’s Chinese
parent company to sell the app by the
end of the year or be blocked in the US
American lawmakers say the platform
could be a national security threat Tik
Tock has 170 million users in the US the
company says it will fight the bill
calling it unconstitutional
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well engineers at columia Columbia
University have made a robot that can
mimic human facial expressions
researchers say uh the creation of the
robot named emu represents a major
advance in communication between humans
and
robots as so robots become more advanced
and complicated like those powered by AI
models there’s a growing need to make
this interactions more intuitive emo can
anticipate human facial expressions and
mimic them even predicting a forthcoming
smile milliseconds before it happens
robots have made strides in verbal
communication in recent years but
they’ve lagged behind when it comes to
facial cues the engineers plan to
integrate verbal communication into to
EMU to allow the robot to take part in
complex and natural
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conversations yeah and that’s not creepy
one bit not at all no no not wor at all
that’s pretty incredible though it
really is it really is uh what’s
happening in AR artificial intelligence
and all of that is uh it’s wild Leaps
and Bounds yes for sure okay so let’s
talk about the weather something a
little bit more simple I
guess it has not been that simple this
winter uh yeah we’re returning to more
winter Lake uh especially up across
portions of Labrador uh but let’s just
take a look at what’s going on so you’re
going to see uh that snow uh through the
night on Thursday and uh eventually we
will see that taper off as we get into
uh the overnight period but we could be
talking about 15 to 20meters of snow
especially towards coastal areas like
around Movic uh back towards Happy
Valley goosebay you’re talking about 10
to 15 that’s likely uh but that will
clear out as we head into Friday uh
afternoon we should actually see some
sun in the mix uh generally cloudy
though for the Southeastern portions of
Labrador most of the island as well uh
there’s there’s likely we will see the
Sun at sometimes but we will see uh
those clouds uh move in for a good chunk
of the afternoon daytime highs will be
around one degree for those of you on
the west coast through Central and
Eastern areas of the island you are
looking at your temperatures around 7°
and most of Labrador you will be above
zero except for the north uh where your
temperatures will hover aroundus 4
through the afternoon now as we head
into the evening hours on Friday into
Saturday Ridge of high pressure
generally on tap which means we are
going to see some sunshine quiet weather
uh for the most part but we’re still
going to see that onshore flow which is
going to keep cooler temperatures around
it looks like for Saturday it’s been a
flip-flop in the forecast but uh for now
that’s what it’s looking like uh we’ll
see some more clouds move in for those
of you on the western uh portion of
Labrador and then maybe uh a few showers
uh towards the north overall daytime
High single digits uh really not moving
too too much across the island double
digits though up across Labrador 12 Dees
in Happy Valley goosebay 10 in lab City
but you head towards the coast and those
temperatures will be a little bit uh
colder than that long range forecast
four or five degrees through the day our
overnight lows will dip into the minus
single digits uh at this point looking
like some showers will return Sunday and
Monday uh but a nice stretch of weather
until we get there although it will be a
tad cooler and then for Central areas of
the island you’re looking at a daytime
high around 14 degrees for Sunday and
then dropping as we see some showers
move in on Monday and then uh for
Western newand staying in the double
digits just barely but you’ll see some
showers as well Eastern Labrador nice
stretch of weather I guess we don’t get
to see the rest of everything that’s
okay well you can
see there let show you the weather photo
cuz it is a beautiful weather photo uh
this one another golden hour I had to uh
share this one it was a lovely shot
there and uh yeah this is KCK Island it
looked uh yeah look I thought it was all
rock and click for a second there when
it was smaller but now I can see its
trees it’s beautiful yeah great shot
there thank you so much uh yeah Sherry
you sent that great shot in if you have
any other photos that you would like to
share with us you can send them to NLOS
cbc.ca you little gremlins in our system
tonight I think all good yes it’s live
television is the way way it is emo at
work there you go all right well that is
it for us uh thank you so much for
spending part of your evening with us
good night
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