CBC Manitoba: Number of homicides in Manitoba RCMP jurisdictions nearly double 2023 total

The data also shows 2022 had the second-highest number of homicides recorded in RCMP jurisdictions in the past five years, sitting at 38.

Despite this year’s spike, a criminologist said the numbers have to be examined with caution.  

“It’s quite a striking number … but a difference like that is not necessarily a trend,” said Frank Cormier, a criminologist at the University of Manitoba.

“It could be an anomaly, and it might not mean anything at all.” 

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