The name of the club originates from the cult and city religions symbolism of Dionysus, who was regarded as the protector or guardian of those who do not belong to conventional society.

[9] On 26 November 2006, three members of the Bacchus Halifax chapter were arrested in Prince Edward Island on charges of trafficking cocaine, Ecstasy, marijuana and various prescription drugs into the province.

[10] On 26 February 2010, in Barr Settlement, a Bacchus member, James "Rustie" Hall along with his wife Ellen, were found murdered in their house.

[13] The highways that link Grand Falls to St. John's and Corner Brook allowed Bacchus to have access to those cities while avoiding the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

[16] Foley made a plea bargain with the Crown where the charges of first-degree murder were dropped in exchange for him pledging guilty to manslaughter.

[16] Schimpf was a convicted drug dealer who in the days before the murder had thrown bricks though the window of a tattoo shop owned by Foley.

[18] Bacchus switched the bottom rocker on their jackets from "Ontario" to "Canada," likely to avoid conflict with the Hells Angels who claim the exclusive right to have a province written on their backs.

Bacchus member Derreck Dean Huggan was charged with possession of drugs and a restricted weapon after police seized approximately $85,000 worth of crack cocaine, marijuana and hashish, as well as $1,600 in cash and a loaded handgun during a raid on a home in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia on 14 April 2000.

He was convicted on several counts of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, hashish, ecstasy and hydromorphone, and was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison in July 2007.

[30] Bacchus members Patrick Michael James, Duayne Jamie Howe and David John Pearce were convicted of extortion and intimidation in July 2018, charged stemming from incidents in 2012 when a man attempted to start a chapter of a non-criminal motorcycle club in Nova Scotia.

When Bacchus sergeant-at-arms James discovered the victim's plans to start the chapter, club members threatened him until he ceased the endeavor and he and his wife sold their motorcycles.

[24] In March 2013, Bacchus member David James Bishop was charged with a number of crimes, including trafficking cocaine and steroids, relating to a drug smuggling ring at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility.