{"id":73501,"date":"2021-11-10T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T04:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=73501"},"modified":"2021-12-13T00:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:16:35","slug":"zelda-a-dtes-front-line-worker-unlike-any-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/zelda-a-dtes-front-line-worker-unlike-any-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda, a DTES front line worker unlike any other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a dog is man's best friend, then Zelda takes that to a whole new level. You could say the three-year-old pit bull is the Downtown Eastside's best friend. Since she was a pup, Zelda has been coming to work with her owner Trey Helten, manager of the Overdose Prevention Society, a safe consumption site here in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n<p>And for three years, Zelda has watched and copied what Trey and his team do: help people in the throes of addiction stay safe and stable. But this dog does more than just tag along, she's a crucial staff member who helps save lives by literally making sure users are okay.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter Jordan Kawchuk speaks with Trey Helten about his courageous canine and the day she amazed even him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73507\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73507\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73507\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ZeldaInside.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda taking her orders for the day\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ZeldaInside.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ZeldaInside-161x215.jpg 161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zelda the Hero Dog - Photo courtesy Trey Helten<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a dog is man&#8217;s best friend, then Zelda takes that to a whole new level. You could say the three-year-old pit bull is the Downtown Eastside&#8217;s best friend. Since she was a pup, Zelda has been coming to work with her owner Trey Helten, manager of the Overdose Prevention Society, a safe consumption site&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":73505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57],"tags":[11351,678,11353,11350,4968,681,11352],"radio":[237],"origine":[280,262,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73501"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=73501"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=73501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}