A figure wearing shorts, Crocs and a military backpack strides confidently through the glow of neon lights. A pug trots at his heels.
Terry Grady — ex-military member, recovering addict and former monastery resident — is headed into a high-crime, high-poverty neighbourhood on Saskatoon’s west side.
Grady is following his regular route past working girls and into “traphouses,” which are often controlled by gangs.