The evolution of Ottawa’s gang scene
The history of street gangs in Ottawa is laid out in a 2004 city police report from then-chief Vince Bevan.
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, the two prominent gangs were the Squirrels and the Yohawks.
They appeared limited to minor property crime and assaults — a few owned knives, but seldom used them.
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