In a banner headline story across page B1 of the Edmonton Journal for 21 July
2006, Statistics Canada reports that Edmonton Canada is now the crime capital
of Canada!
The Edmonton region homicide/murder rate is documented at 4.3 per 100,000
people, compared to only 2.0 for crime-ridden Toronto!!
And, the Edmonton stats do not include bodies found outside the area, from the
notorious Edmonton serial killer of female prostitiutes!
And the city wonders why it is getting such bad international publicity,
mainly caused by the crooked cops, who apparently can not even catch a cold,
let alone the serial murderer, who is suspected by many, to be either a cop,
judge or criminologist.
On 20 Jul 2006 18:27:16 -0700, gregpcarr@yahoo.ca wrote:
>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/20072006/6/n-canada-murder-rate-shoots-decade-high.html
>Murder rate shoots up to decade-high
>Thu Jul 20, 3:38 PM
>OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's murder rate shot up last year to its
>highest in nearly a decade, putting the country's peace-loving
>reputation on the line.
> Statistics Canada said 658 people were murdered last year, meaning the
>homicide rate was up 4 percent from 2004. It gave no reason for the
>increase, which followed a dramatic 13 percent jump in 2004.
>The national homicide rate was 2 per 100,000 population, Statscan said.
>That is relatively low by international standard and less than half
>that of the U.S. rate, which was 5.5 per 100,000 in 2004, according to
>the FBI.
>Canadians were shocked last year by a spate of shooting deaths in
>Toronto, where the homicide rate jumped 9 percent. However, Edmonton,
>the capital of the western province of Alberta, was the most
>murder-ridden place to be last year, with 4.3 homicides per 100,000
>people.
>Another high-profile case involved four Royal Canadian Mounted Police
>officers being shot dead in March last year as they investigated a
>farmhouse in Alberta. The gunman killed himself.
>The growing number of shooting deaths has put pressure on the
>government to clamp down on handguns.
>Other serious violent crimes such as attempted murder and assaults with
>a weapon also rose last year but the overall crime rate fell 5 percent
>because fewer non-violent crimes were reported.
>The national crime rate has been relatively stable since 1999.
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>So much for the frequently touted lie that the murder rate in this
>country is falling. Bring back capital punishment for murder when there
>is no doubt.
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