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Gangs of Montreal: Kings of coke

Montreal's underworld has gotten rich — very rich — from sneaking cocaine into the city by car, by air, by boat, and inside people, packages and shipping containers. In this episode we go back to the 1980s, when cocaine really took off in Montreal. Montreal's main criminal gangs — the Rizzuto-led Montreal Mafia, the Hells Angels biker gang and the West End gang — worked together to bring immense amounts of cocaine into the city. It's a partnership that lasted for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gangs of Montreal: Rise of the street gangs

Montreal's street gangs have grown from groups of teenagers banding together in the 1980s for protection to, at one point, being the Montreal police department’s top crime-fighting priority. They work with other criminal gangs to traffic drugs, weapons and sex. As he was being extradited to the U.S. on racketeering charges in 2006, Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto warned the police street gangs were going to become a force to be reckoned with. A prediction that appears to have come true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gangs of Montreal: The biker war

It was summer vacation, and a group of boys was playing in front of the Saint-Nom-de-Jésus school in Montreal's east-end neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. At 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 9, 1995, a man got into his Jeep parked across the tree-lined street from the school. A powerful explosion sent the Jeep flying into the air. The blast was so violent it shattered nearby windows. Pieces of metal flew everywhere. One of the pieces of metal struck one of the boys playing on the street, 11-year-old Daniel Desrochers. Desrochers, who was supposed to start Grade 6 in a few days, was hit in the head and died four days later in a hospital. The bombing was tied to the biker war that had rocked Montreal for the previous year. Police said Desrochers was the first innocent victim of that war. The Hells Angels, under the leadership of Maurice (Mom) Boucher, had taken on a group of criminal gangs called the Alliance. Boucher wanted total control of drug-trafficking turfs in Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gangs of Montreal: The West End Gang and the robbery of the century

It was snowing in Montreal on the night of Nov. 13, 1984. West End Gang leader Frank Ryan, better known by his nickname, "Dunie", was at one of his usual hangouts, Nittolo's Garden Inn, a seedy restaurant and motel in west-end Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Dunie Ryan, at age 42, was a very rich man. He owned a yacht, and a house on the West Island. He gave away fur coats, and money to gang members who needed cash. People called him the King of Coke because of the money he was raking in smuggling drugs. On that November night 35 years ago, one of his fellow gang members asked to meet him in one of the rooms at Nittolo's. A few minutes later, Dunie Ryan was lying on the motel room floor, shot to death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gangs of Montreal: How it all began

It was pure coincidence but the Hells Angels opened their first Canadian chapter in Quebec just seven weeks before Nicolo Rizzuto took control of the Montreal Mafia. Those events in 1977-78 kickstarted a violent decades-long struggle to control the criminal underworld in Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada's World Cup moment: A look at Alphonso Davies' impact

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week, with Canada hosting matches for the first time. Journalist Jolene Latimer joins the show to discuss Canada's place on soccer's biggest stage, the impact of star player Alphonso Davies despite his injury, and the influential figure behind his rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28/06/2019

Can Canucks sign more than Myers in free agency?

Patrick Johnston and Paul Chapman take a look back at the draft and then ahead to free agency. How did the Canucks do with their nine picks? Why was the reception for Vasili Podkolzin initially mixed? With reflection what do we make of the J.T. Miller trade? The Canucks seem set to sign Tyler Myers but might they make any other moves? And will Roberto Luongo’s number be retired? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02/08/2017

What does the model say? A critical look at NHL free agency (Episode 48 - Matt Cane)

John is joined by Matt Cane, analyst for Hockey Graphs, to pass judgment on the 2017 free agency class (especially recent activity) with the help of his salary calculator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28/11/2019

B.C. government clinging to shrinking surplus

Why B.C.’s budget surplus shrinking, Chilliwack Liberal MLA John Martin faces a nomination challenge in his riding and Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson is hesitant to outline his tax changes. Mike Smyth and Rob Shaw break down the week in B.C. politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07/03/2019

SNC-Lavelin scandal rocks the Trudeau government

With co-host Rob Shaw under the weather, Province columnist Mike Smyth welcomes Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer to discuss the SNC-Lavelin scandal rocking the Justin Trudeau government in Ottawa. Closer to home, Smyth and Palmer talk about Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson’s 'wacky renters' gaffe and the continuing fight over the B.C. speculation tax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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