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How will a small city handle Canada’s fastest-growing crime problem?

November 5, 2018
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Wetaskiwin, Alberta has jumped up the rankings in Maclean's annual report on Canada's Most Dangerous Places. But nothing huge has suddenly changed in the small city, so what's going on? This is a story about how quickly small problems can add up to a major crime spike in any place - not just a typical town an hour south of Edmonton.

Aaron Hutchins went to Wetaskiwin to investigate, and he found a community that knows solutions are needed, but isn't sure where to start - or if the town's leadership is even willing to acknowledge the problem and act. It's the same pattern other cities have faced, and the question is where it goes from here. 

GUEST: Aaron Hutchins, Maclean's

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