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Canada cops to take homeless' carts

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KELOWNA, British Columbia, March 20 (UPI) -- Police in a Canadian city have told the homeless they must hand over their shopping carts by April 1 because they are stolen property.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports that officials in Kelowna, British Columbia, say the order is in response to complaints from business owners. But homeless people and their advocates say that losing the carts could be a killing move.

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Bob, a homeless man, told the broadcaster, that people like him would be unable to hang on to items like their sleeping bags and clothes without their carts.

"These are really these people's homes," Bob said. "They carry their homes in their shopping carts,"

Candace Sutherland, a worker at the city's Drop-In Center, said that Kelowna should provide a place where the homeless can lock up their belongings during the day if they want to seize the carts.

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