December 18, 2025 - Several Santas and a group of masked elves made off with $3,000 worth of food from a Metro grocery store in MontrĂŠal.
An activist group calling themselves Robins des ruelles or Robins of the Alleys claimed responsibility for the heist. The group says the stolen food, worth around $3,000, was redistributed under a Christmas tree at place Valois in Montreal's Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, with leftovers going to various community fridges.
The group described Monday's raid as a "great food drive" and a political call to action.
In a statement posted on social media, the group justified its actions by saying that as people struggle to make ends meet, supermarket chains are using inflation as a pretext to raise prices all the while making record profits.
"A handful of corporations are holding our basic needs hostage, They continue to stifle the people, siphoning off as much money as possible, simply because they can. For us, that's theft, and they are the real criminals." [link]
