Volunteers with Overdose Awareness Manitoba were tying the cards to trees along the walking path there Saturday afternoon. "Sometimes we hear a number — we're just trying to show how big that number is," said Rebecca Rummery with Overdose Awareness Manitoba. Rebecca Rummery co-founded Overdose Awareness Manitoba after losing her boyfriend to an overdose in 2018. The balloons were placed on Saturday ahead of Black Balloon Day, which is on March 6. She said the Black Balloon Day event helps put faces to numbers when it comes to overdose deaths.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2021 00:00 UTC