Not DTES per se, but a story on the issue in Prince George and one business's strategy in addressing their local problems.
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Opera music blaring outside Prince George drop-in space used as 'cruel' deterrent, say outreach workers
The issue was first raised by Chantale Laferriere, a social work student and volunteer who noticed the music while delivering meals to homeless people at the Fire Pit — a drop-in centre across the street from the city's courthouse and next to a safe consumption site run by Northern Health.
Laferriere says the same three-minute clip has been blasting around the clock for days in what she believes is an attempt to drive away the people who gather in the area to access services.
"Just the most loud blaring operatic crescendo on repeat. It was hard to even hear my own thoughts,"
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As for poor Chantale not being able to 'hear her own thoughts", as I like Puccini I'd be happy to forgo my thoughts for 3 minutes or so.
Now if they were playing Ja Rule, I would agree that that would be cruel.
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