COVID-19 anti-vax protests causing ‘moral injury’ to hospital workers “I’d seen programs start up similar to ours in other cities, but I’d never seen one in Winnipeg specifically,” he told Global News Winnipeg Morning this week.“When somebody posted online about some protester experiences that they had had recently, I made a post saying that if anybody needed help getting to their appointments past the protesters, that was absolutely something we could help with.”“I had an outpouring of people wanting to help out as well.”Friesen connected with someone else who was working on a similar idea, and PEP Pals — short for Patient Escort Program — was born.Friesen said those looking for help fill out an online form with their details, and the.