NUNAVIK HOUSE

Nunavik House is an essential part of our community. Many of us have stayed there or have had a family member stay there over the years for treatment at one of Montreal's many hospitals. Nunavik House is situated on St-Jacques street near Upper Lachine road. Drugs and crime in this area are only a tip of the iceberg. Many "locals" take advantage of our kids and young adults by selling drugs to them and invite them into their homes. At 2035 and 2045 Grand boulevard a group of vietnamese gangs and several white men have been selling drugs including crack cocaine to our young people. Some of our kids have been forced to sell booze and drugs for for these creeps to pay debts to these drug dealers. Many of these dealers have drug problems of their own so it's a nice windfall for them. This has been going on for years in this area but this past year has been by far the worse and we have absolutely no way of knowing if this will end.

As a parent, I have witnessed people in my own family come back from there with bruises and horror stories and having no money because of gambling machines at AlloBar right next to Hampton. The neighbourhood at night is a real problem for our young people.

This past year we have had a young lady from Inukjuak that almost died jumping from a third floor balcony in attempt to escape a robbery at gunpoint at the adress mentioned above and a few weeks ago a man was attacked in the middle of the night was very close to death and is still in a coma. Someone found him on the floor of the same adress on Grand Boulevard. A 15 year old Nunavik girl was forced to engage in sex with a vietnamese man much older then her and was so scared she agreed but only after being drugged. The same man is sitting in jail right now facing serious charges relating to an attempted murder. Only a fraction of the incidents get reported to police but these crimes are going on only a few hundred feet from Nunavik House. The same building has other people preying on on our young people, a witness told me it's a regular hangout. Several apartments in the same building are know as late night hangouts where drugs and alcohol are always in abundance. The neighbourhood has at least a half dozen other bad places that are similar but this building is by far the worse. Many miss their appointments the next day because they were out drinking or taking drugs the night before.


Nunavik House has hired security from the from the community and as an inuk I share the same opinion along with many others, these people have absolutely no understanding or respect for the inuit community and treat us like kids.
It seems to me that they hired thugs that would be unemployed if it wasnt for the kind people from the north that employ the qallunaat and others at this facility.

I am beginning to believe Nunavik House security are part of them problem. Many feel so unconfortable to stay at Nunavik House or Hampton that they look for any alternative and that's why bars and these NDG gangsters prey on our young people.

We need to do something now before anyone else gets killed or seriously injured.

Please spread the word about NDG and what goes on at night. The police or the "so-called" security at Nunavik House will not protect our young people, it's up to you to tell people to be extra careful and never walk alone at night. Community action is needed to remind people about the dangers of the big city and not to trust anyone, especially if the person appears unusually friendly or invites guests over to their house.

It it also important to mention that in the area is a known hangout for Montreal's mafia and all the problems that are associated with it. In december a the son of the leader of the mafia in Canada was killed at the corner of Wilson road and Upper Lachine, a couple hundred feet from Hampton house. A few weeks later, two more mafia associates were gunned down at Petro-Canada/McDonalds around half a mile further west. Many of the local residents are now very scared to go out at night, a recent article in the Monitor has many saying that with these problems and the local drug problem, they plan on moving out.

http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091228/mtl_shooting_091228/20091229/So%20You%20Think%20You%20Can%20Dance%20Canada


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Police often called to N.D.G. building where man was badly beaten

There’s drugs and there are crackheads,' ex-resident says. 'I couldn’t put up with it anymore'

By Paul Cherry, Gazette Crime Reporter

N.D.G. resident Carrie Lee Main speaks to the media on Monday outside her apartment building on Grand Blvd. near St. Jacques St., where police were called when a victim was found badly beaten.Photograph by: Dave Sidaway, The GazetteMONTREAL – France Mallet figures she got out at the right time.

The 38-year-old mother of three said she left the apartment building on Grand Blvd. near St. Jacques St. in Notre Dame de Grâce, where a man was badly beaten late Sunday night, two years ago after coming to the conclusion it simply wasn’t a safe place for her children to grow up. She moved to another address on the same street and said she is happier now but memories, like waking up at 4 a.m. one morning to find a SWAT team in the building, are still fresh in her mind.

“That building is a problem,” Mallet said while recalling the six years she spent at 2045 Grand Blvd. “There’s drugs and there are crackheads. I couldn’t put up with it anymore. I just couldn’t take it anymore.”

The police are frequent visitors to the three-storey apartment building and paid another visit Sunday night after 11 p.m. after a man was assaulted by a group of people. He suffered injuries to his head that left him in critical but stable condition after being taken to a hospital, said Montreal police Constable Anie Lemieux.

Six people – four men and two women described as being in their 20s – were arrested and were still being questioned Monday afternoon.

Constable Olivier Lapointe said investigators believe the man, described as being in his late 50s, knew the people who assaulted him and might have been attending a party inside their apartment before he was beaten.

Bablo Zaman, a former concierge of the building, said the victim was not a resident of the building but knew the people who lived in the apartment where he was assaulted. Zaman estimated the police have had to visit the building about 10 times in the last year.

“There are lots of problems like loud parties here. But I’ve never seen anything like this,” Zaman said as crime scene technicians walked in and out of the building, just north of St. Jacques St. W., carrying evidence packed in paper bags.

Residents said they could hear the sounds of a loud argument on the third floor. A long trail of blood drops could be found on the stairway that leads to the main exit, where the victim was found when police arrived.

Jonathan Haineault was stirred from his sleep in his third-floor apartment by the sounds of an argument.

“I heard someone say ‘Get out! Get out of my apartment!’ It was obvious there was an argument,” Haineault said adding he went back to sleep without giving the noise much thought. He said he was surprised to learn how violent things turned out as he watched a televised report on the assault Monday morning.

Carrie Lee Main, who lives in an apartment on the second floor, said she could hear loud music coming from the floor above her’s late Sunday night.

“It happens every second night. It’s from people who have no respect for anybody in the building,” she said.

© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette

Source http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/gang+beaten+police/2338217/story.html

Another issue that MUST be discussed

There is a serious rise in the number of sexually transmitted diseases in Montreal. It's a subject nobody including myself likes to talk about but we cannot ignore it anymore. I have received a few emails regarding this subject and it has taken me several days for me to put it in words because of how serious it is.

Nunavik House should be distributing condoms free of charge to everyone. There are many unplaned pregancies that can be avoided and more importantly this will reduce the number of people getting sexually transmitted diseases while in Montreal. Remember, if someone catches an STD while in Montreal there is a strong likelyhood they will be bringing it back home with them and introducing a previously unknown STD into the community. The concequences are very serious and remember there is no cure for such diseases as hiv , only medication will reduce the symptoms.

We need action on this issue immediately and we need to educate our young people about the serious concequences of having unprotected sex with an unknown or new sexual partner, it doesnt matter or they're inuk, white, black or asian. It's common sense and this is how I will finish on a subject that has made me very emotional after reading several of these emails I have received. Also, I have never been more convinced that this is the time to relocate until this moment. People across Nunavik and Montreal should say THIS IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!

Community action is needed now

The word must get out about these problems. All over Nunavik people must know the truth. Send an email about this website. We need community involvement and we need the decisionmakers at Makivik and our elders to do something. Our kids are going to Montreal for hospital treatment and are coming back addicted to drugs and they are making new friends that are taking advantage of them.

We need new administrators at Nunavik House
New security with an understanding inuit culture

and RESPECTFUL AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT for our loved-ones visiting these facilities.

If you give a damn about your future, let others know about the real NDG.

CBC STORY ABOUT THE SAME BUILDING ON GRAND BOULEVARD

6 arrested in NDG swarming (Video also available)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/14/montreal-beating.html















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