Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 6, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press june 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 druggists vote to follow conscience morning after Pill Sale a personal Choice by Nick Martin some Manitoba pharmacists could refuse on personal moral grounds to Dis Pense the morning after Pill when it becomes available the Protection of conscience a North american coalition supporting pharmacists who exercise their con science in dispensing says the Manitoba pharmaceutical association decided at its recent annual general meeting to formally adopt a Freedom of conscience project administrator Sean Murphy said from Powell that the major concern in Canada will be the Likely widespread availability of the morn i Gafter if taken within 72 hours of it prevents ovulation and implantation of a fertilized Murphy said conscientious objectors believe that Conception within their per Sonal definition May already have occurred immediately after sex and before the Pill is which in effect would cause an they do not consider pregnancy an illness or Fertility a mpa executive director Ron guse said yesterday that Manitoba pharmacists support for a conscience clause on the basis of moral or religious objections does not specifically mention the morn i Gafter or any other drug or treat pharmacists would simply Tell a patient that they could not provide a particular and should not discuss their personal objections with the he the patient could go to another Back to his or her or to the nearest Hospital to get the prescription guse it really Hast been a hot said who was unaware How often Manitoba pharmacists have personal objections to in the Murphy some pharmacists refuse to dispense birth control pills or medication they believe May be used for euthanasia or assisted but a local women health advocate urged Manitoba pharmacists not to deny women Access to their healthcare its very i think its said Barbara executive director of the women health while the morning after Pill is now available a physicians pre Wiktorowicz said it should be accessible Over the counter from pharmacists who should do nothing More than note possible Sid effects such As nausea and explain its a pharmacists refusal would be a major problem in Rural Manitoba or Iso lated she Jeff de Booy Winnipeg free press big fans As Premier Gary doer looks Winnipeg Blue bombers head coach Dave Ritchie asks Rubin Hurricane Carter for an autograph a Boxer who served 13 years in prison for a murder he did not was at the convention Cen tre to address the Nymha i Brief distillery staying Seagram Gimli Seagram distillery May be losing the Only rail line to ship its liquor out but the company says its staying Canadian Pacific railways will close the rail line from Selkirk to Gimli because of Low traffic vol the company announced last Seagram uses the line to move supplies in and the liquor out to bottling plants in Canada and the were committed to the say a Seagram new York Cit based the company would not comment on what transportation options the company would discussion of alternatives to rail transport Are said the car has Only targeted the line for closing but Hast terminated it she but a car spokesman last week said the railway will pull the railway will offer the rail line for Sale to interested buyers in the private and then Public according to the regulations set Down under the Canadian transportation Gimli mayor William Barlow said Hes still heard nothing from either car or Seagram since last weeks the town will discuss options with other municipalities along the the 30yearold Seagram Plant is said he int concerned about the future of the just the future of the rail line that serves suspect stabs himself a robbery suspect who had to be subdued with Pepper Spray stabbed himself in the neck with a knife before police were Able to Nab on sunday a Shell Gas bar on Sherbrook Street and a Mcdonalds restaurant on Portage Avenue were robbed by a Man brandishing a police were at the Gas station investigating the first robbery when they became aware of the when they got to the police chased the suspect and cornered the suspect began threatening the police with the knife and was he then turned the knife on himself before being the suspect was taken to where he is in stable he faces robber related new Law safety net for online shoppers consumer Protection legislation wont be lost in cyberspace nip by Doug Nairne the doer govern ment has introduced what it Bills As the country first Commerce the new rules give online Consumers the ability to reverse credit card charges if they Are scammed and make it easier for electronic documents like email to be considered As Legal Docu Industry minister Maryann Mihaychuk said the legislation will also direct government departments to make More services Avail Able Over the the net is a peo ple Are going online and it is the Way of the she the changes will help peo ple do business with the government and with each other on the Mihaychuk said Manitoba will join with some american states that have consumer Protection Laws for online she said if a per son does not receive the goods As and can not come to an agreement with the Selling the credit card Agency will have to refund the Cost of the Pur there will be an onus on visa or Mastercard to pro vide a refund and then go after the company for the she its not going to be but at least this Bill gives us some Legal clout to go after them and get some Karen executive director of smart said Manitoba lacks the financial resources to be a Leader in but she said the legislation is still innovative when compared to what is happening its very Good that they Are looking at doing More in the virtual she we need to make it As easy As possible for people to interact the legislation requires amendments to the con Sumer Protection act and the Manitoba evidence it is expected to be passed into Law later this by formally recognizing electronic Docu signatures and con tracts As the government will give the data the same standing As their paper Mihaychuk said an increasing amount of government forms will be available for completion using the she said the property registration office is the one of first departments that will go people will soon be Able to file new Busi Ness forms online As cemetery Vandal gets conditional sentence by Mike Mclntyre a Winnipeg teen will not go to jail for a senseless act of cemetery vandalism which outraged the Shawna was Given a nine month conditional sentence to be served in the followed by two years of supervised at her sentencing provincial court associate chief judge Bruce Miller said he agonized Over his Given the outcry following last augusts desecration at the hebrew sick Benefit it caused considerable pain and suf Fering and not Only for the jew ish population but for society As a said it has been Felt at an International beyond the boundaries of our City and our Lehr pleaded guilty last telling the court she and some friends went to the cemetery for a thrill following a night of More than 300 headstones were top some of them smashed to causing Miller said Lehr positive background outweighed the need for a jail sentence As the Crown had the video store clerk has no previous criminal record and has expressed genuine remorse Over her said she has also been deemed a Lowrick to re offend by probation Miller also noted there was no Evi Dence the attack was racially motivate but that does not in any shape or form excuse or explain her he As part of her Lehr must abide by a with the exception of work or medical Miller also ordered her to attend a holocaust education seminar through the Winnipeg jewish Community coun and to repay her portion of the dam age caused to the which amounts to three other accused have pleaded guilty and Are awaiting come out and this june Post time it press Day was celebrate free press Day at the Downs with coupons for great 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