Street Memorial

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Guelph, Ontario
St. George's Square
Small shrine to occupants of a homeless
encampment recently cleared by police.

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Poignant shot ...

 

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We have a lot of those pop on roadways, where an a accident claimed a life, sad...

 

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We have a lot of those pop on roadways, where an a accident claimed a life, sad...

This was different. Homeless set up an encampment smack in the middle of a small town. Pissed off local businesses whose owners pressured a mayor to boot them without much follow-up support. Sadly, a couple fentanyl OD deaths followed after a couple safe injection sites were closed earlier, hence the shrine.