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New Brunswick couple face tough start to new life in British Columbia

File: A newly married couple moving across the country has had all of their belongings, stored in a U-Haul van, stolen.
File: A newly married couple moving across the country has had all of their belongings, stored in a U-Haul van, stolen. File

A newly married couple moving to British Columbia from New Brunswick are reluctantly preparing to start their new life with almost no possessions.

The U-Haul van loaded with everything from their household furnishings and clothing to wedding gifts and several cherished items was stolen last Tuesday in the Fraser Valley.

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Police say they were alerted to the theft by a caller who said one of the trucks his moving company was escorting to the West Coast from Moncton was stolen while parked in a lot just off Highway 1 in Abbotsford, 70 kilometres east of Vancouver.

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Const. Ian Macdonald says the truck, a white Ford E450 U-Haul cube van, was found empty in Surrey the next day.

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Macdonald says some of the items taken include a handmade tool box and a quilt, which have tremendous sentimental value.

He says police want to speak to anyone who may have seen the truck or have information about the theft.

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