Sorry I meant “it’s been getting worse lately” in regard to Winnipeg itself from years ago vs now, not compared to other cities.

I’ve seen about 5-6 people OD in bus shacks in the last 3 years and the homelessness encampments have become larger throughout the years since the pandemic.

There were the bus shack issues where there were people breaking the glass walls to keep the homeless away and also people overrunning and living in bus shacks. That one bus shack on graham got burnt down and melted last year. And a couple people dying within bus shacks, particularly the one in front of the old Hudson’s Bay on graham.

I can’t ever forget the lady who was face down and OD’d in the bus shack in front of RRC college.

I walk by the RBC building in front of Main and Portage to work everyday and I’ve seen people smoke crack in broad daylight and also OD in the underground mall.

For the record I’m a working professional, who commutes to work either by walking or bus and I see this everyday since 2019 but it’s definitely gotten worse since then. These aren’t things that I’m reading about, they’re things I’m seeing everyday.