By Carol Baldwin  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In a press release from December 16, Saskatchewan RCMP addressed concerns and questions raised by the Statistics Canada report, Firearms and violent crime in Canada 2021, saying that the trends outlined in the report were not surprising to them as they had already identified these exact trends. Most of the increase in firearm-related violent offenses over the past five years, the release said, has occurred in Northern Saskatchewan. Statistics can only tell a part of the story and to understand the complete story attention must be given to the people behind these numbers.  C/Supt. Ted Munro, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Criminal Operations Officer, said, “Our communities can tell you about the fear that firearms and gang violence create. Our police officers will tell you they

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