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plonqWe're number one!
It seems that we are not only the Slurpee capital of the world, but we're the crime capital of Canada as well. Could there be a connection?
The article above lists off the various areas where we are first overall, and includes a wonderfully provocative picture to help scare the readers even more:
I know that I've linked to the article, but I want to quote a portion of it below for emphasis.
So let me see if I have this right; we are supposed to be alarmed because our crime rate, albeit dropping like a stone, has not dropped as quickly as it has in the rest of the country. Surely normal folk see right through this kind of yellow journalism -- don't they? I overheard a couple of people who were discussing this article in the elevator yesterday.
Person 1: We're #1 again this year. The criminals are over-running everything.
Person 2: I feel sorry for the police. They just can't keep up.
Person 1: I've never seen it so bad.
Then again, maybe not.
"Auto theft is down 50% from last year, but there is still almost one car stolen ever six hours! Are your children safe?"
It seems that we are not only the Slurpee capital of the world, but we're the crime capital of Canada as well. Could there be a connection?
The article above lists off the various areas where we are first overall, and includes a wonderfully provocative picture to help scare the readers even more:
I know that I've linked to the article, but I want to quote a portion of it below for emphasis.
It will come as no surprise to any Winnipegger who's had his or her car stolen, garage broken into or corner convenience store robbed -- the Manitoba capital has the highest crime rate among major cities in CANADA.
Statistics Canada released its 2006 crime rates survey yesterday, topped by the good news the crime rate countrywide hit a 25-year low last year, with the rate falling in every province and territory. The report noted the national crime rate has fallen roughly 30% since it reached an all-time high in 1991.
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That news is small comfort to Manitobans who experience among the highest crime rates in Canada.
So let me see if I have this right; we are supposed to be alarmed because our crime rate, albeit dropping like a stone, has not dropped as quickly as it has in the rest of the country. Surely normal folk see right through this kind of yellow journalism -- don't they? I overheard a couple of people who were discussing this article in the elevator yesterday.
Person 1: We're #1 again this year. The criminals are over-running everything.
Person 2: I feel sorry for the police. They just can't keep up.
Person 1: I've never seen it so bad.
Then again, maybe not.
"Auto theft is down 50% from last year, but there is still almost one car stolen ever six hours! Are your children safe?"
