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By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative A significant spike in rural homicides this year is raising alarm bells in rural Manitoba, but a local criminology professor says the numbers we are seeing might not be cause for panic just yet. \u201cThe questions are all the same, it\u2019s, \u2018what\u2019s going on?\u2019 And generally the answer is probably nothing is going on,\u201d University of Manitoba Instructor of Sociology and Criminology Frank Cormier said on Friday. \u201cThe vast majority of homicides are disorganized kinds of crimes, it\u2019s different if there\u2019s a gang war going on and people are knocking off their rivals, but the majority of homicides in Manitoba are interpersonal issues.\u201d According to RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Paul Manaigre, so far this year in areas serviced by Manitoba RCMP, there have been 55… <\/p>\n

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By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative A significant spike in rural homicides this year is raising alarm bells in rural Manitoba, but a local criminology professor says the numbers we are seeing might not be cause for panic just yet. \u201cThe questions are all the same, it\u2019s, \u2018what\u2019s going on?\u2019 And generally the answer is probably nothing is going on,\u201d University of Manitoba Instructor of Sociology and Criminology Frank Cormier said on Friday. \u201cThe vast majority of homicides are disorganized kinds of crimes, it\u2019s different if there\u2019s a gang war going on and people are knocking off their rivals, but the majority of homicides in Manitoba are interpersonal issues.\u201d According to RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Paul Manaigre, so far this year in areas serviced by Manitoba RCMP, there have been 55... <\/p>\n

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