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Supreme court judge sentenced the Man who set a House fire that killed five people in 2006 to 25 years in prison without parole sunday. A jury of nine men and three women found Nathan Fry 20, guilty of five counts of first degree murder. Adela Eti Bako 39, and three of her children Edita 12, Benedicta 9, and eight year old Stephane died in the May 15, 2006 Blaze. Boling Eti Bakows Girlfriend 17 year old Ashley Singh also died. Boling the sole survivor of the fire leapt out an upper floor window and suffered severe Burns. Fry was also convicted of attempted murder in the Case of Boling Eti Bako who spent months in Hospital after the fire. In the matter of a few minutes you caused the deaths of five victims five people against whom you had no grudge whatsoever Pitfield told Fry. The judge called the crime planned and deliberate cruel and calculated. Pitfield said Fry had shown no remorse for the deaths no sympathy for the family. Prosecutors alleged Fry set the Blaze to get Back at Boling Eti Bako then 16, for implicating him in two stabbings earlier that year. Because he was willing to talk to police you developed a dislike of him Pitfield said. This is the result Pitfield told Fry. These five individuals. Had come to this country from the Congo looking for a life of safety and Opportunity. In a videotape made by undercover police and shown in court Fry said he bought fuel from a Gas station broke a window at the Eti Bako Home dumped the gasoline and used a Torch to ignite the Blaze. Fry 20, testified he did not set the Blaze and that he was ripping off a marijuana grow operation at the time. The Canadian press o Ottawa Canadas venerable Penny now costs More than a cent to make according to secret documents obtained by can West news service. The documents obtained through the Access to information act from the Bank of Canada say that due to rising labour Metal and other manufacturing and distribution costs each Penny now costs More than one cent to produce. The line was contained in a facts on the Penny Section which was marked secret in notes from a tripartite group of government officials which include the Bank the finance department and the Royal Canadian mint a Crown corporation. The group met last dec. 5 and of the 22 pages obtained from that meeting Only the facts Page and a list of attendees at the meeting came through uncensored. The rest of the notes were blacked out under a Section of the Access Law that allows the government to refuse to release some information. The fact the documents state the Penny costs More than a cent to produce is significant because the mint has always said it costs less than a cent to make and because the future of the Coin is the subject of debate within the government and with Independent economists. The group called the Penny review group met at least twice last year the documents show with another meeting in january 2008. At both 2007 meetings there were 14 and 15 officials present respectively. The mint has been very Coy about revealing the actual Cost of the Penny and what it includes to calculate that Cost. It cities Competition for not saying exactly How much a Penny costs to make even though it has a monopoly on Coin production in Canada. When you take the material Cost the Metal Cost currently it is just slightly less than a cent said Christine Aquino a mint spokeswoman. When asked to explain what the other things or costs Are that Are involved Aquino said Well theress a lot of other things such As production direct labour theress packaging distribution of the coins overhead costs All those things. Francois Dupuis a vice president and chief economist with the studies Branch of the Desjardins banking group estimates the Cost of producing a Penny at closer to 1.5 to two cents per Coin once labour production and transport Are considered. The mint has been saying for Many years it costs .8 cents to produce a Penny. They Only consider direct production costs which Are the costs of metals he said. New Democrat my Pat Martin who tabled a private members Bill to eliminate the Penny last april has said the actual Cost is closer to six cents per Coin but the mint has flatly denied that. Other studies have pegged the Cost at four cents. If the Penny were to be replaced prices would be rounded to the nearest Nickel either higher or lower on the total amount of purchases. Can West news service Quick facts on the Penny if All the pennies minted since 1908 were. L Aid next to each other they would go around the Earth almost 16 times. If they were stacked on top of each other. T hey would go 49,000 pm into space. The first Penny was produced at the mints Ottawa Plant in Jan. 2, 1908. For its first 88 years the Penny was mostly Copper. Composition of Penny 94 per cent steel 1.5 per cent Nickel and 4.5 per cent Copper. The Penny Isnit dropping Cost of making one cent Coin greater than its face value by Jack Branswell and Ken Meaney Edmonton police in Alberta launched a massive manhunt sunday night after seven year old Anastasia Whetton was taken from a North Edmonton Park Only to escape her Abductor hours later and 100 Kilometres away. While we Are very very Happy that Anastasia has been located this investigation is far from Over Edmonton police chief Mike Boyd told reporters after the girl was found Safe about 3 p. M. At a business in Evansburg West of the Alberta capital. We Are ramping up our investigation and we Are focusing on persons of interest and we Are asking for help from the Public in identifying this suspect. Until we identify the offender involved in this we will be pulling out All the stops. Boyd could not comment on whether the girl had been harmed but said doctors will be involved in examining her. He say How the girl escaped though ctr news reported she had escaped while the suspect was filling up at a Gas station. The attendant apparently recognized the vehicle from an Amber Alert that was issued after she was abducted around 11 30 a. M. As the attendant moved toward the Blue Sun she leapt from it and ran to him. The suspect drove off with the Gas pump Hose still connected to his vehicle. The suspect is described As caucasian in his late 20s or Early 30s, clean shaven and balding. The Canadian press arsonist sentenced to 25 years no parole by Jeremy Hainsworth girl found police search for Abductor Les Bazso / can West news service the Mother and brother of Nathan Fry leave b. C. Supreme court on sunday. A _ 08_ oct 06 08. Ind a8 1 0/ 5/ 08 9 54 46 pm ;