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News from Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, 18 July.

A 64-year-old man from St. John's was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving an SUV and a motorhome in the Goulds area of St. John's.

The driver of the motorhome, a 58-year-old woman, was seriously injured and taken to the hospital.

The police are urging anyone with dash cam footage of the area prior to the crash to come forward to assist in the ongoing investigation.

2. A 77-year-old man died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on the TCH near Soldier's Pond.

The driver was the only person involved in the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing, and the office of the chief Medical Examiner has been notified.

3. A driver is without their motorcycle after being caught traveling nearly twice the speed limit. RNC clocked the machine going 173 km/h in a 90 km/h zone on Robert E Howlett Memorial Drive. The driver was ticketed and the motorcycle seized.

4. A man has been arrested after an unusual incident in downtown St. John's last night. A drunken man jumped into the back seat of a passing convertible. RNC located the vehicle charged the 24 year old with causing a disturbance, resisting arrest, assaulting a peace officer, breach of court orders and breach of probation. The man was released with a future court date [per VOCM].

5. Holy Trinity High in Torbay has suffered significant damage from vandalism, including broken windows and graffiti.

The estimated cost of the damage is around $10,000, which the English School District will cover for necessary repairs before the school year starts.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) is currently investigating the incident and will be monitoring the area to prevent future vandalism.

6. Politicians are expressing concerns about the limited availability of water bombers in Newfoundland and Labrador, leaving the province vulnerable to wildfires.

The shortage of aircraft and crews is exacerbated by the high volume of wildfires outside the province, making it unlikely for other provinces to provide assistance.

The union which represents forestry firefighters, says the province would not have the capacity to properly respond to a situation which developed in central Newfoundland last year. NAPE president Jerry Earle says only one water bomber was available on the weekend, but government waited too long to address concerns raised by the union about a shortage of aircraft pilots and ground crews. He says recruitment and retention of the water bomber fleet should have been put to bed before the fire season not during [per VOCM].

The government should consider increasing compensation for pilots and adopting more flexible policies regarding their time off.

7. Earlier this month, a dog in Quebec was rescued after being left outside in a crate for 48 hours during a heat wave.

Now, a local veterinarian in St John's wants to make sure that people are going about things the right way.

For some dog owners, the first instinct may be to pour icy cold water on their dogs or lay a really cold towel across them. However, veterinarian Maggie Brown Berry warns against this and says that it may do more harm than good.

She explains that dogs don't cool themselves down like humans. They cool down by panting. They also have sweat glands on their paws. The problem is when people suggest sort of going for freezing cold or ice being applied to the the dogs that they think are overheating is that actually causes the small skin vessels on the surface to shrink and move the heat more internally. So they might feel cooler on the surface, but internally there's still overheating. So it kind of can definitely make the situation worse. It also can be bad to bring their body temperature down too quickly. [Per VOCM].

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