Oof - I appreciate this kind of work from our talented local journalists. A story that holds the data together with the human faces of the opioid crisis here in Winnipeg. Tough read, though.
Matthew Froese
“The frustration comes when they respond to the same person overdosing three times during a shift.”
My colleagues @kristinannable.bsky.social, Michelle Allan and @joannelevasseur.bsky.social on Winnipeg’s worsening addictions crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Front-line workers say Winnipeg is in the midst of a drug epidemic, driven by a surge in opioid overdoses that is killing users and overwhelming first responders who are dispatched to dozens of calls ...
