National Crime Rankings 2009

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Features
Northern blight Canada’s real violent-crime hot spot is three tiny cities in the north	How to fight the gangs Gang-related crime is rising, overwhelming authorities. Something can be done.	The Interview: Michael Chettleburgh The author of ‘Young Thugs,’ on suburbanization of gangsters, what’s really going on in Vancouver and the Harper government’s proposed gang legislation
Homicide: Port Coquitlam Murder rate in this bedroom community is 365 per cent above the national average	Sexual Assault: St. John, N.B. “We’ve had a huge increase in our pediatric numbers which is quite distressing”	Aggravated Assault: Saskatoon Restructuring of police force has put 32 more cops on the street
Robbery: Saskatoon City’s robbery rate is 266 per cent above the national average	Auto Theft: Winnipeg Too much joyriding in the ‘Peg