Marcel Dagenais's shoe crushed a syringe casing while the smell of urine and body odour wafted around him.

"There's all these paths around the bush here, and here's where the needles start," he said.

A few days ago, Dagenais was taking his dogs for a walk and decided to venture into a wooded section near the 100 block of 18th Street West.

He was expecting a few needles and casings. Instead he found a massive amount of needles, not to mention a makeshift bed, mouthwash bottles and hairspray containers.

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