Inside Quebec's New Blood War: The Fall Challenge to the Hells Angels

The Hells Angels had controlled Quebec’s criminal underworld for thirty years. They built their empire through ruthless violence, intimidation, and total control over the drug trade. Nothing—and no one—ever dared to challenge them. Until 2024.

That fall, everything changed. For the first time since the deadly biker war of the 1990s, a new generation of street-level criminals stepped up to take on Canada’s most feared outlaw motorcycle club. And what makes this war different isn’t just that it happened—it’s that the Hells Angels, the same gang that crushed the Rock Machine and Bandidos, actually hesitated.

This is the story of Quebec’s new blood war. It’s the story of 28-year-old Dave “Pik” Turmel, a kid who looked at an aging biker empire and saw weakness. It’s about how decades of the Angels’ own success became their greatest vulnerability. And it’s about what happens when the old rules of the underworld no longer apply.