Winnipeg’s Bear Clan Patrol Inc. made news earlier this year with their efforts to clean up used needles – more than 20,000 of them – from Winnipeg’s inner city neighbourhoods, but the group’s most recent discovery involves sharp objects of a different kind.
The Bear Clan said on its social media that patrols were on duty for the entire long weekend, including Canada Day at the Forks.
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Over the course of that period, they picked up a series of knives and other edged weapons, including an axe and some items that looked homemade (and terrifying).
The Bear Clan describes itself as a community-based crime prevention solution, and is made up of hundreds of local volunteers.
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