[2] Though no one was killed, the Wawa incident showed how strongly Parente felt about Hells Angels moving into Ontario, which had been considered Outlaws territory since 1977.
[5] In June 1993, the Hells Angels, led by their National President Walter Stadnick, hosted a party in Wasaga Beach that was attended by all of the Ontario biker clubs except the Outlaws and Satan's Choice.
On the same day as the funerals for Labrash and Hart, T. J. Baxter's Tap & Grill, a popular restaurant in London, was bombed, injuring five and causing an estimated $1,000,000 in damages.
[3] On 22 October 1999, an assassination attempt was made against Kellestine as he stopped in his truck for a red light in his hometown of Iona Station.
[10] A car drove up alongside Kellestine's truck driven by Philippe "Philbilly" Gastonguay of the Angels' Sherbrooke chapter, and a pro-Angel Loner, David "Dirty" McLeish.
The Outlaws London chapter clubhouse was located on Egerton Street East, near the grounds of the Western Fair, was considered a local landmark by the people of the city.
By the end of 1999, the Hells Angels Ontario Nomad chapter and the Outlaws began to engage each other in both London and Hamilton, with several brawls and scuffles occurring between the clubs.
A Biker Enforcement Unit representative stated: "They used to drive by and taunt each other, For the H.A., their priority is to absorb other gangs and gain territorial control.
"The Quebec Biker War began in 1994 and saw the Hells Angels face the Canadian-based Rock Machine for control of the narcotics trade in the province.
That same summer, Stadnick gave a limited time offer to Outlaw motorcycle clubs in Ontario (especially Satan's Choice and Para-dice Riders) to join the Hells Angels on a "patch-for-patch" basis, receiving Hells Angels patches that would be the equivalent of their current patches.
Paul "Sasquatch" Porter, a founding member of the Rock Machine and the president of their Kingston chapter, wrote on the wall of the clubhouse: "Hello to all the RMMC, I wish you the best with your new colors!
[16] Barger ordered Stadnick to stop trying to recruit Outlaws in exchange for a promise that there would be no biker war in Ontario.
Overnight, the Hells Angels went from no chapter in Ontario to 13, giving them a massive increase in both manpower and area of operation.
They began investing in businesses within the city, this would include strip clubs, tattoo shops and a half-dozen exotic-massage parlors, referred to as "rub 'n' tugs" by many in London.
[19] The journalist Jerry Langton wrote that "without the diplomatic Stadnick to stand in their way", the Coates brothers behaved in an ultra-aggressive fashion, seeking to drive the Outlaws out of London.
The London chapter of the Outlaws countered this by putting restrictions and intense pressure on members not to defect, sometimes with the threat of violence.
[21] In August of the same year, a member of the Outlaws was pulled over by police en route to the York Street clubhouse of the Hells Angels, and authorities confiscated body armor, various firearms, and a pipe bomb.
[23] Instead, Hughes and Cornelisse came out and open fire, leading to a shoot-out that saw one Jackal, Eric Davignon, shot in the stomach.
[23] The shoot-out ended with the Jackals fleeing in their car as Hughes and Cornelisse ran after them, shooting wildly into the dark.
[23] He also incurred 23 additional charges relating to firearms, ammunition, this included semi-auto rifles and explosives in his residence.
[26] On March 10, 2002, near Kingston, the OPP pulled over for speeding on the 401 highway a car carrying Daniel Lamer and Marc Bouffard, both of whom were members of the Rockers, the Hells Angels' puppet club in Montreal.
[31] The Police seized six stolen vehicles, 44 firearms, narcotics worth about $1.6 million, and five properties owned by the Outlaws.
After years of remaining out of the headlines for the most part, the city's street gangs began to gain notoriety in the 2010s when a war broke out between the London chapter of the Hells Angels MC and the FU Crew, a local street gang backed by the London chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
The dispute first flared up when a tattoo parlor associated with the Outlaws motorcycle club was set ablaze on the morning of January 7.
Tensions continued with two separate fires at a massage parlour and a strip club, and then the shooting on January 11 of two people associated with the Hells Angels.
[38] Three days prior to this incident, on July 5, 2023, the OPP carried out a raid on an Outlaw clubhouse in Aylmer, along with seven other properties nearby in Southwestern Ontario.
Police stated that the seizures show that the Outlaws and other motorcycle clubs are expanding into smaller communities and that they are able and willing to use deadly force.
[39] On July 10, 2023, less than 36 hours after the Cornwall altercation, a large fire broke out at an Outlaws clubhouse in the downtown core of Brockville.
Wade also warned the public against wearing merchandise, colors, or cuts from any club to avoid being targeted by rivals.
The Cornwall Police Chief, Vincent Foy, noted a recent increase in the visibility of outlaw motorcycle clubs in the area.