Public Disorder & the Decline of Vancouver's Livability

[jollyburger]

Nesters arsonist

Mostly theft under $5000/probation violations

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/01/man-charged-with-arson-after-fire-at-market-in-vancouver/

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[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Nesters arsonist

Mostly theft under $5000/probation violations

Seriously?! Our legal system is a joke.

[cganuelas1995]

He just needs one more chance guys, just trust me, one more measly chance and he will decide to turn his life around, sober up, upgrade his education, and become a productive member of society like all the rest of the lovely that we give one more chance to, right?

/obvious sarcasm in case you didn't know

[kikin]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Seriously?! Our legal system is a joke.

I suspect in any sane country this guy would be in a facility long term and not out and about wreaking havoc for the rest of us.

[cganuelas1995]

Originally Posted by kikin

I suspect in any sane country this guy would be in a facility long term and not out and about wreaking havoc for the rest of us.

But in ours if you're poor enough then it's written off as a survival crime. He stole? Okay maybe he needs it to survive. He set a store on fire? Okay maybe he was just cold.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by cganuelas1995

But in ours if you're poor enough then it's written off as a survival crime. He stole? Okay maybe he needs it to survive. He set a store on fire? Okay maybe he was just cold.

I'm holding out hope that the new immigrants we have been welcoming will start to vote and vote sensibly with common sense and we will start to see an end to this insanity in the next decade

[whatnext]

What, the suspect is a repeat offender? I'm soooo shocked.

Man arrested, charged after mother pushing stroller robbed at knifepoint in Vancouver
By Charles Brockman
Posted April 8, 2026 12:10 pm. Last Updated April 8, 2026 3:20 pm.

A man is facing charges after a woman claims she was threatened with a knife while walking with her child in Vancouver Tuesday.

The Vancouver Police Department says the victim was on West Broadway near Blenheim Street, pushing her baby in a stroller around 10:30 a.m., when she alleges a stranger grabbed her phone.

“When she held on to the phone, the man allegedly threatened her with a knife and attempted to push the stroller over. The mother was able to stop the stroller from falling, but the suspect got away with her phone,” said a police statement Wednesday....

...Police add that the suspect is a repeat offender.

The 37-year-old man has since been charged with robbery and uttering threats...

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/08/man-arrested-charged-after-mother-pushing-stroller-robbed/

[cganuelas1995]

Originally Posted by whatnext

What, the suspect is a repeat offender? I'm soooo shocked.

Man arrested, charged after mother pushing stroller robbed at knifepoint in Vancouver
By Charles Brockman
Posted April 8, 2026 12:10 pm. Last Updated April 8, 2026 3:20 pm.

A man is facing charges after a woman claims she was threatened with a knife while walking with her child in Vancouver Tuesday.

The Vancouver Police Department says the victim was on West Broadway near Blenheim Street, pushing her baby in a stroller around 10:30 a.m., when she alleges a stranger grabbed her phone.

“When she held on to the phone, the man allegedly threatened her with a knife and attempted to push the stroller over. The mother was able to stop the stroller from falling, but the suspect got away with her phone,” said a police statement Wednesday....

...Police add that the suspect is a repeat offender.

The 37-year-old man has since been charged with robbery and uttering threats...

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/08/man-arrested-charged-after-mother-pushing-stroller-robbed/

Wow what a sweet and sour surprise

[kikin]

Originally Posted by cganuelas1995

Wow what a sweet and sour surprise

Did they release a name and is he already back out on the streets again? I wonder what he looks like so I can warn my loved ones to steer clear if they see him.

[cganuelas1995]

Originally Posted by kikin

Did they release a name and is he already back out on the streets again? I wonder what he looks like so I can warn my loved ones to steer clear if they see him.

https://vpd.ca/news/2026/04/08/vpd-arrest-man-who-pushed-baby-stroller/

[kikin]

Originally Posted by cganuelas1995

.

"Ibrahim Omar, 37, has been charged with robbery and uttering threats"

anyone know if this guy has a prior record here?

[cganuelas1995]

Originally Posted by kikin

"Ibrahim Omar, 37, has been charged with robbery and uttering threats"

anyone know if this guy has a prior record here?

If he's doing in casually, yes.

[MIPS]

‘Slum landlord’: Granville bar flood exposes conditions inside BC Housing SRO

A bar owner in Vancouver’s Granville Entertainment District (GED) said he’s fed up after his club was flooded again from the supportive housing in the former Howard Johnson Hotel above, and this time, he was shocked at what he found when he tracked the water.


Alan Goodall told Global News he arrived at Aura at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 24, to find water pouring down in front of his main bar.

...

After approximately two hours, Goodall said the housing operator couldn’t determine where the water was coming from, and so he went upstairs with the plumber and night manager.

“We found the leak within 30 seconds,” recalled Goodall.

The plumber, he said, discovered an overflowing toilet in a first-floor unit, which also contained evidence of hoarding.

“This was like months of build up,” the Aura owner said in an interview. “We’re talking two to four feet of garbage or hoarding garbage or however you want to describe it, but it was right up to the door.”

Goodall said the room had no bed, and the conditions inside made it uninhabitable.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11822621/slum...lood-conditions-bc-housing-sro-hoarding/

The Balmoral was like this as well. The rooms were cheap (I was on the 6th floor for half a year and it was $450/month because I wasn't in income assistance) but there was nearly no obligation for the rooms to be regularly inspected and many of the rooms that were not already condemned were being used as flophouses and storage and another half of that had long-winded notices on the doors that tenants rights somethingsomething blah blah, legal authority to notify within 24 hours blah blah.
Basically, you should never run a low-income building and expect the tenants to be anything but insane. They can't be trusted.
Thing is the bar downstairs couldn't care because the ceilings were already trashed. I miss $2.75 beers.

As for the resident living in the unit above Aura where the most recent flooding originated from, Boyle said the operator is working with them to address “cleanliness issues” in their unit.

Uh-huh. Most people give you an eviction order.

[jollyburger]

Man with multiple stranger assault convictions sentenced to 9 more months in jail

A man with a history of assaulting strangers on the North Shore will serve nine more months in jail for setting fire to an apartment building and attacking a City of North Vancouver worker.

Jeremy Lariviere, 43, was sentenced in Vancouver Supreme Court on Tuesday.

On Christmas Day 2024, North Vancouver RCMP received a report of a man who was smashing a car windshield near the city’s works yard on Bewicke Avenue. The car’s owner tried to stop him but Lariviere struck her in the head with a hard object.

Four days later, early in the morning of Dec. 29, residents in an apartment building on the 100 block of East Keith Road called 911 when a stranger used paint thinner and a lighter to set fire to their door.

Lariviere was arrested later that day.

He pleaded guilty in Vancouver Supreme Court in January 2026 to charges of assault, arson, and mischief.

At a sentencing hearing on April 24, Crown prosecutor Kenny Wu said the fire left the victim traumatized and frightened to return to her home, and numerous residents’ lives were put at risk.

In a victim impact statement written for the court, the city worker said Lariviere's attack led her into a period of deep depression and social isolation.


“I have lost a sense of joy I once felt when interacting with the public. Although it has been over a year, the emotional toll still impacts my sense of safety in my workplace,” she wrote.

Wu said the incidents were just the latest in an escalating pattern of delusions and violent reactions from Lariviere.

At the time of the assault and arson, Lariviere was out on bail and awaiting sentencing for two other stranger attacks in which he tried to force his way into North Vancouver apartments and then attacked residents, including one he stabbed in the arm resulting in lasting nerve damage.

Prior to that, he assaulted two hotel workers in Squamish.

Police had accused Lariviere of another stranger assault on Christmas Day 2024, alleging he sucker punched a woman from behind while she was walking in the Shipyards and then assaulted her teenage son who stepped in to defend her.

Those charges were stayed by the Crown, however, after it was found the evidence submitted did not meet the standards needed for a conviction.

Lariviere’s prolific offending appears to be rooted in his schizophrenia and exacerbated by his use of crystal methamphetamine, Wu said. At various times following his arrests, Larievre has told police he was trying to free victims of human trafficking or that his victims had been stalking him.

Lariviere also has a history of refusing to follow court orders to report for psychiatric care.

Lariviere has been in custody since his arrest in December 2024.

Wu submitted Lariviere should face a total of 27 months in jail. Larievre’s defence argued he should be sentenced to time already served followed by probation.

Prior to handing down his sentence on April 28, B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Masuhara acknowledged that Lariviere has expressed remorse for his actions and indicated he wants to stay off meth and address his mental health issues.

But Lariviere does not have a good record of compliance, the judge noted, and only a limited insight into his mental illness.

“This limitation is concerning and is furthered by Mr Lariviere’s reported resistance to or disagreement with the diagnosis of schizophrenia and lack of interest in being on medication. This reduces the confidence in the diligence he will be taking with his conditions and does not ameliorate the risk of future violence as identified in the psychiatric reports,” he said.

Even when he is off street drugs and taking prescribed antipsychotics, Lariviere still experiences delusions, the court heard.

Before sentencing, Lariviere chose not to make any statement on his own behalf to the court.

Masuhara sentenced him to the total 27 months of jail sought by the Crown. Taking into account credit for time already served, Lariviere must stay in prison for another nine months.

“While rehabilitation should not be ignored, at this stage it must occur in a restrictive setting where his mental health can be closely monitored with immediate intervention if needed,” Masuhara said. “Public safety factors weigh heavily here.”

After his release, Lariviere will face three years of probation during which he must report to psychiatric services as directed by his probation officer, attend all appointments set by his mental healthcare professionals, take the medications they prescribe and abstain from drugs and alcohol completely. He’s also banned from having weapons, matches or lighters.

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/man-wi...tenced-to-9-more-months-in-jail-12212509

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Man with multiple stranger assault convictions sentenced to 9 more months in jail

A man with a history of assaulting strangers on the North Shore will serve nine more months in jail for setting fire to an apartment building and attacking a City of North Vancouver worker.

Jeremy Lariviere, 43, was sentenced in Vancouver Supreme Court on Tuesday.

On Christmas Day 2024, North Vancouver RCMP received a report of a man who was smashing a car windshield near the city’s works yard on Bewicke Avenue. The car’s owner tried to stop him but Lariviere struck her in the head with a hard object.

Four days later, early in the morning of Dec. 29, residents in an apartment building on the 100 block of East Keith Road called 911 when a stranger used paint thinner and a lighter to set fire to their door.

Lariviere was arrested later that day.

He pleaded guilty in Vancouver Supreme Court in January 2026 to charges of assault, arson, and mischief.

At a sentencing hearing on April 24, Crown prosecutor Kenny Wu said the fire left the victim traumatized and frightened to return to her home, and numerous residents’ lives were put at risk...

Nine months in prison. What a joke the Canadian justice system is.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by MIPS

....

"After approximately two hours, Goodall said the housing operator couldn’t determine where the water was coming from, and so he went upstairs with the plumber and night manager.

“We found the leak within 30 seconds,” recalled Goodall.

The plumber, he said, discovered an overflowing toilet in a first-floor unit, which also contained evidence of hoarding."



I thought this place was shut down already, what is the hold up??

The NDP should be punished by not seeing a whiff of power after the election in the province for the next decade for creating this.

[whatnext]

Vancouver, such a world class city:

Young couple says they are victims of random attack in Vancouver’s West End
By St. John Alexander
Published: April 29, 2026

A young couple says they were the victims of an unprovoked assault in Vancouver’s West End early Tuesday morning, while on their way home from a night out with friends.

One of the victims, who asked not to be identified, told CTV News he was punched repeatedly—and so hard, he lost a tooth…

… It all unfolded on Davie Street around 3:30 a.m.

The victim said a man approached the couple outside a convenience store and said something they didn’t understand.

He said the suspect attacked him after hearing them speak Korean.


“Then my girlfriend tried to protect me, and then he punched her,” the victim added.

The pair, who are from South Korea and in Canada on a working visa, say the incident has left them shaken and concerned for their safety.

“This place doesn’t feel right, safe,” the male victim said.…

… Police have spoken with all those involved, but no charges have been laid because investigators are looking for surveillance video and more witnesses…

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article...of-random-attack-in-vancouvers-west-end/

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Vancouver, such a world class city:

If you need a ride to the airport let me know.

[Burquitlaman]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Nine months in prison. What a joke the Canadian justice system is.

Nine months in itself is a big if. You get credit for "good behaviour" here as of right I believe. It's in the Corrections Act Regulation. Chances of this guy actually doing nine months is low.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

If you need a ride to the airport let me know.

Thanks but I don't set foot in Elon's Fascistwagens.