http://www.theprovince.com/news/Gunf...407/story.html

Busy Ikea parking lot, bloody amazing no one was injured

And this is a surprise
Isnt this supposed to be Canada where we dont have these kinds of things

Expats would be better off going to a nice quiet community like Tumbler Ridge, BC

Shooting on the car park lot and monkeys in the store WTF is happening to IKEA?

I bet it was that monkey that was all over the internet a few days ago.

They were probably the Good Taste Police.

Darwin the Ikea monkey has an alibi, he is behind bars at the mo. These are most likely bigger primates, but with a similar level of education.

I remember the IRA putting a bomb on J9 of the M6 a few years back, right by the Ikea, prefer being shot myself.

To be fair, these events are quite rare in Vancouver (and Canada in general). The crime rates in Canadian cities are much lower than those in comparative-sized cities in the USA or Mexico... So, please don't let the headlines like this scare you away!

(and welcome to BE)

however, are they lower than the UK, since that's where most expats are coming from?

I know what you mean going to an IKEA store is horrible

I like their meatballs and gravlax.

On what do you base your assumption that most expats in Canada are British?

i base my assumption that most expats in this forum are from uk, cos it's called British Expats.