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Old Posted Jan 22, 2012, 12:23 AM
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Police killings don't count as murders.
They CAN count as murders, but usually don't.

That said, for some reporting purposes (and I don't get this, but it's sometimes done), the "homicide rate" counts not only killings by police in the conduct of their jobs, but also ATTEMPTED murder. I saw a places rated type of book that listed Canada's "homicide rate" (this was in the 1990s at some point) as being something like 5/100k. It's never been remotely that high- never more than around 2.2/100k- but they were counting attempted murder because some statistics gathering agency (interpol maybe?) does so. Completely misleading.
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Old Posted Jan 22, 2012, 12:42 AM
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According to Geneviève Dubé of the Montreal police, the first homicide of the year was that of a two-month-old girl. While the girl was found dead on Dec. 23, 2011, the mother was charged with second-degree murder on Jan. 12 of this year.
http://montreal.openfile.ca/blog/cur...p-2012-edition

Sounds like a weird legal technicality.
I see. Doesn't make any sense though. Montreal has 1 homicide so far in my book.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2012, 6:05 PM
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2012, 7:09 PM
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They CAN count as murders, but usually don't.
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Correct. It's a matter of definition. Murder is generally defined as the unlawful taking of a human life. Homicide is a more broad definition - taking a human life (either lawfully or unlawfully).

So things such as police shootings, executions, accidental deaths at the hands of another person etc. are technically homicides but not necessarily murder.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2012, 9:41 PM
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5 for toronto
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2012, 9:51 PM
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Regina has its first homocide of the year

Regina: 1
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2012, 10:04 PM
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5 for toronto
Not good but if you look at a comparable size city in the States it's not bad either. Philadelphia is already at 31 !!!!
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2012, 10:55 PM
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Michael Kelly has been found guilty of murder...

A jury found Kelly guilty Friday afternoon of first-degree murder for his role in the 2000 shooting death of his then common-law spouse, Judie Thibault. Hours after the jury’s verdict was read, he was sentenced to life in prison by Judge John Wright, with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Thibault’s daughter Susan Boulanger told the court through a victim’s impact statement that she’s lived through terror and horror in the years since her mother disappeared.

She said she fears telling her children the way their grandmother died; in terror without loved ones around.

“No one should have to die that way,” she told the court.

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“No one really wins in a situation like this. Everybody loses, but at least my mom has closure. I feel good about what happened today,” she said.
©TBNewsWatch http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/1860...y-found-guilty

(The court case has been followed by news for two weeks, which is why the article is titled and starts the way it does.)
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Old Posted Feb 1, 2012, 9:57 AM
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Ottawa is at 1, there was a stabbing just south of the ByWard Market like about a week or two ago.

There was a body found on the frozen surface of the River about two weeks ago, but it wasn't considered foul play. Probably the individual just jumped over the bridge by himself.

Just outside Ottawa, a man was found dead in his van, but it doesn't appear to be foul play.
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Old Posted Feb 3, 2012, 7:30 AM
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Stats Canada has made it data free for public use:

Homicide Statistic For Canada:


http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a31...itions&id=3315

Table 253-0004 Contains Homicide stats for CMA from 1981 to 2010.

Click on the Table # to access the data
Click on the Add/Remove Data to customize your table

You can also download the entire table as a

1) CSV Format to a spreadsheet. Once in Excel, you need to convert the table in a Pivot Table.
2) Beyond 20/20 Format (IVT File Format). You will need to download the Beyond 20/20 Table Browser first

http://www.beyond2020.com/media/down...ProBrowser.exe

However I find the Beyond 20/20 Format alot easier to use, and you be able to copy the table into Excel
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Old Posted Feb 3, 2012, 3:34 PM
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Halifax is now at one .

2 arrested in fatal Halifax stabbing


Man, 25, killed Thursday in HRM's first homicide of 2012
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Posted: Feb 3, 2012 6:47 AM AT
Last Updated: Feb 3, 2012 10:52 AM AT



Two people are in custody after a man was stabbed to death Thursday night in Halifax's Fairview neighbourhood.

Police responding to a report of a stabbing found the man at the corner of Ashdale Avenue and Titus Street just before 11:30 p.m.

The 25-year-old died soon after paramedics arrived.

Halifax Regional Police said a man and a woman were arrested on Evans Avenue at about 2 a.m.

The investigation continues. Police were still at the scene Friday morning.

This is the first homicide in the Halifax Regional Municipality this year.
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Old Posted Feb 8, 2012, 7:04 AM
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Quebec already has 2, one more than Montreal.
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Old Posted Feb 9, 2012, 1:52 AM
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Edmonton, surprisingly, still at zero for 2012...
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Old Posted Feb 9, 2012, 3:10 AM
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Not even a flesh wound!!! Hummmm! I wound not even say surprisingly given last year was and is an anomaly!
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Old Posted Feb 9, 2012, 7:10 AM
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2 Years ago Winnipeg didn't record its first murder until late March (Finish 2010 with 22)
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2012, 3:26 PM
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So assuming nothing happened over New Years that hasnt been reported Halifax is ending at 17 this year .
The official crime stats were released and it appears Halifax ended 2011 with a record 19 murders, we also had a sharp increase in attempted murders while the overall crime rate dropped by one percent

Heres a small article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ontent=2337565

And a local one: http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/6...-hrm-last-year
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2012, 4:35 PM
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Winnipeg is now at 4.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2012, 4:45 PM
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As my up keeping of stats tried to maintain last year, Winnipeg's new homicide map only proves my point further. Unlike most cities which experience homicides spread out amongst population with certain higher areas than others, Winnipeg's homicides occur in 3 locations and literally almost nothing outside of those locations. I have always maintained that Winnipeg is not a city with murderers more than a city containing neighbourhoods (North End, Inner West End and Point Douglas) with problems.

Here is the map, take a look. I have never seen so much segregation. Zoom in to get a good idea of what I mean.

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/homicides/
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2012, 5:21 PM
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^ Winnipeg's crime parallels more with US cities than the rest of Canada in terms of crime (including murder) localised in specific areas of the city.
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Old Posted Feb 21, 2012, 1:07 AM
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Suspicious death in Edmonton. Not yet ruled a homicide, but if it is, it will be first of the year.
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