A community-based neighbourhood patrol program is expanding its scope to include Portage la Prairie.
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The Bear Clan says it will begin patrolling the western Manitoba city with funding from the provincial government.
The Community Foundation of Portage and District also presented $20,000 to the Bear Clan on Friday.
Portage RCMP will receive $31,000 to train patrol members in first aid, mental health first aid, cultural sensitivity and the use of opioid-reversal antidote naloxone.
The Bear Clan started in Winnipeg’s North End four years ago.
It also patrols Brandon, Selkirk and OCN.
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