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The Canadian penny’s use now exists only in our thoughts — and on our credit-card statements. The beginning of this week marked the end of trading in the penny when completing cash transactions. In a cost-saving measure, the Royal Canadian Mint stopped producing pennies last spring and, effective this week, will stop circulating the iconic brown coins. Any pennies that land in bank vaults will be sent to the Mint.
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As a result, rounding up and rounding down may join double-double in the Canadian vernacular. The federal government has proposed rounding up or down, to the closest five-cent increment, be used in cash transactions. While plenty of pennies may find their way to jars and drawers to be held as keepsakes, a number of companies — including Home Depot and Tim Hortons — are collecting the coins for charity purposes.
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McLeod does not support fellow MPs’ abortion probe By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
While Kamloops’ pro-life activists are supporting a trio of Conservative MPs calling for an investigation into “homicides” stemming from later-term abortions, the city’s Conservative MP isn’t interested in taking up the call. “I’m not getting into the specifics of their letter,” Cathy McLeod told KTW when reached for comment in Ottawa. “I haven’t read their letter and I’ve been in meetings all day, so I haven’t had a chance to look at the details.” The three MPs — Maurice Vellacott, Leon Benoit and Wladyslaw Lizon — have penned a letter to the RCMP, asking the force to investigate cases in which late-term abortions have resulted in live births, with the newborns dying shortly after. The trio highlights
‘I think the issue has been settled in terms of the Canadian public and it is a decision, a very private decision and a very difficult decision, between the mother, her partner and the doctor.’ — Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod
Statistics Canada data originally published on the pro-life blog Run With Life, which shows 491 reported cases of this type of abortion between 2000 and 2009. “These killings appear to have started out as attempted abortions, but the babies were born alive,” the MPs write.
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“According to the Criminal Code, a child is considered to be a human being and a person after proceeding fully from the mother’s womb, therefore . . . there should be 491 homicide investigations or prosecutions in connection with these deaths.” The Kamloops Pro Life society has since issued its own call for an investigation and group spokeswoman Marlene Campbell said the numbers show Canada needs some restrictions on when abortions can be performed in the course of a pregnancy. “Later-term abortions, this is a result, that they’re born alive sometimes,” she said. “And, sometimes they only take a few breaths. I realize that, but sometimes they don’t and they struggle and, with a bit of help, they might survive.”
Young gymnasts Grace Dickinson (left), Jenna Bruno and Cole Lewis practise at the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre at the Tournament Capital Centre. The centre has gymnastics programs for kids of all ages and abilities. Go online to kgtc.ca for all the information. Dave Eagles/KTW
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