Formed out of a short-lived attempt to revive the Atomwaffen Division, the Nightfall Group is a racist, ultranationalist network building up its arsenal and membership to expel immigrants.
Canadian Anti-Hate Network
Image posted by Jacob Engle of the Nightfall Group's symbol spray painted on a wall. Source: Telegram
Dressed in combat gear and holding a black and camouflage print of the Canadian, 19-year-old Jacob Engle stands next to his most recent creation. A crude logo of a shield shape with a downward pointing arrow and flanked by the barely legible words “Nightfall Group” hastily painted on corrugated metal walls of a Regina skatepark.
Taking to the encrypted communication app Telegram, he shared pictures taken of his night out creating “artwork.” What the images show is equally crude graffiti asking for readers to “stop being sheep n become wolf’s [sic]” and “we live in a period where Canada can only survive by vigor [sic] and by action.”
Both the messages are signed with “NFG” at the end.
Self-described as “ultranationalist, far right, anti-communist,” the organization first emerged as part of the militant neo-Nazi group Kernatium Division. It was there that Engle first posted screenshots of a military facility in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Images posted by Jacob Engle’s Telegram account to the members of Kernatium Division. Source: Telegram
Conducting “surveillance for future purposes and intelligence gathering” he noted the “structure’s entry points” in his message to the group.
While the post did not mention the location, landmarks and features within the image confirm the images were taken outside the Regina Armoury—a historic landmark, military drill hall, and storage facility located within Saskatchewan’s capital city.
Despite NFG being a small fledgling organization, Engle managed to attract the attention of a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and at least two underage boys.
When Kernatium Division’s founder left the various Telegram groups he created after members questioned his claims of belonging to the disbanded Terrorist organization Atomwaffen Division, Engle’s account became the administrator of all of them.
He immediately began using the groups to funnel Kernatium’s members into NFG.
Tamer than its predecessor—Kernatium’s purpose was to “kill Jews and immigrants”—NFG was focused on building several chapters across the country. Like Kernatium, members were asked to purchase weapons and engage in training. Engle also said he hoped each chapter would start fundraising for the group.
"This message is for every member, try to recruit as much people by August we are planning on a funding operation for this group and have it figured out now,” he wrote according to chat logs, “which will bring in roughly 6-10k a month that will be put to getting people gear, equipment and even later on if everything goes fine vehicles."
It was never made clear exactly how Engle hoped NFG would raise so much cash.
Research into Engle’s background found a Facebook account that included a similar note to the ones he used on Telegram. This includes the abbreviation “TND” short for “Total N****r Death,” a common expression in far-right online spaces.
A screenshot of a Facebook account with a similar caption to one used by Jacob Engle on Telegram. Source: Facebook
“Ninety-nine per cent of them blacks deserve to be in the ground,” he said on Telegram.
Engle, despite having an Indigenous mother, made statements indicating he believes that white people are inherently superior to other races.
“My dad is full German which is why I have a German last name, but he decided to go fuck that up our gene line [sic] and fucked a native,” he said about his own background. “Hear me out guys, I am already breeding it out of me.”
He went on to add that his two children were born to a woman of German descent and that he would only allow them to date white people.
Pictures posted by Jacob Engle showing him posing with a firearm and making the Roman Salute. Source: Telegram
“No way ima let my girl be with a n****r boy or my son be a with [sic] n****r bitch, or a native.”
Jacob Engle did not respond to requests for comment sent through the Nightfall Group Telegram chat.
One individual who joined NFG has been linked to the Canadian Armed Forces. Maddox Nourry-Côté, under the name Maple Boogaloo, posted videos to TikTok showing him training with other members of the CAF. In conversation with members of the group, he claimed online to be part of the 12th Regiment Armoured Division, and living in Quebec.
Pictures from Nourry-Côté’s social media accounts show that he previously served as part of the honour guard in Ottawa.
Picture of Maddox Nourry-Côté connected with the Maple Boogaloo account. Source: TikTok
Unlike most other members of NFG, Nourry-Côté was not a member of the Kernatium Division, though he does follow the group’s TikTok account that includes references to “Atomwaffen Canada.”
Nourry-Côté was initially identified by his uniform name tag, which was partially visible in a picture posted to a friend’s social media account. While not engaging in any type of planning or propaganda, he offered NFG advice and talked about his work.
“I’m a tanker,” he said, claiming to be well past basic training and “fully qualified.”
He also advised members how to obtain cheap ammunition and advice on firearms.
CAHN attempted to reach Nourry-Côté for comment through his public social media accounts, but did not receive a response.
NFG, while small, has proven particularly adept at appealing to and recruiting young members. At the time of writing, two members have either self identified or been confirmed to be 13 and 15 years old respectively. “Kyle” came from the Kernatium Division’s chat room, identifying himself as 15 years old. However, further investigation found that he was actually years younger and likely a 13-year-old boy living in Alberta.
Kyle’s real name has been withheld due to his age.
While in the Kernatium Division, Kyle also repeatedly posted video edits of the 2019 Christchurch Massacre, during which a lone shooter killed 52 people at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in New Zealand. After joining NFG, he resumed posting the videos, until a rule was put in place by Engle telling members to not share mass shooting footage.
Another individual within NFG, whose identity has not yet been determined, claimed on social media to be 15 years old.
Another member of NFG, 19-year-old Jericho (Jerry) Hayden Hauck, claims to be an oil field worker in Alberta, and uses a variation of his real name on Telegram. On Telegram, Kyle—the 13-year-old—said that he and Hauck were “best buddies,” to which Hauck replied, “Oh yes sir.”
The pair’s social media history shows them together in another small online group, originally called “Electi Canadian Patriotes,” and then the “North Star Party,” which now appears to be inactive. Social media posts for Electi Canadian Patriotes urge followers to “dm for province and name and telegram,” saying they are “recruiting men and women that would want to help Canada get back on its feet.”
When reached for comment by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Hauck denied having met the boy or being aware of his age.
Despite now being an avowed National Socialist, Hauck has expressed some political ambitions. Hauck bragged to the group chat that he was talking with a director at the People’s Party of Canada about a potential candidacy, though he provided no further details or proof to substantiate this claim.
He insisted to CAHN that he is not a neo-Nazi, maintaining instead that he was a “National Socialist” — the political system used under Adolf Hitler in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.
His personal definition of National Socialism seemed to deviate significantly from the historic model, focusing on how the political system encouraged traditional family roles and their tough-on-crime stance. He denied much of the antisemitism inherent in the movement and claimed that National Socialists “advocate for freedom of speech and the freedom of the people from tyranny.”
“Traitors in a National Socialist government can be punished or worse if the crime is high enough,” he wrote. “National Socialists advocate that the people read and educate themselves and rely less on the state/government. A National Socialist government would be hard on crime, and crime would go down while jobs would go up. Jobs that provide for the people and the nation.”
“So I think once people were told what a National Socialist is, they would be more willing to consider one.”
Images posted to the since-deleted NFG TikTok account. Source: TikTok
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