Close X
Thursday, October 10, 2024
ADVT 
National

Burnaby, B.C. Man Wins $5 Million Lottery, Plans To Spoil His Wife

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 May, 2016 10:42 AM
  • Burnaby, B.C. Man Wins $5 Million Lottery, Plans To Spoil His Wife
VANCOUVER — A newly minted B.C. millionaire says he plans to spend his lottery winnings travelling the world and spoiling his wife.
 
Burnaby resident David O'Brien won $5 million in the May 4 Lotto 6/49 draw.
 
The win didn't even register when O'Brien saw he had all six numbers but when it did, he yelled, 'Yippee!'
 
O'Brien says he'd already won life's lotto when he met his wife, and he will spend some of his winnings treating her.
 
He also wants to travel the world, including Asia and Australia.
 
O'Brien bought his winning ticket at a grocery store.

MORE National ARTICLES

Firefighters Rescue 9-Year-Old Twins From Ice Floe: 'It Kept Drifting Out A Little Further'

Firefighters Rescue 9-Year-Old Twins From Ice Floe: 'It Kept Drifting Out A Little Further'
The girl and boy had been jumping on cakes of ice when one started moving out shortly before 3 p.m. on Easter Sunday, said Sgt. Walter Vessey of Charlottetown police.

Firefighters Rescue 9-Year-Old Twins From Ice Floe: 'It Kept Drifting Out A Little Further'

Manitoba NDP Promise To Cut Health-care Fees On Campaign Trail

NDP Leader Greg Selinger says he would cut ambulance fees in half — similar to a promise already made by the Progressive Conservatives.

Manitoba NDP Promise To Cut Health-care Fees On Campaign Trail

Scores Pay Final Respects As Rob Ford Lies In Repose At City Hall

Scores Pay Final Respects As Rob Ford Lies In Repose At City Hall
Mayor John Tory, who gave permission for Ford to lie in repose, was first to pause quietly at his predecessor's casket, then shake hands with relatives, among them Ford's brother Doug, mother, wife and two children.

Scores Pay Final Respects As Rob Ford Lies In Repose At City Hall

Canadian Man Faces Multiple 'Brutal Sexual Assault' Charges In Denver

Canadian Man Faces Multiple 'Brutal Sexual Assault' Charges In Denver
Denver District Attorney's office says 30-year-old Colby James Messer has been charged with six counts of sexual assault.

Canadian Man Faces Multiple 'Brutal Sexual Assault' Charges In Denver

Nearly 70 Killed In Lahore, Amid Easter Celebrations

Nearly 70 Killed In Lahore, Amid Easter Celebrations
At least 67 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a deadly suicide explosion near the crowded and popular Gulshan-e-Iqbal park here on Sunday, rescue and security officials said.

Nearly 70 Killed In Lahore, Amid Easter Celebrations

Dead Manitoba Boy's Family Says They Are 'Completely Devastated'

Dead Manitoba Boy's Family Says They Are 'Completely Devastated'
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection issued the release on behalf of the family of two-year-old Chase Martens, whose body was located in a creek on Saturday near the family's rural home.

Dead Manitoba Boy's Family Says They Are 'Completely Devastated'