Bank-Heist Capital Tries Purses for a Change

Winnipeg Free Press (April 18, 2008)

Author: Bellett, Gerry

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Insp. Mike Porteous of the major crime section said the haul in an average robbery is "a couple of hundred dollars."

[Doug LePard] said the number of bank robberies this year was "staggering."

"Toronto has five robberies per 100,000 population. The national average is 1.6. But Vancouver has 30 robberies per 100,000, and that is stunning," said LePard.

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Bank-Heist Capital Tries Purses for a Change

By Gerry Bellett

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver has become the bank robbery capital of North America an...

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