Barber Alysha Osborne first decided to give free haircuts on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after a troubling encounter with an acquaintance more than a year ago. The two were getting out of a taxi when someone approached them and asked for spare change. The acquaintance laughed and told the person to get a job. "It really pissed me off," Osborne said, in the office upstairs from where she manages a downtown barber shop.
Barber fights to build compassion for DTES residents, 1 free haircut at a time
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