The executive director and co-founder of Winnipeg's Bear Clan Patrol Inc. is no longer leading the organization, according to the organization's board of directors.

The Ontario government says the patrol will serve as an intermediary between the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and local crisis response services

A Beausejour, Man., man is hitting the streets in support of a Winnipeg community organization, running 10 kilometres a day to raise funds and awareness for the Bear Clan Patrol.

"We're finding bags on the sides of the street, on the sides of the bins with hundreds of needles, maybe even a thousand needles in a bag at a time."

The world may have changed around it, but for Winnipeg's Bear Clan Patrol, it's business as usual, even during a pandemic.

Bear Clan volunteers will be replacing the typical foot patrols with vehicle patrols, but still doing the same work the organization has become known for.

At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the Indigenous-led neighbourhood watch group patrolled the Elmwood and Chalmers neighbourhoods for the first time.

The co-founder of Winnipeg’s Bear Clan boarded a plane for Abu Dhabi on Saturday where he will present at an event hosted by the United Nations.

The Indigenous-led neighbourhood watch group conducts regular patrols in Winnipeg in an effort to protect the local community.

The Winnipeg Bear Clan is on track to hit 145,000 needles they've taken off city streets — about 25,000 more than they thought they would this year.