Gangs

• Details slim after Vancouver mayor vows gang crackdown in Downtown Eastside

  Key questions remain about the proposal -- including how much it will cost and how the project would differ from the work already being performed by the VPD's own gang unit. 

  Crime

  Jan 24
  
• B.C. RCMP warn short-term rental hosts to watch out for gang activity

  Mounties said they have recorded several instances in recent months in which hosts have discovered their guests were involved in criminal gang activity.

  Crime

  Feb 29, 2024
  
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• 16 charged, 18 arrested in major operation targeting organized crime in Quebec

  A collaborative police operation took place over the weekend aimed at quelling violence relating to a drug territory war between Quebec street gangs and the Hells Angels.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2024
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• Police make arrest on Sunchild First Nation in connection to on-going investigation into gangs

  Alberta's Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) seized a firearm and arrested an alleged gang member on the Sunchild First Nation last week.

  Crime

  Feb 15, 2024
• Manitoba police detail next steps on campaign to keep youth out of gangs

  Gang Life is No Life is an online campaign that kicked off in 2023. It's set to receive funding to continue this year and into 2025.

  Crime

  Feb 13, 2024
• Gangs infiltrating Edmonton homeless encampments: police, advocates

  The police chief, as well as social agency officials, say those involved in organized crime are taking advantage of some of Edmonton's most vulnerable people.

  Canada

  Jan 2, 2024
• Crime wave prompts state of local emergency extension in Calling Lake

  'The criminal activity and the gang situation in the community has as gotten to almost an all-time high at this point,' M.D. of Opportunity Reeve Marcel Auger said.

  Crime

  Oct 18, 2023
• B.C. programs educating at-risk youth ‘most important’ work in gang prevention

  Anti-gang police in B.C. say work being done to educate and prevent children from joining gangs is the most important work that can be done in combating the B.C. gang conflict.

  Crime

  Aug 12, 2023
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• How are B.C. gangs targeting youth for recruitment?

  According to experts, kids as young as 12 years old are being identified by gangs to be recruited – they target kids that appear to be misfits or those with rough home lives.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2023
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• City calls on feds for more support for Edmonton’s affordable housing crisis

  Edmonton's mayor co-wrote a letter to the federal government asking for funding for affordable housing, something the city desperately needs as encampments continue to grow.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2023