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Blankets given to Vancouver homeless offer legal advice

Volunteers in Vancouver are giving the city's homeless a little warmth, and legal information, this holiday season. Starting Tuesday afternoon, activists began handing out 500 water-proof, high-tech blankets to people in the low-income Downtown Eastside. Printed inside every blanket is an explanation of the rights and protections homeless people have under the law in Vancouver.

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