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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 4:48 PM CT | Last Updated: April 29
Volunteers with the West Broadway chapter of the Bear Clan Patrol have been picking up hundreds of needles in Winnipeg s back lanes in recent patrols, according to one of its leaders. (John Einarson/CBC)
A West Broadway resident says neighbourhoods in Winnipeg s inner city have become a dumping ground for garbage and discarded needles, and that she s never seen the problem get so bad before.
Angela Klassen, who is one of the leaders of the West Broadway chapter of the city s Bear Clan Patrol, says volunteers picked up close to 300 needles in just a few hours on Sunday, and that four patrol teams picked up a combined 5,000 needles in three areas of the city in the past week.