Street Connections is a mobile public health service in Winnipeg.
NOTICE: There is a shortage of bubble pipes in Winnipeg at this time. MAY 26, 2025
You may not find them at all the places that normally hand them out.
If your usual pick-up location does not have one, you can try them at:
- Street Connections office (496 Hargrave)
- Street Connections van (Mon-Sat evening)
- Main Street Project (637 Main)
- Nine Circles Community Health Centre (705 Broadway)
- Mount Carmel Clinic (886 Main)
- MOPS (631 Main)
Please note: the above locations may run out of bubbles before more supplies arrive in Winnipeg.
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Our goal is to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), including hepatitis C and HIV, and reduce other drug-related harms.
We are part of Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction in the Winnipeg Health Authority’s (WRHA) Population and Public Health Program.
Public health nurses and outreach workers staff our van. We drive around the city every evening except Sunday. You can also find us during the day from Monday to Friday in our office on the main floor of 496 Hargrave St.
We follow a harm reduction philosophy. This means that we support people who use drugs in their efforts to keep themselves and their community safe. We do not judge people for their sexual and drug use practices.
The office located on the main floor at 496 Hargrave is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 – 4:30.
STREET CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER
- Street Connections publishes a newsletter every second week for Street Connections clients
- The newsletter is emailed to people and programs across Manitoba to be shared with clients and peers.
- Each issue is a new topic which could be:
- Harm Reduction based (safer injection use, drug checking, etc.)
- Sexually transmitted and blood borne infections based (HIV prevention, syphilis, etc.)
- Relevant Awareness Days (International Overdose Awareness Day, Orange Shirt Day, etc.)
- Other topics relevant to people who use Street Connections (Addiction Treatment Services, Housing, etc.)
NOTE: This newsletter is intended for an adult audience. Some material may not be for you. Reader discretion is advised.
If you or your program would like to receive this newsletter by email, please send an email to outreach@wrha.mb.ca and provide an name and email address that we can add to our distribution list. You can unsubscribe at any time.
The van is out:
Monday to Friday: 5:45pm to 11:00pm
Saturday: 5:00pm to 10:30pm
Route
Monday to Friday
Nursing services are available these evenings
5:45 — 5:55 pm
Sargent Ave and Spence St.
6:00 — 6:10 pm
Main St. and Higgins Ave.
6:30 — 6:40 pm
Euclid Ave. and Austin St.
7:00 — 7:10 pm
Kennedy St. at Ellice Ave
10:00 — 10:10 pm
Selkirk Ave. and McKenzie St.
Sometimes we are not able to follow the schedule exactly. We may be late or miss a stop due to delays.
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Saturday
There is only one scheduled stop on Saturday at 10pm at Selkirk and McKenzie (this may change).
Call us at 204−981−0742 to see when and if we will be in your area.
A few things to remember:
- We do not do special visits for condoms, crack pipes and bubble pipes. Please meet up with us at stops, flag us down in our cruise areas or come to our office at 496 Hargrave St.
- We can do home visits for needle exchange and nursing. Call us before 7 pm for a home visit.
- You can pick up supplies during the day at our office at 496 Hargrave if you can’t meet up with us.