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Handgun thefts in Canada jumped by nearly 40 per cent from 2014 through 2016, compared to the previous three years, records in the RCMP National Firearms Register show.

While handgun thefts rose, primarily targeting individual owners, Statistics Canada reported increases at the same time in gan