Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nancy Macdonald
Publication Date: May 24, 2025 - 08:00
How fentanyl transformed Victoria’s Pandora Avenue from downtown hub to open-air drug market
May 24, 2025
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The sidewalk outside Victoria’s Central Baptist Church was littered with trash on a recent visit. A woman was slumped like a resting marionette, her arms hanging from her waist. The smell of urine rose from the concrete. It was mid-week in the heart of the city’s central business district but Pandora Avenue was strangely quiet. Nobody was talking. No one was asking for change.
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