The Gangs of Vancouver, British Columbia Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 15 июн 2024
  • NOTE: Everything presented in this video is based on publicly available information and this video is intended to be a general overview of some of the criminal organizations in Vancouver.
    In this video I cover some of the major gangs and crime figures that have become a part of Vancouver's history. There are hours upon hours of content on this subject out there, and this is just intended to be a general overview without going into too many details. This is also part 1 of a 3 part video series on this subject - I will be posting part 2 and 3 over the next several weeks.
    As a quick side note - the topic of gangs is a complicated one. Obviously criminal organizations have done many terrible things. But not everyone who is in a gang or similar group is a bad person (although many are), and the vast majority of crimes are caused by people who are not in gangs. Additionally, most gang activity supports the illegal habits of everyday people - it is not solely the gangs themselves that are responsible for their existence. Definitely a complex issue, but it seems like gang activity south of the border gets all the press and so I wanted to do a couple videos outlining the different gangs and criminal organizations in and around the city of Vancouver, BC.
    In this video I cover the following gangs and criminal groups/figures:
    Bindy Johal
    Ron + Jimmy Dosanjh
    The Punjabi Mafia
    Gurmit Dhak
    Dhak-Duhre Group
    United Nations gang
    Independent Soldiers
    Red Scorpions
    Buttar Gang
    This video is a broad overview and I don't go into massive detail on the gangs. I may do more videos down the road that explore individual topics within this video in more detail. I am also doing a gangs of Vancouver part 2 video in a couple weeks.
    I hope you found this one interesting and informative, and if you'd like to watch more of my content in general please consider subscribing to my channel - I upload at least one new video per week.
    Thanks for watching!

Комментарии • 510

  • @TreCarver-kn2ts
    @TreCarver-kn2ts Месяц назад +32

    bro love this one, you've got a good neutral vibe and you're genuine and respectful. You've got a lot of fans in Toronto, peace

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      I appreciate the support and I'm glad people are getting some value out of the videos - cheers mate!

  • @maureenigreen
    @maureenigreen Месяц назад +20

    this was so well produced and written! thank you for taking the time to walk us through that. I have no idea!

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I'm very new to video production/RUclips and I still can't believe anyone is watching my little videos but I'm glad they're providing value to people out there. Cheers mate!

    • @maureenigreen
      @maureenigreen Месяц назад +1

      You're doing a great job!!! I've been investigating some dark things since 2021, briefly shared some of it on RUclips, so I know how much time and effort it takes, and how difficult it can be to compile complex information. You're doing a better job than I ever did!!!

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      @@maureenigreen That means a lot, but I disagree - I checked out your channel and I think you guys should keep making videos! You're a natural on camera and you have a great speaking voice, I look like Donald Sutherland with AIDS on no sleep and I hate being on camera lmao. I bet your channel would really take off if you kept going, just my opinion. I appreciate the support though, started this channel a year ago with zero experience (not even on social media before) and I'm blown away by how fast it's growing. Cheers!

  • @sid6576
    @sid6576 Месяц назад +23

    Love learning about this stuff, great video!

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +2

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - glad you got some value out of this one. Cheers mate, have a great week!

  • @thilakgeorge4744
    @thilakgeorge4744 26 дней назад +6

    a very psychological perspective on the cause and effects of the lifestyle. Not many journalists/youtubers are able to admit that its more of an environmental problem. Good for you man. I appreciate and respect your open mind and intellectual approach to the topic.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  26 дней назад +1

      I appreciate it, tricky subject and trying to stay balanced while treading carefully. Glad people are getting value out of this one. Cheers mate

  • @northernlightsentertainmen7504
    @northernlightsentertainmen7504 27 дней назад +2

    Great work and perspective. Subscribed and eager for pt 2!

  • @BuckrBill
    @BuckrBill Месяц назад +19

    The worlds only black Hells Angel came from the east end of Vancouver his name Mike Mitchell… The Satan‘s angels would not let the Hells angels come in to British Columbia unless Mike was allowed to become a member. Mike died of a heart attack at work five or six years ago. also his mother Margaret Mitchell was a federal MP for Mount Pleasant for close to 30 years.. The most violent pub in British Columbia 1970 to 1975 was the Biltmore hotel it was the drinking place for all the East End Street gangs..In the 50s 60s 70s Mount Pleasant was the poorest most violent place in Canada.. it was very very cool growing up in the East End of Vancouver…$3.00..For a ticket to see a concert all the greatest bands in the world came through Vancouver
    $2.00 some LSD…and later beer for 20 cents a glass…17 years old…sex drugs and rock and roll..good to go..peace

    • @Inquisitor2024
      @Inquisitor2024 29 дней назад

      Bunch of idiots acting like men but have NO IDEA HOW

  • @kevin-yn2ns
    @kevin-yn2ns Месяц назад +21

    Cool. Cant wait for part 2!

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching - I'll be posting part 2 within a couple weeks. Cheers mate, have a great week!

  • @roclaren
    @roclaren 28 дней назад +5

    Wow, this was so good. Can't wait for part 2

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

  • @yellOStuntguy
    @yellOStuntguy День назад +1

    Your intro is amazingly insightful insightful. Great video!

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  День назад

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

  • @boundarysentinel4181
    @boundarysentinel4181 Месяц назад +110

    Bro, lived through it from the Surrey side, it was an open war. Kids home from school and walking the dog at 4:30pm……. Two cars chasing each other through the hood spraying shots everywhere a monthly occurrence that year. Lots of mistaken identities and innocents hit. Must say that was a time in Vancity at the peak of the build up to 2010 Olympics, everyone had a good paying job and money for $excess$ and the attitude they comes with it. Also this was just before the fentanyl body count started.

    • @rockking1168
      @rockking1168 Месяц назад +6

      Ya I know Winnipeg has had a deservedly bad rep for a long time but there has been a cpl times I thought to my self"damn Surreys hard eh" much love homie

    • @jaykay7942
      @jaykay7942 Месяц назад +3

      Well done, there’s enough out there to do a series on this..

    • @deepthoughts8393
      @deepthoughts8393 Месяц назад +16

      The turban gang

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +3

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - yeah Vancouver has a pretty wild gang history and a lot of people just have no idea about it. Glad it's calmed down a bit since 2009 but I'm aware there are still issues. Cheers mate, have a great week!

    • @HorridBee248
      @HorridBee248 Месяц назад

      I was closely related to some of these dumbasses. Trust me, their goals were never in the benefit of their kin.

  • @BLUDDYknucklez
    @BLUDDYknucklez Месяц назад +16

    i love how detailed his research goes. I learned some new things about this subject.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +3

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - still can't believe anyone is watching my little videos but I'm glad they're providing value to people out there. Cheers mate!

  • @BailableBody
    @BailableBody 17 дней назад +2

    Thank you for covering the red scorpions. My friend was one of the 3 founders and he was murdered a few years back. I’ll never forget the time he had my back. Rest easy bro

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  16 дней назад

      Thanks for watching, Vancouver definitely has an interesting gang history. All the best, cheers

  • @spuzzum100
    @spuzzum100 Месяц назад +2

    Good job. Waiting for part 2👍

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

  • @ReesorPark
    @ReesorPark Месяц назад +2

    Excellent video! For part 2, you may want mention the East End chapter of the Hells Angels, which is the richest Angel chapter in Canada. And you want to mention Michael Plante, the informer who took down a lot of the East End guys. The book Hell To Pay by Neal Hall is about Plante and has lots of photos

    • @skgord1
      @skgord1 29 дней назад

      Didn't know the East End chapter were the riches chapter in Canada. Now too long-ago HA lost three of their clubhouses in BC.

    • @ReesorPark
      @ReesorPark 29 дней назад +1

      @@skgord1 Yes, I have heard about it. The Hell's Angels run the port of Vancouver. Most of the East End guys work for the port of Vancouver, so the Angels are the top dogs in drug smuggling. That is why the East End chapter makes so money. That plus the Lower Mainland is one of the biggest drug markets in North America. Take care and I hope all is well.

  • @joshuaspringer3646
    @joshuaspringer3646 Месяц назад +6

    great video as usual man

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching - still can't believe anyone is watching my little videos but I'm glad they're providing value. Cheers mate

  • @CX-ru1ql
    @CX-ru1ql Месяц назад +5

    Well thank you that was very informative well done

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

  • @miked29
    @miked29 19 дней назад +1

    Cover the lesser known gangs of Vancouver in the 90s. That would make an interesting video. When I was in high school we had the V.C. Viet Chen a mix of Chinese and Vietnamese. There was a gang assassination at Kohls barbers on Victoria drive I would be interested to know what that was about like which gangs were involved.

  • @thenima
    @thenima 28 дней назад +2

    thanks for doing this. not a lot of videos like this

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching and I'm glad you got some value out of this one. Cheers mate

  • @Siggi395
    @Siggi395 Месяц назад +4

    I used to watch "DaVinci's Inquest"....apparently it was a truthful depiction of Vancouver. Very good show.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад +1

      Thanks for watching, I forgot about that show! Cheers mate

  • @halfadecade4770
    @halfadecade4770 Месяц назад +5

    Saving this one for work, great stuff

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

  • @AIMEE911
    @AIMEE911 Месяц назад +6

    HI! New subscriber!🎉❤

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks for watching and I appreciate the support, cheers mate!

  • @flyskyhighml629313
    @flyskyhighml629313 Месяц назад +2

    great vid!

  • @midnightcassettelibrary5171
    @midnightcassettelibrary5171 Месяц назад +21

    Hopefully you cover the era of the park gangs like Clark Parkers. Essential history documented in the book The Last Gang In Town by Aaron Chapman. Peace!

    • @daisydomergue9047
      @daisydomergue9047 Месяц назад +2

      Don't forget the Bobolink's. Long time rivals of the Clark Park gang.

    • @midnightcassettelibrary5171
      @midnightcassettelibrary5171 Месяц назад +3

      @@daisydomergue9047 interesting, got any recommendations for more info on that gang?

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +3

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I'm definitely going to get into a lot more of the gang history in the part 2 video. Vancouver has a really complex gang history as you know. Cheers mate, have a great week!

    • @keithjohnstone8506
      @keithjohnstone8506 Месяц назад +1

      Yup
      Even before back in the fifties and early sixties, there was the Riley Clark gang and the Hells Angels

    • @ReesorPark
      @ReesorPark Месяц назад

      @@keithjohnstone8506 Not the Hell's Angels. They didn't arrive on the West coast until 1983. I think you mean Satan's Angels, which was the big biker gang in B.C until they joined the Angels in 83.

  • @weareone2854
    @weareone2854 Месяц назад +16

    Great stuff.
    I remember we had a former high-ranking gang member at our school who said:
    "Without exception, anyone into gang life cannot gain respect the hard (genuine) way, so they try to earn respect the "easy" way, which means they have in fact zero self-respect and zero genuine/sober respect from others, even if they think they do. There is nothing cool about being a mentally-unstable man-child in denial, with no self-control, no lasting or positive contribution, and therefore no real worth in conducting gang activity. That is not strength. That is weakness. They might try to argue with this or ignore or dismiss this, either within themselves or with others, but this only builds on the delusion. What is actually cool is doing what is right, even though it is difficult."
    This person opened my eyes back then, and everything I've seen and experienced has proved this to be 100% true.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - fair points, and gang life just rarely ends well for those involved. Cheers mate

  • @LL-kp8jm
    @LL-kp8jm Месяц назад +9

    Awesome!!! Fresh Jacket n Hat too

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - glad you enjoyed the video, and just my regular cap and jacket lol. Cheers mate, have a great week!

  • @ShanonSinn
    @ShanonSinn Месяц назад +7

    I was working as a Loss Prevention manager at the Bay at Metrotown when Gurmit Dhak was killed outside (between us and Sears). We locked the doors and closed the store. There was also a shooting outside the Bay downtown I was previously a manager at a few years earlier of Ricardo Scarpino as they were leaving Gotham restaurant. It was his engagement and his girlfriend in the car was wearing a tiara. Police took the video. With her in it the footage it looked sort of fake, like made for Hollywood.

  • @rileygally2967
    @rileygally2967 Месяц назад +48

    Metrotown Mall has to be statistically one of the most dangerous public areas in Canada

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +4

      Fair point, that area has definitely seen some action. Cheers mate

    • @castermancanada
      @castermancanada Месяц назад +13

      Well thats silly we have a few teenagers that misbehave but its not dangerous

    • @Joe-mz6dc
      @Joe-mz6dc Месяц назад +13

      You have no idea what you're talking about. Metro town had some crime in the past but it's completely cleaned up. Post a link to show that I'm wrong. There's condos all over the place there now and it's gentrified up the Yin yang.

    • @rileygally2967
      @rileygally2967 Месяц назад

      @@castermancanada Do your research. There’s a laundry list of gang activity and homicide that’s happened there

    • @rileygally2967
      @rileygally2967 Месяц назад

      @@Joe-mz6dc lol YOU have no idea what you’re on about. Spend 5 minutes in the parking lot on the Kingsway side and someone will try to sell you drugs, but that’s not even what I’m referring to. Educate yourself about it’s violent history you’ll be surprised.

  • @joeynova9896
    @joeynova9896 Месяц назад +20

    "I'm still around." - Bindy Johal

    • @glenw-xm5zf
      @glenw-xm5zf Месяц назад

      nah! You are wormfood. and even they think you taste lousy

  • @badabing2302
    @badabing2302 Месяц назад +32

    1:49 , it’s crazy to not have Abbotsford in your little circle , especially since the most notorious gangsters in the lower mainland in the past 30 years (arguably ever) are from Abbotsford.

    • @206two604player
      @206two604player Месяц назад

      Abbistan.

    • @officialtzed
      @officialtzed Месяц назад +2

      Really??

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +8

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - fair point, I didn't mean to specifically exclude Abbotsford in that circle. Just trying to highlight most of the greater Van area. Abbotsford could almost have its own video - you're right, tons of content there. Cheers

    • @killthecoils8634
      @killthecoils8634 Месяц назад +1

      @@strangenorth you should make video for abbotsford

    • @dennismcdonald2607
      @dennismcdonald2607 Месяц назад +4

      'Stabbotsford'

  • @ItsMikeLearns
    @ItsMikeLearns Месяц назад +2

    this is a very interesting video! i love Vancouver

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it's an interesting place! Cheers mate

  • @TedRobinson-cc9od
    @TedRobinson-cc9od Месяц назад +25

    The Triads were involved in a Covert way in Vancouver

    • @lindarasmussen1686
      @lindarasmussen1686 Месяц назад +9

      Not covert if you gamble

    • @DW-op7ly
      @DW-op7ly Месяц назад

      Triads may have went and got the gambling whales in Macau China... But where do you think they got the Canadian dollars to wash in the Casinos
      It didn't come from fentynal sales imagine 5 billion in fentynal on Canadian streets.😂
      It came from the decades and decades upon decades of grow ops in Vancouver and what was the backbone of smalltown BC
      The people who ran that and the Port of Vancouver is the Hells Angels
      The triads are just good at making those connections with criminal organizations around the world.
      And staying under the radar
      👇
      Alleged Canadian drug lord dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ arrested in Amsterdam
      They allege Sam Gor factories are based in areas with deep governance problems like the Golden Triangle, centred on the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, and protected by private militias.
      Tse - whose aliases include Tse Chi Lap, Brother No. 3, Sam Gor, T1, Ah Lap, Dennis and Xie Zii - has maintained an extremely low profile.
      Sam Gor is Cantonese for one of Tse’s nicknames, “Brother No. 3.”
      Tse was born in Guangzhou in 1963 and immigrated in 1988 to Toronto, where he was part of a criminal group known as the Big Circle Boys.
      Tse was imprisoned in the U.S. from 1997 to 2006 for heroin trafficking after being arrested with some senior members of the Montreal-based Rizzuto Mafia family, which had representatives in the GTA.
      Among those convicted with Tse were Emanuel Raguso, an inlaw of Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, who died in 2013, and Salvatore (Sam) Nicolucci, a close Rizzuto associate who also served prison time for cocaine trafficking.
      Tse spent most of his prison time in Elkton, Ohio, and then returned to Canada. He was back in Hong Kong by 2011
      Toronto Star

    • @DW-op7ly
      @DW-op7ly Месяц назад

      BTW you don't have to be covert if the authorities can't nail the people they go after for money laundering
      That's because their focus is on the Macau gambling whales when they can prove. How they made their money. Thus there is no law against them making a transfer from their account to some triad account in China
      While China has a 50 thousand USD a year cap on how much a individual can take out of the country each year
      Our Canadian banks have argued they do not have to follow Chinese laws. And our Canadian Courts have agreed and ruled in favor of this
      Where once again our law inforcement is took stooopid to go after the criminal organizations here in Canada and specifically where that cash came from.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +3

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - fair point, and I'm going to cover more stuff in the part 2 video down the road. It's actually more complicated posting these gang videos than you might expect. Wild world out there. Cheers mate, have a great week!

  • @ReesorPark
    @ReesorPark Месяц назад +4

    Excellent video. Very well done!

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

    • @ReesorPark
      @ReesorPark Месяц назад

      @@strangenorth When you do part 2, you may want to mention the East End chapter of the Hell's Angels because that is the richest Hell's Angels chapter in Canada. And you may also want to mention Michael Plante, the police informer at the Project E-Pandora who took down much of the East End chapter.

    • @ReesorPark
      @ReesorPark Месяц назад

      @@strangenorth Your welcome! 🤗

  • @allytrudie864
    @allytrudie864 Месяц назад +2

    Anyone else in Loft6 that night? I still wake up in a cold sweat to it.

    • @Jr-cc1hk
      @Jr-cc1hk Месяц назад

      Do you know who the owner of that club was?

  • @TR-yo5nx
    @TR-yo5nx Месяц назад +11

    The earlier gangs in Vancouver from Hong Kong were fascinating and hundreds of hours of video could be devoted to them.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - fair point, and I'm going to get into a lot more stuff in the part 2 video. Cheers mate, have a great week!

  • @SBU292
    @SBU292 Месяц назад +15

    It is funny how time's change the Red Scorpion's have been completely Decimated and any of Them in jail are now in Protective Custody, Lmao

    • @badabing2302
      @badabing2302 Месяц назад

      Protective custody for juice is crazy. I don’t believe it.

  •  Месяц назад +1

    As much as I desperately miss my hometown of Vancouver...

  • @Andrewlang90
    @Andrewlang90 Месяц назад

    I remember seeing them on tv threatening each other. “Bold move Cotton, let’s see where this goes.”

  • @IEA_455
    @IEA_455 Месяц назад +24

    I used to hang out with a guy who got burned alive in his car in Abbotsford and his girlfriend got shot in the head the same day in her apartment in 2007ish, I hadent hung out with them since early 2000s but he got caught up with the red scorpions I heard and is killed em. Kinda blew my mind

    • @BeeAndButtercup
      @BeeAndButtercup Месяц назад

      Bobby da georgio

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - damn, that's brutal dude. Vancouver has a pretty wild gang history and a lot of people just have no idea. Cheers mate, have a great week!

    • @badabing2302
      @badabing2302 Месяц назад

      Talking bout Bobby I’m assuming.

  • @Adam-Woods
    @Adam-Woods Месяц назад +7

    10:31 “The fucks this, the UN now?! Everyone’s got a god damned opinion?!” - Johnny Sack

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +3

      Apparently the party was pretty insane too, soft drinks of choice

  • @slapshotbigmac822
    @slapshotbigmac822 Месяц назад +3

    Red scorpions , sounds like bubbles named the gang

  • @REALDrBob420
    @REALDrBob420 Месяц назад +5

    The maker of these vids MAY be the most earnest guy on the internet haha

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Lol I'll take it, not the worst thing I've been called on here. Cheers mate

  • @johnparry8784
    @johnparry8784 Месяц назад +6

    Why are we not talking about the blue line gang.

  • @homeyv
    @homeyv 17 дней назад +1

    You can do a 3 hour long video easily. please do one

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  16 дней назад

      Thanks for watching - gang activity definitely isn't the main thrust of my channel (even though those videos are pretty popular) but I may do more down the road. I'm for sure going to post a gangs of Vancouver part 3 video within a few weeks, just so much content in that city. Cheers mate

  • @FalconStorm28
    @FalconStorm28 Месяц назад +4

    20k+ subs, what a year

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      I was aiming for 1k subs by this point, can't believe how fast it's growing. Grateful but I have a long way to go and a lot to learn. Cheers mate

  • @travesty70
    @travesty70 Месяц назад +2

    Not much mention of the Asian (Viet, Chinese, Japanese) gangs. I remeber the Broadway territory zones & wars in parks.

  • @KennethWedin
    @KennethWedin Месяц назад +5

    I clicked on the link, hoping to hear more about the Triads based in Burnaby in the mid 1990s, when I first lived in the Lower Mainland before my return to Japan, though I did still want to hear about the Indo-Canadian gangs that we’ve heard about throughout the 2000s through 2020s since my return to Canada. I live in Richmond, but I never hear anything about East Asian (i.e., Hong Kong immigrant) gangs (probably with Vietnamese members) anymore.
    It puzzles me that Sikhs-often still wearing their Kara steel bracelets and other five Kakars that we’d associate with more honourable conduct-would be involved in callous murder, but we do see it in the news quite often. It makes most of us drive *around* rather than *through* Surrey if we ever have to cross the Lower Mainland, and to feel nervous around Abbotsford if we have to go as far as Mission, Chilliwack, or Cultus Lake.
    I guess if I want to hear about the Chinese and Vietnamese gangs that dominated the news before we ever started hearing about Indo-Canadian gangs, I’ll have to see whatever other videos Strange North has already uploaded. It’ll be interesting to hear about the Vietnamese gangs in my native Edmonton, which I remember from the late ’70s and early ’80s, before I ended up spending decades in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Singapore.

    • @ReesorPark
      @ReesorPark Месяц назад

      Yes, he talk about the Crazy Dragons in the Edmonton plus the Fresh off the Boat and the Fresh off the Boat killers in the Calgary video.

    • @KennethWedin
      @KennethWedin Месяц назад

      @@ReesorPark Not with any depth, though. I’m going to check the Calgary video next because my sister has lived down there since the late ’80s or early ’90s.
      My middle daughter talked about Koreans in her high school in the Taiwan Village (Fraser Heights) enclave of Surrey boasting casually about beheading people for trivial reasons, but the first part of the Vancouver video hasn’t mentioned much of anything regarding East Asian or Southeast Asian gangs.
      I watched the video about my native Edmonton (I live in Richmond, BC) and similarly heard only a passing phrase mentioning the Vietnamese gangs whom we used to hear about killing each other in Edmonton in the late ’70s, merely as it being a precursor to a subsequent gang comprising broader ethnicities.
      I think the narrator is so young (a Millennial) that his history doesn’t extend before the pre-digital age.

    • @starchillius
      @starchillius Месяц назад

      @@KennethWedin Unless there's a bunch of news articles and easily google-able information he's not gonna cover it

    • @KennethWedin
      @KennethWedin Месяц назад

      @@starchillius There should be lots of news articles on microfiche at any university and public library for each of these Canadian municipalities. That’s how we did our research-in libraries-before the WWW was launched. I do have to say, though, that my high school and university students whom I’ve been tutoring since 2009 wouldn’t make the effort to look at anything that’s not already digitized, which is a tiny fraction of the information that’s available in the world.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      Nope, my history extends before the pre-digital age. Not all millennials are the same. Thanks for watching!

  • @markp6930
    @markp6930 18 дней назад +1

    So very unfortunate that most of the perps mentioned in this video are either dead or in prison. 👹

  • @HappyRetiredandhealthy-qk2lg
    @HappyRetiredandhealthy-qk2lg Месяц назад +2

    thanks

  • @user-dj1ru8wk1s
    @user-dj1ru8wk1s Месяц назад +31

    diversity is our strength

    • @karmanmann369
      @karmanmann369 Месяц назад +14

      A lot of these gangs had white founders…

    • @glenw-xm5zf
      @glenw-xm5zf Месяц назад +2

      Diversity is an epic fail. Doesn't work. We need to let God be God, and quit trying to think we can do it without his help

    • @glenw-xm5zf
      @glenw-xm5zf Месяц назад

      @@karmanmann369 So why is that important????

  • @RM-gn2nj
    @RM-gn2nj Месяц назад +9

    bin dere done dat

  • @sanju200100
    @sanju200100 29 дней назад +1

    How do they end up getting young people in there gangs? Do they target high schools?

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - you know what, it's a really complicated situation with many factors colliding and producing certain results. I didn't want to make it seem like the gang situation is out of control, Canada is still a relatively safe country, I just wanted to highlight the gang activity in the major Canadian cities. Cheers mate

    • @charlenefrench5404
      @charlenefrench5404 28 дней назад

      In my experience it's usually through someone you know. Most people want to join. It takes 3 years to become a hells angel.

    • @sanju200100
      @sanju200100 27 дней назад

      I have 2 young kids who will be going to school soon, I hope I can protect them from gangs

    • @syjiang
      @syjiang 26 дней назад

      Its usually connection through school friends and family members. I would consider my own highschool to be quite safe but was aware of some gang presence especially after cops lined them up along the pavement during a mass arrest one day. Those that got involved usually start through classmates.

  • @IusedtohaveausernameIliked
    @IusedtohaveausernameIliked Месяц назад +19

    I want to take issue with the statement that "not everyone in gangs does crime". If you're in a gang and any one of your members does crime, then you're an accomplice. Unless none of them are doing any crimes then they are ALL criminally culpable.

    • @IusedtohaveausernameIliked
      @IusedtohaveausernameIliked Месяц назад

      @@rbNNNN Good people or not, they are committing crimes if they are in league with others that are committing crimes. I'll admit that there are some law-abiding gangs out there, but it doesn't seem to be very many. Ignoring criminality leads to suffering for a great many people.

    • @IusedtohaveausernameIliked
      @IusedtohaveausernameIliked Месяц назад +3

      @@WezleyB Like I said, ignoring criminality leads to suffering for a great many people. I guess you like that.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I actually said not everyone in a gang is a bad person, but I take your point. I wanted to emphasize the fact that there are good people in gangs and bad people outside of gangs, and gangs mostly exist because "normal" people pay them to provide services. It's very complicated obviously. Cheers

    • @IusedtohaveausernameIliked
      @IusedtohaveausernameIliked Месяц назад +1

      @@strangenorth Good people can be led astray. Good intentions or not, if you're in a criminal gang, you're a criminal. At least that's how the laws sees it, and I don't disagree.

    • @IusedtohaveausernameIliked
      @IusedtohaveausernameIliked Месяц назад

      @@WezleyB I very much disagree. Some people still believe that the rule of law is a good thing for society. There are sometimes too many laws and sometimes law enforcement makes a mistake but to say that it is all meaningless is just handing the world over to criminals and sentencing honest people to suffering.

  • @DHpoker27
    @DHpoker27 Месяц назад

    Should do a series on all these cities and the prostitution that goes on
    Nice to see the difference/ similarities of the different girls working the streets
    Also including escorts ) back page / leo list / massage parlors. Etc..
    Be very interesting prolly get a lot of views
    Or same idea but with jails and same info
    Correctionals Penns. Etc

  • @metuberob
    @metuberob Месяц назад +3

    and east van but wait i'll see part 2 first

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - definitely a lot I didn't get to in this one, will be posting a part 2 down the road. Cheers mate, have a great week!

  • @mrthompson9876
    @mrthompson9876 Месяц назад +18

    Don’t forget the Canucks!’

    • @wyldhowl2821
      @wyldhowl2821 Месяц назад +11

      The only real gangster in that crew was Pavel Bure. 😆

    • @mrthompson9876
      @mrthompson9876 Месяц назад +8

      @@wyldhowl2821 Luongo looked like he was in the mob

    • @TR-yo5nx
      @TR-yo5nx Месяц назад +2

      @@mrthompson9876 when he wasn't crying for his mommy milk

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +3

      In all honesty they had a solid team this year, it looked like they were going to beat the Oilers in the playoffs there and I think we got a bit lucky. Cheers mate

    • @terrymckenzie8786
      @terrymckenzie8786 Месяц назад

      @@mrthompson9876😂

  • @vancity2010gold
    @vancity2010gold Месяц назад +1

    His name is prounounced Faysal Dean(Faisal Dean)
    Peter Gill...we all used to wonder why Gill would get back from court every day & would usually be smiling & acting like he had no worries at all...we found out why after lol.
    Also Duhre is pronounced "Duree" & their ties were more with a gang they co-founded in North Van called NVL ( North van locals) which members from that group of the Persian persuasion started Persian pride.

    • @vancity2010gold
      @vancity2010gold Месяц назад

      Great video tho & pretty well informed. 👍🫶

    • @dennismcdonald2607
      @dennismcdonald2607 Месяц назад

      The NVL'S were kinda mostly small time wanna be's. I went to school with a few of these 'gangsters' 😂

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - and thanks for the correction, I've definitely butchered a few names over the course of my videos. Striving to improve though. Cheers mate

  • @chrispavlos
    @chrispavlos 16 часов назад

    Zone 43 from Montreal took over downtown Vancouver, they're running the show now.

  • @DVRRIO
    @DVRRIO Месяц назад

    W video

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching, cheers mate!

  • @mikehemens9359
    @mikehemens9359 29 дней назад

    Bryan Adams was an acid dealer in the east side.

  • @308media74
    @308media74 Месяц назад

    I see some old friends.

  • @phoenixwithinme
    @phoenixwithinme Месяц назад

    Great video. It's so interesting to see compared to those international companies and those listed in the stock market, the gangs are actually equal opportunity employers. They have embraced diversity and inclusiveness for ages.

    • @syjiang
      @syjiang 26 дней назад +1

      Not gonna lie but growing up in metro vancouver, I do take a little perverse pride that even our violent gangs has a multi-ethnic tilt towards it.

  • @burtmann3921
    @burtmann3921 Месяц назад +32

    Surreylanka Newdelta

  • @GhxstKeeper
    @GhxstKeeper 29 дней назад +2

    Hey man it’s pun-jab instead of poon-jab, good video

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад +2

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - fair point, I've been corrected on that and it's definitely not the first word I've butchered in my videos. Striving to improve. Cheers mate

    • @1q3er5
      @1q3er5 17 дней назад

      @@strangenorth i swear white dudes just love saying poon lol

  • @lisahawaleshka6893
    @lisahawaleshka6893 Месяц назад +5

    Hells angels and the triads

    • @IanDinBC
      @IanDinBC Месяц назад +1

      Hells Angels, Italians and Triads. Covers several of my friends

    • @terrymckenzie8786
      @terrymckenzie8786 Месяц назад

      Hells angles are scared shtless of Asian gangs😂😂😂😂

  • @kursna
    @kursna Месяц назад +2

    I have family members who were members of Abbotsford gangs. One of them was killed in a drive by that was huge news almost 10 years ago

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I'm sorry to hear about your family member being killed, gang life can get pretty wild. All the best to you, cheers

    • @kursna
      @kursna Месяц назад +4

      @@strangenorth I've had 3 family members killed in gang violence, all of them gang members. I don't feel sad for them because they chose they life after being given every opportunity to choose a better life. I appreciate the kind words though

  • @gavinb610
    @gavinb610 Месяц назад

    im still around

  • @1q3er5
    @1q3er5 17 дней назад

    16:18 was this the police chiefs daughter who was dating a gangster lol? i forgot who that was

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  16 дней назад

      I'm not sure exactly, but wilder things have happened!

  • @richardristich5282
    @richardristich5282 Месяц назад +1

    I have the video game diablo

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      This comment made me lol more than most

  • @ParminderSingh-re4xp
    @ParminderSingh-re4xp Месяц назад +11

    Thank you so much, can you please prepare video on some opium smugglers who are hiding in Sikh temples. Just like to see some facts, I heard few tons of opium gets smuggled to Vancouver quite often and ports are controlled by HA. Also why so much demand for these drugs, is it mental health crisis, what can we do. 🙏

    • @funhole26
      @funhole26 Месяц назад +1

      Lol the ports aren't controlled by hells angels....this isn't the 80s lol. We constantly have border security in and out of the ports checking stuff, cameras absolutely EVERYWHERE. No gangs are running the ports lol. Its hard now just to get into the docks main road let alone a dock themselves. Tight security now.

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it's definitely a complicated world out there. Cheers mate

    • @nyfries
      @nyfries 20 дней назад

      @@funhole26 oh sweet summer child😂 you really think HA just bust into the port guns blazing GTA style 😂 look deeper into the unions that work the port and who are allow into said union

  •  Месяц назад +26

    yes we need to import 1 million a year more

    • @klovenkane5982
      @klovenkane5982 Месяц назад

      What ?

    • @terrymckenzie8786
      @terrymckenzie8786 Месяц назад +5

      They are stealing hells angles and the rock machine jobs.😂

    • @AR-zn1uy
      @AR-zn1uy Месяц назад

      The hells angels run everything. All of the crime you see the immigrants get involved in are run and funded by WHITE Canadians. So, to blame, immigrants is moronic. Are you going to work at Tim Hortons? Yeah, I didn't think so. I do agree they need to be much more careful regarding immigration law and the right to vote.

  • @francesbernard2445
    @francesbernard2445 Месяц назад

    So which United Nations part of the west is Mr. Putin saying that he is worried about if he is in fact at all while maybe only wanting to maintain his public image as being a strong man protector [or else] too?

  • @jeffstarchuk8822
    @jeffstarchuk8822 Месяц назад +1

    Tales of the eastside !

  • @DarkR0ze
    @DarkR0ze 29 дней назад

    The only good thing Vancouver gangs did is diversify (not limited to one specific ethnicity on membership).

  • @Gooftroopwrld911
    @Gooftroopwrld911 Месяц назад +38

    Hongcouver

  • @rexybigwoo
    @rexybigwoo 8 дней назад +1

    Gangs here aint shit, people are soft and weal

  • @KhattaMeethaOficial
    @KhattaMeethaOficial Месяц назад +1

    At This Point Canada Is India’s Australia…😂😂😂

    • @Inksess
      @Inksess 26 дней назад

      ......wut?

  • @dmcdmc
    @dmcdmc Месяц назад

    look up Matthew Dupre

  • @schlooonginator1227
    @schlooonginator1227 Месяц назад +3

    Dork and Bindy.

  • @cassidystarchild7907
    @cassidystarchild7907 Месяц назад +2

    I grew up with Bindy and some of his fellow "associates". I went to Tupper and was there when Bindy assaulted the VP. He had been previously suspended for fighting but he was also angry that another FN student and myself were jumped and beaten at school in front of school teachers. No one did anything, so when he heard this he went to the office, yelled at the VP saying he was racist and the VP said Bindy was suspended again. So Bindy wound up and toe punted the VP right in his nuts. I saw the VP get rolled out on a stretcher while Bindy was being carted off by VPD. I snickered a little as the VP rolled by me, because just the previous day the VP had told my Dad that I started the fight in which I almost got killed, thus he refused to investigate further. In fact, I had been at school, taking part in a PE class when I was suddenly assaulted. This is why Bindy had a bit of respect, he stuck up for people, especially FN people. But I also witnessed him beat someone for no reason, so he was a bit of a loose canon. That's what made him so dangerous.

    • @sunnydhaliwal4403
      @sunnydhaliwal4403 27 дней назад

      Do you have any pictures of Bindy in school yearbooks or anything ?

  • @Jay-bf8yp
    @Jay-bf8yp 3 дня назад

    Diversity is our strength

  • @nickp8670
    @nickp8670 Месяц назад

    Facts are over some truth but certain facts confused

  • @KeilanJoseph-z3r
    @KeilanJoseph-z3r 17 дней назад

    Bro I.S in Prince George Fort James

  • @IanDinBC
    @IanDinBC Месяц назад +1

    How about some stuff on the Italians, HA and Triads - like the 'war' with the Russians, and the death of Roger Daggit (RIP big guy) I don't believe for a second that Roger contracted out Ray Ginetti's hit, he simply wouldn't contract it out to the guy who they said did it. Maybe some overlap into the ousting of a former premier?

    • @davidsau1304
      @davidsau1304 Месяц назад

      Italians go by the mafia name: Drangheta

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - definitely going to cover more in the part 2 video. Cheers

  • @wyattandersen645
    @wyattandersen645 22 дня назад +1

    500-900 thousand dollars per week nah mang

  • @rockking1168
    @rockking1168 Месяц назад

    I know there was a indian posse chapter out there doubt there still active

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I heard that too, although they're not as prominent in BC as they have been in the prairies. I'm covering more content in the part 2 video down the road. Cheers mate, have a great week!

    • @rockking1168
      @rockking1168 Месяц назад

      @@strangenorth fuckn eh bud you too

  • @patriciawerbiski691
    @patriciawerbiski691 Месяц назад +1

    Thugs have parents.

  • @Trevoroxx
    @Trevoroxx Месяц назад

    Not "vancouver"

  • @cccc87659
    @cccc87659 Месяц назад

    pls stop talking about how many more hours each piece of content could lead to, we get it, this is a brief video, otherwise good work

  • @SpenyGreenwoodie
    @SpenyGreenwoodie Месяц назад +6

    So immigration is good for Canada

  • @kamalbajwa7172
    @kamalbajwa7172 Месяц назад +7

    Bindy johal was gangster thru and thru .

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  Месяц назад +1

      Very true, one of Vancouver's most infamous! Cheers mate

    • @KayleighWelch
      @KayleighWelch Месяц назад +1

      Him, Ranjit Cheema, Bal Buttar, Robbie Kandola all gone now

  • @leep7483
    @leep7483 Месяц назад

    Try your local government

  • @monicadzisiak7291
    @monicadzisiak7291 Месяц назад

    ISLAND LITTLE VANCOUVER !

  • @lesleybogle6933
    @lesleybogle6933 Месяц назад

    Glad I left

  • @user-ko4ip1jl3k
    @user-ko4ip1jl3k 19 дней назад

    Gurmit Dhak never left. Police only released that interview after his death at Gurm’s death and dip/bindy were cousins. Paul wasn’t involved Balraj a cold mufukA

  • @Picklemedia
    @Picklemedia 26 дней назад

    F the cities.

  • @Ni66otFa66er
    @Ni66otFa66er 28 дней назад +1

    Ahh the Surrey Street Shitters

  • @OverwatchShiesty
    @OverwatchShiesty Месяц назад

    Surrey has been getting worse by the day those are old gangsters you started with tho. Lots of new younger guys trying to come up

    • @strangenorth
      @strangenorth  28 дней назад

      Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - fair point, I've heard it's been getting worse there and there have been some crazy stories coming out of that place

  • @bruceinsley3247
    @bruceinsley3247 9 дней назад

    Unlike iwo jima, this one isnt staged

  • @8Baller1000
    @8Baller1000 25 дней назад

    no mention of racism and bullying Bindy faced growing up.. interesting

    • @glenw-xm5zf
      @glenw-xm5zf 25 дней назад

      So that would justify his life of crime?

    • @ReesorPark
      @ReesorPark 22 дня назад +1

      Johal quite shamelessly used that racism card as an excuse for his crimes. Like all criminals, it was never his fault he committed crimes, it was always somebody else.

  • @LMac1900
    @LMac1900 Месяц назад +40

    Diversity is our strength lol😝😝😝

    • @CFBhalifax
      @CFBhalifax Месяц назад +6

      That’s what indigenous people sighed when Europeans came in to Canada

    • @collinmiller8886
      @collinmiller8886 Месяц назад +2

      Give it till 2040 you’ll be the minority

    • @mrthompson9876
      @mrthompson9876 Месяц назад +3

      @@collinmiller8886 already happened bro