TORONTO — Christmas has come a few days early for the owners of the two winning tickets in Saturday night's Lotto 6-49 draw.
The two will split the $5-million jackpot.
One of the tickets was sold in Vancouver, and the other was purchased somewhere in Ontario.
The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Christmas Eve will again be $5-million.
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice's caucus is discussing a bid by as many as seven official Opposition members to cross the floor — and at least one cabinet minister says he's keeping an "open mind."
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has approved its most expensive mega project with the construction of an $8.8 billion dam on the Peace River that Premier Christy Clark says marks a historic milestone that will be felt for a century.
Neil MacKenzie of B.C.'s Criminal Justice Branch says the case against Robert Widdifield went to trial in the fall and a decision was handed down in Nanaimo, B.C., on Tuesday.
HUNTSVILLE, Ont. — An Ontario man charged by American authorities four years ago in an alleged US$70 million Ponzi scheme has been arrested after arriving at Toronto's Pearson International airport.
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — One of four people charged in the disappearance of 31 rare sheep east of Toronto has been convicted of transporting an animal under quarantine.
TORONTO — The mother of a Canadian soldier who was sent a one-penny government cheque after her son killed himself following a tour of duty in Afghanistan deserves a Memorial Cross, supporters say in a new petition.