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Wednesday

Housing projects... drugs, crime, and gangs...

A sampling of some reports in social media about incidents involving co-op housing & other non-profit housing projects that relate to drugs and other crimes. Click the hyper-links to access articles:  

 

CITYNEWS TORONTO YOUTUBE.COM

January 7, 2018 

"A home in the Wilcox Creek Co-op was shot at for the second time in less than 2 months"... 

CLICK HERE

 

 

TORONTO.CITYNEWS.CA  

June 29, 2017 

"Teen stabbed in Etobicoke made it home before calling 911" 

"A police officer stands inside the Lakeshore Gardens Co-Op on Garnett James Road after a teen was stabbed on June 29, 2017"... 

CLICK HERE



CBC.CA  

March 28, 2017 

Julia Whalen, CBC News

"1 injured after gun fired at housing co-op near Queen Street West, Spadina Avenue"-"It happened shortly after 4 pm. Tuesday at the Atkinson Housing Co-operative on Augusta Avenue, north of Queen Street West near Spadina Avenue."...

CLICK HERE

 

 

NYDAILYNEWS.COM 

July 30, 2015 

By Joseph Stepansky, Ben Koch, New York Daily News 

"Cops dismantle violent crew 'Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation' who allegedly planned murders, trafficked drugs in Bronx"..."and Co-op City"...

CLICK HERE

 

 

OTTAWACITIZEN.COM

February 7, 2015

By Shaamini Yogaretnam, Ottawa Citizen


..."Ottawa gang member, bank robber shot dead"..."Police investigate Forestglade Cres. shooting"... [Carpenter Housing Co-operative Inc., 54 units]

CLICK HERE


In my view, some comments in social media about the co-op project. Some claims from Susan Spicer, former co-op resident on February 10, 2015:

"Murder took place in same Co-op where a grow-op house was found. Two cases of arson in same unit as murder took place in one year." "murdered man illegally subletting unit 32 of Carperter Co-op from welfare lady defrauding the government." "murdered man was in a subsidized unit. Welfare lady renting unit is out of the country!!!! (Kadra)"

 

 

Some claims from Susan Spicer, former co-op resident on February 6, 2015:

"3 law suits against the co-op, open drugs, racism, violence for years!" 

"I moved from 181 Forestglade because of the racism and violence. Lots of drugs and many hate crimes. Murder does not surprise me!!!" "A grow op was found there 3 years ago. Arson 2 years ago."..."Escalating violence & Deans knew about it!"



CBC.CA

February 3, 2015

By Judy Trinh, CBC News


Part 1 "UNDER THE GUN / Ottawa's gang violence result of power struggles over drug trade, rivalries"..."Around 500 gang members and associates in Ottawa apear to be gathering more guns."...

 

"Bryden said he considers most of the shootings "acts of intimidation" but there are signs the violence is escalating."...

 

"In disputes going on over the drug trade,"..."It starts to move away from controlling a particular housing project. A closer look at the statistics of gang related shootings in 2014 shows gunfire erupting where gang members live and where their customers reside."

 

"Many of the shootings took place in low-income neighbourhoods, apartment towers that rent to drug addicted tenants on welfare or community housing projects with high immigrant populations, single moms and youth."...

CLICK HERE



CBC.CA

February 4, 2015

By Ashley Burke, CBC News


Part 2 "UNDER THE GUN / Guns too easy for Ottawa gangs to get, police say"...

CLICK HERE



CBC.CA

August 17, 2014


"Bullets fired into McCarthy Road homes, witnesses say"...

CLICK HERE



OTTAWASUN.COM

August 17, 2014

By Kelly Roch, Ottawa Sun


"Gang ties to shooting not known yet"...

CLICK HERE



TORONTOSUN.COM

April 13, 2014

By Maryam Shah, Toronto Sun


"Former NCAA basketball player charged in fatal shooting of mom of four"..."Andrea White, 33, was with her family and friends Saturday night in the garage of her Grace Hartman Housing Co-operative home"...

CLICK HERE



THESTAR.COM

January 8, 2014

By Jacques Gallant, Staff Reporter, and Jennifer Pagliaro, City Hall reporter


"Richmond Hill Shooting: Two dead, one injured in housing co-op parking lot"...

CLICK HERE



CBC.CA

May 9, 2013

By Kimberly Gale, CBC


"Filthy Community Housing building sparks complaints"..."Tenants say feces, drug dealers fill stairwell of Sherbourne st. building"...

CLICK HERE



INTELLIGENCER.CA

December 6, 2012

By Chris Malette, for the Intelligencer


"Opinion Column"..."MALETTE AT LARGE: Co-op shame"..."vandalism is taking place."..."it's all taking place and explain the added shame of it - it's in the co-operative housing complex"..."There's been drug busts here, trash tossed about, fires lit, fireworks blasted off at all hours of the night, mindless acts of spray-painting, everything from doors to walls, tire-slashings, you name it."...

CLICK HERE



TORONTOSUN.COM

July 17, 2012

By Chris Doucette, Toronto Sun


"two dead, 21 wounded in Scarborough shooting"...

CLICK HERE



THESTAR.COM

July 17, 2012

By Karissa Donkin, Jayme Poisson, Tim Alemenciak and David Rider, Staff Reporters


"Scarborough shooting: 'Gang involvement' in Shootout that killed 2, police chief says"...

CLICK HERE



NOWTORONTO.COM

July 17, 2012

By Joshua Errett


"Scarborough shooting on Twitter"...

CLICK HERE




METAFILTER.COM

June 12, 2012


"They weren't attending a straight university"..."From 1968 to 1975, Rochdale College existed as co-op housing as an experimental college affiliated with the University of Toronto. Before it closed, it was the largest free university in North America."...


By the early 70s, though, Rochdale was well-known as a major hub of drug distribution in Toronto."..."In 1975, the last of the residents were removed, and the doors weilded shut."...

CLICK HERE 

 

 

THECOAST.CA

April 14, 2011

By Geoff Bird, Brittney Teasdale and Lily Sangter

 

"Manufactured Slum" "Pinecrest-Highfield Park was designed and built so poorly that it was fated to become the city's most crime-ridden neighbourhood"...

CLICK HERE





CTV.CA W5 on youtube

March 2011

Victor Mallory, Reporting for W5


Part 1 'Canada's Worst Landlord, Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC)' -Tenants at TCHC living in buildings that are in a poor state of repairs... :: CLICK HERE 9 min. video 

 

Part 2 'Canada's Worst Landlord, Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC)' -Crime reports related to the drug trade at TCHC ::  CLICK HERE for 11 minute video 

 

 

CANADA.COM

VANCOUVER SUN

August 8, 2009

 

..."Two young men remained in hospital Friday with serious burns after the drugs they were allegedly cooking up in the Avalon Cooperative unit exploded without warning"...

CLICK HERE  

 

The **Rap Dictionary Site - Non-profit co-op / community housing horror stories** The site links you to articles often related to gang related activity, illegal drugs and crime. 

 

The site has a search window. Example: type the words co-op housing, public housing, or other examples such as Atkinson Co-op, Alexandra Park, Regent Park, Moss Park, Flemington Park, Malvern, Danzing Street, Jane and Finch, Ajax, and Oshawa...

CLICK HERE 



Co-op housing governance and management can be influenced by drug traffickers and their associate drug dealers... :: CLICK HERE 

Rap Dictionary, and Co-op/Social Housing News Stories...: CLICK HERE






Information may be revised without prior notification





Ken Hummel, Administrator, CHIE 




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