Yet More Crime Talk!

Let's get this out of the way early, since I've already seen comments about it on various websites:

The discovery of the 8 dead bodies in an Ontario field does not necessarily mean that we are in fact seeing a rise in the number of violent crimes in Canada.  Until statistics are released, this — combined with other recent cases that have received much media attention — merely implies that we're seeing a rise in high profile cases.  Save the wailing for when you have more than just anecdotal evidence.

On a related note, the Globe & Mail has a CP listing of high-profile mass killings in Canada since 1965.  It's a bit of a pity it doesn't go back slightly further, as then it could have included the 1949 explosion of a Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-3 that resulted in the execution of three people, including the last woman executed in Canada, Marguerite Pitre.