Spring cleanup targets discarded needles
A handful of volunteers and representatives from the Saskatchewan Health Authority spent their morning Wednesday scouring bushes, tree lines and empty lots in the downtown area for discarded needles.
Last year 750 needles were collected during the annual spring needle clean up. Paulette Martin, Prince Albert’s HIV coordinator, said volunteers find fewer and fewer needles each year, adding the city’s needle exchange program is working.
“Last year was about 98 per cent [exchange rate] and the year before was about 96,” she said.