But for many of the 2.2m residents of Vancouver, accustomed to idyllic calm, a spate of gun killings is starting to give their city the aura of Prohibition-era Chicago.

• 但是对于温哥华2百20万人中许多过惯了田园平静生活的人而言，突增的枪杀事件让他们觉得回到了芝加哥的禁令时代。