These figures reported by Statistics Canada resulted in a weaker loonie which fell to almost 1.0670 versus the U.S. dollar.

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Legal long guns were used in 11% of killings that year, according to Statistics Canada, while illegal weapons like sawed-off shotguns and machine guns, which by definition cannot be registered, were used in another 12%.

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The overall suicide rate fell by 2% between 1995 and 2009, according to Statistics Canada, but gun deaths only average about 16% of suicides and a decline in gun deaths was almost entirely made up by increases in hangings.

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Compared to the U.S., breast cancer mortality is 9% higher in Canada (according to the government statistics of each country), 52% higher in Germany and 88% higher in the United Kingdom (according to studies published in Lancet Oncology).

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Mexico's large surplus is partly reflected in America's deficit: the route between Mexico and the United States is the second busiest for international traffic, after the route between Canada and the United States, according to the annual survey of global telecommunications traffic statistics, just published by TeleGeography, a consultancy.

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