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New biker gang with ties to Hells Angels crops up in Lower Mainland - Maple Ridge News

Hells Angels has established itself around Fort Langley. Members of the Street Reapers motorcycle club were reportedly spotted at the funeral of slain Hells Angel Chad Wilson in Maple Ridge on Saturday. "The Street Reapers are actually a motorcycle club that are closely associated and have close ties to the Hardside chapter of the Hells Angels," said Sgt. Brenda Winpenny, spokesperson for the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), an anti-gang policing unit. The Hardside Hells Angels chapter is based near Langley as well, in the Port Kells area of Surrey. The Street Reapers appear to have come into existence in late 2017, a little more than a year ago, said Winpenny. "We have noticed them at several of the Hells Angel ride events over the summer of 2018," she said. There are believed to be between six to 10 members of the club; six is the minimum number for a motorcycle club of this type, Winpenny said. READ MORE: Hundreds attend Hells Angels funeral in Maple Ridge The group is not believed to have an official clubhouse yet, but has been seen frequenting businesses in Fort Langley. It's likely one or more members live in or have a business in the area, Winpenny said. The Hells Angels...
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/new-biker-gang-with-ties-to-hells-angels-crops-up-in-lower-mainland/

Hundreds attend Hells Angels funeral in Maple Ridge - Abbotsford News

Hundreds of bikers attended a funeral for a Hells Angel member at Maple Ridge Alliance Church on Saturday. RCMP and Vancouver Police also attended the funeral at the church on 203rd Street in west Maple Ridge, where hundreds of motorbikes lined the parking lot. An RCMP officer would only confirm that it was a funeral for a member of the Hells Angels. Last month, the body of Chad John Wilson, a full-patch member of the Hells Angel, was found face-down under the Golden Ears Bridge. Wilson, 43, was a former member of the Haney Chapter of the Hells Angels and had joined the biker club's newest one, the Hardside Chapter. "R.I.P. Chad Wilson. Today is one of the hardest days I've had to face. Our charter, the club and the world will never be the same. You're a Legend and your family will be with us forever my brother! See you on the other side. always us," read a Facebook post by Jewsifer, which is linked to the Hardside Chapter's website. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed Wilson's death. Ridge Meadows RCMP said they were working with ho...
https://www.abbynews.com/news/hundreds-attend-hells-angels-funeral-in-maple-ridge/

Historic hall in Mission, B.C., burns weeks after reopening - CBC.ca

Thursday night, devastating volunteers who worked for years to rejuvenate the structure built by Swedish settlers in 1919.The almost century-old Silverhill Community Hall stood near the border of Maple Ridge, about eight kilometres west of the town of Mission. Many of the people who live near the hall are descendants of the settlers who originally built the rustic structure, according to the president of the Silverhill Hall Association."This is a huge loss," said Amber Roy, association president.Roy said she got a call Thursday night at 11:39 p.m. PT from a neighbour who saw flames.Mission Fire Chief Dale Unrau says the Silverhill Hall is most likely a 'total loss.' (Amber Roy)"It was on fire and we got there as quick as we could and it was completely engulfed in flames," said Roy."It's very emotional for a lot of us," she said.Sillverhill Hall had fallen into disrepair, but a dedicated group of volunteers recently worked to restore it and had been bringing the venue back to life with new community events."A lot of people around here have very strong emotional ties to [the hall]," Roy said, describing decades of weddings, feasts and funerals held inside.A historic hall built by Swedish settlers in 1919 burned on Oct. 11. This image shows the ha...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/silver-hill-fire-burns-historic-hall-built-swedish-settlers-1919-1.4860430

Hundreds attend Hells Angels funeral in Maple Ridge - Mission City Record

Hundreds of bikers attended a funeral for a Hells Angel member at Maple Ridge Alliance Church on Saturday. RCMP and Vancouver Police also attended the funeral at the church on 203rd Street in west Maple Ridge, where hundreds of motorbikes lined the parking lot. An RCMP officer would only confirm that it was a funeral for a member of the Hells Angels. Last month, the body of Chad John Wilson, a full-patch member of the Hells Angel, was found face-down under the Golden Ears Bridge. Wilson, 43, was a former member of the Haney Chapter of the Hells Angels and had joined the biker club's newest one, the Hardside Chapter. "R.I.P. Chad Wilson. Today is one of the hardest days I've had to face. Our charter, the club and the world will never be the same. You're a Legend and your family will be with us forever my brother! See you on the other side. always us," read a Facebook post by Jewsifer, which is linked to the Hardside Chapter's website. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed Wilson's death. Ridge Meadows RCMP said they were working with ho...
https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/hundreds-attend-hells-angels-funeral-in-maple-ridge/

Bikers come from near and far for funeral of murdered B.C. Hells Angel - Vancouver Sun

Chad Wilson, 43, was a member of the Surrey-based Hardside chapter when he was found shot to death on Nov. 18. More than 300 mourners packed a Maple Ridge church Saturday to remember slain Hells Angel Chad Wilson.Some members of the notorious biker gang and their support clubs arrived on Harleys - many of which had temporary one-day insurance to attend the service at the Maple Ridge Alliance Church on Dewdney Trunk Road.Others, like senior Vancouver member and sometimes spokesman Rick Ciarniello, arrived by cars or limousine.Police from the B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, the Vancouver Police Department and various RCMP detachments were also on hand, monitoring the event and photographing those in attendance.Wilson, 43, was a member of the Surrey-based Hardside chapter when he was found shot to death under the Golden Ears Bridge in Maple Ridge on Nov. 18.The Integrated Homicide Team has not disclosed a motive for Wilson's death beyond a link to his membership in a criminal organization. Photos: Hells Angels members attend Chad Wilson's funeral in Maple Ridge ...
https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/bikers-come-from-near-and-far-for-funeral-of-murdered-b-c-hells-angel

J. Vincent (Vince) Burg - thesuntimesnews.com

Chelsea to work at the Chelsea Pharmacy, and also part-time at the Mercywood Sanitarium in Ann Arbor. It was at Mercywood where Vince met his wife to be, Shirley Ann Tuckey, from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. She was a registered nurse and was in charge of the pharmacy. They wed on August 18, 1956 and raised six children.During his lifetime, Vince was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3092, where he was a 3rd and 4th Degree Knight, the Chelsea Junior Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Chelsea Village Council, and the Jackson County Pharmacy Association, being name Pharmacist of the Year in 1971. Vince was also a Charter Board Member and Lifetime member of the Waterloo National History Association.Vince retired from Weatherwax Pharmacy in Jackson, MI in 1996 after 32 years of employment. He then worked as a part time pharmacist for 14 more years for Chelsea Pharmacy and Dan Murphy, who interned under Vince in the mid-1950s.Vince, with his wife Shirley, enjoyed traveling by camper and R.V. throughout the United States and Canada with his family as they were growing up, and bicycling with Shirley and friends, Jeannie and Andy Ford, through Austria, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands in retirement. Vince was a lifelong deer hunter and lover of the outdoors, relishing the days spent at the family hunting camp in Northern Michigan. He was an avid reader in later years and was a frequent participant in local history events at the Chelsea District Library. Vince also enjoyed working out weekly at the Chelsea Wellness Center. Vince was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Mary Jane Lanning-Morey, Lou Guirey, Angeline Foster, Gretchen Spaulding, Virginia Rowe.Vince is survived by his wife, Shirley; his children Gregg (Laurie) Burg, Diane (Fernando) Nieves, David Burg, Brian Burg, Kristi (Gary) Ragland, and Rob Burg; grandchildren, Arielle and Jacob Bur...
https://thesuntimesnews.com/j-vincent-vince-burg/

Nanaimo remembers educator, activist and elder 'Auntie Ellen' - Nanaimo News Bulletin

Auntie Ellen.' Ellen White, Kwulasulwut, died Tuesday at age 95, and her funeral was held Saturday morning at the Beban Park Social Centre. White was a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia and her obituary remembers her as an "educator, cultural knowledge keeper, author, linguist, herbalist, healer, traditional midwife, and political activist and advocate." She was one of the founders of the Tillicum Haus Aboriginal Friendship Centre and was an elder-in-residence in Vancouver Island University's First Nations studies program. "She possessed a pure, kind and radiant heart," said Les Malbon, who described himself as one of White's adopted grandchildren as he delivered her eulogy Saturday. White's name, Kwulasulwut, translates to ‘many stars' and Malbon alluded to that as he addressed the people gathered in the social centre. "I look out now and I see the many stars," he said. "I see how she impacted the community. I see how much she loved her family and I appreciated, personally, how much that love changed me and how it's changed all of us to be better people and behoove us to be kind to one another and to work towards a world of unity." Malbon said the White home was always filled with visitors, and Ellen White also travelled to meet people and sh...
https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-remembers-educator-activist-and-elder-auntie-ellen/

Dozens of bikers attend funeral for Hells Angels member gunned down in Peel - Yahoo News Canada

Saturday afternoon for the funeral of a Hells Angels motorcycle gang member shot to death in Mississauga earlier this month.Motorcycle club members from across Ontario and as far away as Quebec and British Columbia attended a service for Michael Deabaitua-Schulde at the Vescio Funeral Home in Woodbridge.Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, was described by police as a "well-entrenched" member of the notorious motorcycle gang's Niagara chapter. He was gunned down in the parking lot of HUF Boxing Gym on March 11, in what investigators called a targeted hit.Police have arrested four men from Montreal in connection with the daylight slaying.View photosPaul Smith/CBCMoreMany Hells Angels, along with members of allied outlaw motorcycle clubs - commonly called "support clubs" - were seen milling about outside the funeral home before the service began. There was also a heavy police presence, with officers from the OPP and York keeping a close eye on those in attendance.Funerals for club members often offer police a rare opportunity to keep tabs on the who's who of the biker underworld.The Hells Angels have hundreds of members in Canada. The gang first moved into Ontario in 2000, after they emerged victorious in a bloody biker war ...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-bikers-attend-funeral-hells-213937721.html