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Canada's Homicide Rate Declines To 44-Year Low

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10...n_1032646.html

The number of homicides in Canada last year fell to the lowest level in 44 years, according to Statistics Canada, a decrease the agency says was driven largely by fewer incidents in major cities and the western provinces.

In 2010, police reported 554 homicides in Canada, 56 fewer than the year before, the agency reported Tuesday, following a decade of relative stability. The homicide rate fell to 1.62 for every 100,000 population, its lowest level since 1966, the agency says.