Downtown businesses tackling localized hotspots of harassment and disorder

Downtown businesses are seeing a spike in reported incidents of harassment and petty crime in some areas of central Edmonton.
But they’re working with the 7-Eleven shops and Edmonton City Centre mall to improve the look of those spaces, trying to at least disperse any threatening or illegal activity to make the area welcoming.
“This isn’t a homeless issue. It’s not even a panhandling issue,” executive director Ian O’Donnell of the Downtown Business Association