Calgary thieves drive off with North America’s only mobile children’s playground

It was heartbreaking news for Simon Nash, proprietor of Sprog and Sprocket, past week.

Nash said thieves made disconnected pinch his trailer, which was packed pinch nan only mobile children’s playground successful North America. It’s near Nash and his customers successful nan lurch during nan busiest clip of nan year.

“It’s huge. This clip of year, for us, is our busiest season. And that playground brings joyousness to truthful galore kids during nan summertime months, from summertime camps to Stampede breakfasts and things for illustration that. So we are not capable to switch it successful a batch of occasions,” Nash said.

“It really has deed america rather hard.”

Nash said CCTV footage shows nan thieves taking astir 10 minutes to bargain nan trailer connected Wednesday, July 3.

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The full haul is complete $60,000, pinch $10,000 successful mislaid gross truthful far, according to Nash.

Nash said he hopes those responsible find a measurement to time off nan playground to beryllium found, if not nan trailer itself.

“It’s much valuable to america than nan trailer itself but what’s wrong to a thief is astir apt not.”