The Gangs of Vancouver, British Columbia Part 2

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Strange North

Strange North

5 күн бұрын

NOTE: All information presented in this video is based on publicly available information and it is intended to be a general overview of some of Vancouver's gang history.
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 2 of a 3 part video series on this subject - I will be posting part 3 in about 2 weeks.
Vancouver is one of Canada's major port cities, and these urban centers have a more complex gang history than other cities in the country.
In this video I cover the following groups:
Sun Yee On Triads
14K Triads
Big Circle Gang/Big Circle Boys
Soccer Club/Chinese Youth
Bak Mei
Lotus Gang
Red Eagles
Star Wars
Ching Tao
Towa Gang
Los Diablos
East Van Saints
Collinwood St. Gang
Cordova St. Gang
Zoot Suit Gangs
Vic Gang
Alma Dukes
Grandview Park Gang
Clark Park Gang/Clark Parkers
There are more groups I didn't cover in this video that I will get to in the Gangs of Vancouver Part 3 video within 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!

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@AnAfriCanuck
@AnAfriCanuck 2 күн бұрын
been waitting for this!
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Thanks for watching, cheers mate!
@nbaker13100
@nbaker13100 3 күн бұрын
Well done as always!
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
@m.a.d.h604
@m.a.d.h604 2 күн бұрын
Well done can’t wait for part 3 and yeah, you should definitely do some of the old-skool stuff
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching - I'm definitely going to cover more in part 3. Tons of history in that city. Cheers mate
@maureenigreen
@maureenigreen 3 күн бұрын
YAY!!!! thank you for posting part 2, just started watching and I can't wait to learn
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - Vancouver definitely has a ton of gang history. Cheers mate, have a great week!
@krisdk
@krisdk 2 күн бұрын
My great-grandfather came in 1898. There have always been gangs, even in the early 1900s. The Chief of Police always lived in a mansion. It wasn't just bribes; people would work for free in case they needed a favor. Late 90s was fun. I was just walking into the club when Bindy was whacked. People ran outside and danced in the streets. My late grandfather employed a young guy who stole from him. He laughed it off and became a father figure to Fats Robertson, the top guy in BC for Montreal. My grandfather was a regular farmer. So I never believed the stories about Fats until it was on Google. He was 70+ when I met him. Regular house, no jewelry etc.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - sounds like you have some interesting stories from over the years. Vancouver definitely has a complicated gang history, way too much for one video. Cheers mate
@joshuaspringer3646
@joshuaspringer3646 3 күн бұрын
great vid as always
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
@MrFabolous169
@MrFabolous169 3 күн бұрын
Great channel bro, keep the vids coming
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
@KwanzaaKalus
@KwanzaaKalus 3 күн бұрын
I knew a Chinese guy in high school that was away for like half the school year or more. We were told he had a biking accident and broke his teeth biking. Years later, his close friend told me that it was actually a shooting he was involved in where a rival gang shot him in the face and he somehow didn't die and needed surgery. That's why he was away for that long. If you'll recall, I'm also the guy that told you I lost an innocent friend in the Surrey Six Shootings. The guy was just going out to go play basketball as he saw the killers coming out from a hit and they killed him for being a witness. Thanks to your videos, I've been rediscovering how much of my life has had gang violence on the periphery that I either blanked out or didn't notice until right now.
@bostoneorge1487
@bostoneorge1487 3 күн бұрын
Chris Mohan
@DLHarv
@DLHarv 3 күн бұрын
Sorry about your friend
@cherobinson6371
@cherobinson6371 3 күн бұрын
Me too I went to Tupper in 85-88 era which included Bindy Johal and many gangs including Alley Boys and Lotus. The school was chalk full of gang members
@DarkR0ze
@DarkR0ze 3 күн бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss 🫂
@KwanzaaKalus
@KwanzaaKalus 3 күн бұрын
@@bostoneorge1487 Yeah, that's right. I was riding the bus on my way to college and I saw his face on a newspaper someone was reading. It's the only time I've ever asked someone if I could borrow their newspaper in my life, because of how shocked I was. The guy was so chill. I know you hear about innocents dying in the news all the time, but when it happens to someone you know, it's very different.
@hockeyeverything4339
@hockeyeverything4339 3 күн бұрын
Pretty difficult to compare gang activity decades ago to whats going on now. Now Im no choir boy. Ive had my share of unsavory activity. But this opioid epidemic is truly inhumane and out of control. I truly wish humans had a lot more compassion and awareness in their actions. When it comes to money? Its pretty sad many just dont seem to give a fuck about anything else. People are dying man. And they are far beyond being able to make a choice
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it's definitely very concerning out there. And I agree - I think a lot of people just don't really have much choice when it comes to self-medicating and addiction.
@ReesorPark
@ReesorPark 3 күн бұрын
Excellent video!
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed this one, thanks for watching!
@theofficialmascot
@theofficialmascot 2 күн бұрын
Great work. Politicians too scared to do anything about this. Disheartening to say the least.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - some of them do their best but it's definitely a complicated issue. Cheers mate
@cherobinson6371
@cherobinson6371 3 күн бұрын
I was in a DocMovie regarding the kid shot in the theatre on Broadway and Commercial. It was a Hong Kong director and it was released in Hong Kong then used in Lower mainland High Schools for Years to show grade 8’s the dangers of Ganglife. The director wanted kids who could actually Face get so he came too Al Chengs Kickboxing and offered us who trained there Roles. There was also actually Gang members in the Movie too. They basically didn’t speak English.
@restoredaccess
@restoredaccess 3 күн бұрын
The Golden Princess theatre (now Rio) shooting. The Golden Princess was the only theatre in Vancouver back then showing Cantonese language movies. The shooting was big news because the Viet Ching gang member got tried as an adult even though he was 16. He got deported at 24 when he finished his sentence. The Lotus kid who got shot lost his eye but lived. Vancouver Asian youth gangs at the time were notorious for older bosses using juveniles to commit murders because of the light sentences if tried as a youth offender. I think the movie you were in was called "Winston joins a gang", and changed the names of the people, and made the story take place at The Ridge theatre, but it was based on the same incident.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - that's interesting, and that was definitely one of the more wild gang shooting in Vancouver. Cheers mate, have a great week!
@emeryjones8050
@emeryjones8050 2 күн бұрын
We need a part 3 !
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
I'll be posting that within a couple weeks, I didn't want to do all 3 parts too close together - balance the darker videos out with some lighter ones. Thanks for watching!
@larrylesage9529
@larrylesage9529 3 күн бұрын
Keep it up thanks
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@honeybee874
@honeybee874 3 күн бұрын
I watched part 1. Part 2 is equally good. Kelowna is influenced heavily by some of the gangs mentioned.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - glad you got some value out of the videos. And you're right - Kelowna definitely has its own gang history. That goes for other cities in the province as well, I may do more videos on the subject down the road. Cheers mate
@chev8075
@chev8075 3 күн бұрын
I really enjoy your content, keep up the great work you do, even enjoy your cooler brother🤣 I'd love some more content about Red Deer and their haunted places. I really want to know where to avoid😂 Happy Canada day to ya 🍁
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - the only haunted place I can think of in Red Deer is the old Cronquist House, I featured that in my haunted Alberta video last year. I actually plan on doing a video on Red Deer later this summer. I'm glad you like my cool brother, he thinks he's a rock star but he part time manages a Hot Topic and lives in a rusted out Chevy Cavalier. I appreciate the support and I'm looking forward to many more videos this year. Cheers mate!
@garythmoxey2719
@garythmoxey2719 3 күн бұрын
Very interesting
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@mikehunt4797
@mikehunt4797 3 күн бұрын
Growing up in the 90s i had a buddy who had the plug that was a Big Circle Boy. Buddy could get anything and had insane prices. He owned like 5 houses all over Van and 10 different cars.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - they definitely have a long history in Vancouver. Cheers mate
@mikehunt4797
@mikehunt4797 2 күн бұрын
@strangenorth your welcome. Always nice seeing local news. I left Vancouver and moved up North but I still miss the coast.
@bvausch1
@bvausch1 3 күн бұрын
thanks for shouting out templeton highschool
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - that place has definitely seen some action!
@CrawfordWray
@CrawfordWray 16 сағат бұрын
thanks for sharing...Vancouver was alway`s my great escape from Winnipeg + I was a streetworker on the Joyce - Collingwood project + worked for Robert Kaplan ...times have changed health the UN voluntary unvoluntary organ donation + who profits the most from the enterprise ...I left the project beaten up + wanted The Canadian Army to intervene but the political will of the people wasn`t there despite the seriousness of the situation , one day it will be addressed it`s never too late if your life is in question...it`s a big ugly can of worms that needs opening + disposed of...thank you . :)
@dragon26ist
@dragon26ist 11 сағат бұрын
Thanks
@gross8797
@gross8797 Күн бұрын
Vancouver was the best place to grow up in the 80-90s was a pretty crazy time
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
I believe it - thanks for watching!
@Winston_Chu
@Winston_Chu Күн бұрын
More videos on these chinese gangs and triads including Vietnamese etc
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I may do more videos down the road on those topics, definitely a lot of potential content there. Cheers mate
@Anthony-qg3qo
@Anthony-qg3qo 2 күн бұрын
I went to both Brit & Tech, I heard some nasty stories, about the nasty brawls between the 2 schools, 1 student had an umbrella shoved up his butt and it was opened up. Still uncertain the truth to that story, but that was the most brutal story I heard about.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - damn that's wild, hope that isn't true. Sucks there's so much unnecessary violence. Cheers mate
@TribeManagement
@TribeManagement 3 күн бұрын
Forgot the shadow dragons chinese/Cambodia gang
@georgen26
@georgen26 3 күн бұрын
Fenta heads in Cordova. "we are the captain now"
@Pr0matic
@Pr0matic 3 күн бұрын
The Star Wars gang......that has to be a joke right?
@bindusahota1053
@bindusahota1053 3 күн бұрын
Thay are Jedi gang
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
There was mention of a gang by that name that existed for a short while!
@SheeshBros.
@SheeshBros. 3 күн бұрын
Solid video bro. Saw part 1 and this popped up today. Good content. If you ever wanna collab and do like a commentary together about a topic. Hit me up. I got podcast mics
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I'm glad you got some value out of the videos. Interesting topic to me. Sounds good man, I want to start doing collaborations and interviews on my channel for some variation. Cheers brother
@cotillion
@cotillion 3 күн бұрын
part 1 was good, (pre-watch comment)
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching, I actually think I rushed the prep of this video a bit but I hope people get some value out of it. Cheers mate
@peterpham345
@peterpham345 Күн бұрын
I live in this city, how come I don’t hear anything about those gangs?
@Gallalad1
@Gallalad1 3 күн бұрын
Not massive to the story but I always interesting how Keaton Canadian places are named after Irish towns or counties
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - yeah that seems to be true!
@pendizzy6352
@pendizzy6352 21 сағат бұрын
I knew most these guys haha < Champlain Heiiiiights !
@bulldawg7232
@bulldawg7232 Күн бұрын
Just fyi if you live in Van the Golden Palace is now the Rio
@vincentxrizzuto
@vincentxrizzuto 2 күн бұрын
How about Rizzuto?
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - I understood they were based in Montreal and didn't know too much about their involvement in Vancouver.
@johnwilliams-ni8cn
@johnwilliams-ni8cn 2 күн бұрын
business by-law officers and other political officers came to a farm and asked the owner if they could inspect his farm, he thought he must comply to the legal artificial political personnel, so he volunteered to allow them to do their business on his property. for a few years they proceeded to accuse him of things he was doing are wrong, not to their liking and that he should do it the way they wanted, having to buy new things and changing building structures etc... he did everything they wanted. they then ordered him to shut the farm down, he had been running for over 40 yrs, never causing anyone any criminal intent, never causing damage and injury to anyone growing potatoes. so he got very angry at the legal by-law officer, just to act arrogant and totally mean, she said to him; if you had not allowed us on your property we would not have been able to do anything. the whole financial corporate legal civil political system, it's departments and services are businesses, that are only voluntary! is the financial legal corporate system trying to hide that they are a business, that is only voluntary! should any corporation, business, service, have authority to force anything to do business in their "jurisdictional by-law authority" it's codes, rules? mcdonalds,? wendy;s? the corporate health department? the polls department? the lobbying department? licensing department etc... it's president and stock holders? popeye's chicken, it's stock holders? force your children to act as a slave to any corporation, business, service? this is what hitler did, stalin, lenin etc... the birth certificate is a corporate legal business, signed by the corporate registrar general, used as legal jurisdictional authority over any child and it's property, that has one. when any business wants to trick anyone to volunteer to their jurisdictional authority in their business, ask them to put in writing and send it to you. just state you do not want their business service, they may take you to court, before a jury of men and woman, with proof, state why you do not need the business service they offer. creatively remove the understanding(standing under) volunteering, consent into slavery, choose to be creatively free.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth Күн бұрын
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - definitely a complicated world out there but we should try to help each other out. Cheers mate
@thegreatbearfreedomfighter2931
@thegreatbearfreedomfighter2931 3 күн бұрын
your forgetting Jesus Christ of ladder day saints there also a gang
@Gingerbreadman88888
@Gingerbreadman88888 3 күн бұрын
🇬🇧☀️🇨🇦
@DocHolliday_11
@DocHolliday_11 2 күн бұрын
💩💩💩
@simonlal9064
@simonlal9064 Күн бұрын
Teo gill and chico telaz started los diablos in 1986.,1st leader was teo.2nd leader became chico.then leader was garmel.the final leader was yawer khan. Most dangerous was Justin moyou.wondering how i know. It all started for me at brittaina high school for me 1987.when i met Justin and we became best friends
@BLUDDYknucklez
@BLUDDYknucklez 11 сағат бұрын
You’re Corey’s brother?
@Hotsauce-cj7kj
@Hotsauce-cj7kj 3 күн бұрын
“Nay ho ling aaah” means “you look pretty” in Cantonese. …awesome video by the way.
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! I tried learning some Mandarin phrases awhile ago but it was tough, it's like they use vowels that we don't even have in English. Cheers mate
@Hotsauce-cj7kj
@Hotsauce-cj7kj 2 күн бұрын
@@strangenorth haha, I actually learned that phrase from Wayne’s World part 1 LOL.
@cassidystarchild7907
@cassidystarchild7907 3 күн бұрын
I miss that Bino's
@strangenorth
@strangenorth 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - that place seems to have a pretty good reputation! Cheers mate
@iamlegend8550
@iamlegend8550 2 күн бұрын
Azn gangs in Vancouver are not to be messed with. They been and still around. How many fallen azn gangsters nowadays gets murked? Not a lot.
@DenisePotts
@DenisePotts 18 сағат бұрын
Federal gangs😂😂😂😂😂😂
@PREPFORIT
@PREPFORIT 2 күн бұрын
Gangs are just cowards with guns.
@jeffersonprice3800
@jeffersonprice3800 3 күн бұрын
Diversity is our strength i guess
@tonybellick7841
@tonybellick7841 3 күн бұрын
yeah got all flavours here hahaha
@jasonj8246
@jasonj8246 3 күн бұрын
go get maid
@joshuapernell5567
@joshuapernell5567 3 күн бұрын
The city of Geek Losers😵‍💫
@stretchstretch9112
@stretchstretch9112 3 күн бұрын
Imagration at its finest. Hey vernon 25000 muslims oming your way to occupy the new government built mosque
@Themosaicsound
@Themosaicsound 3 күн бұрын
LOL hezbollah aint in Canada bruh
@MrTrda
@MrTrda 22 сағат бұрын
Hell yeah they are. What are ya new?
@kurtzcol
@kurtzcol 3 күн бұрын
immigrants as usual
@sunflowers8508
@sunflowers8508 3 күн бұрын
Try something new, that line gets old
@alyssamartin1188
@alyssamartin1188 3 күн бұрын
Everyone is an immigrant unless you are talking about Indigenous peoples. And you’d be mad then too 🤣
@07foxmulder
@07foxmulder 2 күн бұрын
@@alyssamartin1188If you’re born here, you’re not an immigrant :) By your logic, natives are immigrants, too.
@alyssamartin1188
@alyssamartin1188 2 күн бұрын
@@07foxmulder I mean you could stick up for pathetic racism in the comments… or you could scroll on by… but you do you boo
@07foxmulder
@07foxmulder 2 күн бұрын
@@alyssamartin1188 Just calling out your flawed logic. Sorry that makes you squirm.
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