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Steve Carvelli had to resort to parking his car on his lawn to stop a Canada Post contractor from digging it up.

“I stopped the flagperson and said ‘what’s going on?’ They said ‘we’re digging a hole for a mailbox.’ I’m like, since when?”

The Abbotsford man’s lawn was being dug up for a new community mailbox, which are slowly being implemented throughout Canadian cities to replace door-to-door delivery.

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According to notices sent out by Canada Post, the box was supposed to go up across from 35404 Purcell Avenue, across the corner from the Carvelli house.

“We tried to explain the fact…but again, you’re talking to a call centre agent [and] all they’re doing is taking information,” says Carvelli.

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Canada Post spoke to Global News this afternoon. They suggested the location had been changed, but somehow nobody was notified.

Canada Post has now issued a temporary stop work order on Carvelli’s property, and a meeting has been scheduled for next week to find a solution.

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