Vancouver tops in Canada in gun violence

The Vancouver Sun reports this:

Vancouver tops in gun violence, study finds
Offences involving firearms far above national average
Doug Ward, Vancouver Sun, Meagan Fitzpatrick, Canwest News Service, Vancouver Sun; Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Metro Vancouver has the highest rate of gun-related violent crime of any major metropolitan region in Canada, according to a new Statistics Canada study.
There were 45.3 violent offences involving guns for every 100,000 people in Metro Vancouver, slightly higher than Toronto at 40.4 but far above the national average of 27.5, says the report, which is based on police-reported data from 2006. . . .

Thanks to Mike Hoff for sending me this link.