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   Saskatoon lost its dubious claim to the title of murder capital of Canada last year.

According to an annual report released this week by Statistics Canada, the city recorded four homicides in 2008, resulting in a per-capita rate of 1.55 for every 100,000 residents -- lower than the overall national rate of 1.83, and less than half the 2007 rate of 3.6.

The highest homicide rates in the country in 2008 were recorded in western metropolitan areas: Abbotsford-Mission, B.C. (4.71), Winnipeg (4.07), Regina (3.82), Edmonton (3.44), Kelowna, B.C. (3.43), Calgary (2.87) and Vancouver (2.37).

On a provincial level, the West remains the wildest part of the country. Manitoba's overall rate was the highest, followed by Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.

منبع : Saskatoon Star Phoenix