Video of mad Canada riots: Vancouver fans run amok, set cars on fire

Angry, drunken revellers ran wild on Wednesday night after the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, setting cars and garbage cans ablaze, smashing windows, showering giant TV screens with beer bottles and dancing atop overturned vehicles. Later, looters smashed windows and ran inside department stores. There were no immediate indications of injuries, although images were shown on television of at least one woman mopping blood from her forehead. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson praised the police and firefighters and asked people to stay away from the central downtown area. Tear gas mingled with the stench of acrid smoke and stale beer as riot police, truncheons drawn, moved in to quell the violence, pushing crowds away from the burning cars. Later, police cars also were set on fire.

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[Maliiwan]

The only thing Canadians will get violent about.... Hockey.

[Manpreet Aulakh]

I live in Canada. I laugh at these riots.

[William Williams]

spoiled preps who think they're hard up = this.

[minecraftia0001]

i didnt type they other one

[minecraftia0001]

the second one

[marie4poche]

You just wrote two contradictory posts. Were you away from the keyboard? Which post is really from you?

[007Spuzzum]

I am from Vancouver. I did not participate in the riot, not an 'illegal Indian', Chinese immigrant (even if I was, what's wrong with that? Are you racist?), a 'yuppy from North Van' or addicted to crack.

I get so depressed when I read the anti-Vancouver BS from Toronto and the anti-Toronto BS from Vancouver. This country would be so much better off if people would realize that being from a particular city doesn't make you 'more Canadian' than anyone else.

[angrybirdsforever]

Damn, those damn Canadian are serious about Hockey.

[AcePilot101]

Anarchists.



[Josh Monarc]

illegal immigrants? they owned the city dude. Get ur facts right. Been getting cheap pot lately?

[MapleLeafistan]

Vancouver doesn't represent Canada...the city itself is an embarrassment to this country. It's practically made up of illegal Indian & Chinese immigrants and yuppies from North Van and crack addicts from Downtown. Vancouver in a nutshell...

[rawdog268]

oh shit not again!!....oh wait last years vid..lol