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Edition: July 16, 2018
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of July 9-13
Crime - To date (as of June 30, 2018), the National DNA Data Bank has assisted in 51,254 criminal investigations. Cases involving breaking and entering (24,323), sexual assault (5,688), and armed robbery (5,667) accounted for the largest number of investigations assisted with information contained in the Data Bank.
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Housing Starts - Housing starts in urban areas (areas with population of at least 10,000) in British Columbia fell by 15.5% (seasonally adjusted at annual rates) in June compared to May, making B.C. one of the three provinces that registered decreases in the month.
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Price of New Housing - Relative to the same month of 2017, the cost of new housing in B.C. continued to climb in May, rising by 4.4%, the largest increase among provinces. Vancouver (+4.8%) reported the second largest price increase among all surveyed census metropolitan areas.
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Although the cost of new housing in B.C. remained unchanged between April and May, it continued to climb in May compared to the same month in 2017.
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Did You Know
In 2016, 20.3% of British Columbia’s children lived in low income, slightly above the national average of 19.6% and down from 22.0% in 2015. Children living in lone-parent families were more likely to live in low income (51.2%) compared to children in couple families (12.5%).
Source: Statistics Canada

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Headlines
- To date (as of June 30, 2018), the National DNA Data Bank has assisted in 51,254 criminal investigations.
- Housing starts in urban areas in British Columbia fell in June compared to May.
- Relative to the same month of 2017, the cost of new housing in B.C. continued to climb in May.

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