Transit supervisors to get Naloxone kits, Fort Whyte gets transit

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Winnipeg Transit supervisors will receive naloxone kits to help them save the lives of people at risk of an opioid overdose.

A city report notes about 92 Transit inspectors, supervisors and instructors will each be given a two-pack of naloxone nasal spray inhalers and be trained to use them.

The report notes Transit inspectors are often the first responders to a suspected opioid overdose or poisoning in the Winnipeg Transit system.

Fort Whyte gets transit

Winnpeg Transit will take riders out to a new destination next year when it adds service to Fort Whyte Alive.

On Tuesday, council’s public works committee approved a call to begin serving the site’s upcoming Buffalo Crossing building on McGillivray Boulevard, tentatively beginning on Sept. 1, 2024.

The addition would rely on existing resources freed up by changes to Route 649 Chevrier and Route 650 McGillivray.

The report notes residents in some parts of Whyte Ridge will need to walk farther to reach transit service following the change, while others will be closer to it than before.