Vancouver: Canada's hate-crime capital, says Stats Can

Complaints have almost doubled between 2007 and 2008

Vancouver now carries the dubious title of hate-crime and gay-bashing capital of Canada.

According to figures released by Statistics Canada on Monday, police-reported hate crimes in Vancouver almost doubled from 79 in 2007 to 143 in 2008 — including 34 hate attacks motivated by the victim's sexual orientation, by far the highest ratio of gay-bashing crimes among major Canadian cities.

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