A Richmond woman is the province's latest millionaire after winning five-million-dollars from Lotto 6/49.
Yvonne Sinclair matched all six numbers in a draw in early December but says she wasn't in a rush to claim her prize.
She now plans to buy a house for her family, take a tropical vacation and help her children with tuition.
Last year, B-C lottery players won more than 113-million-dollars from Lotto 6/49.
Canada posted a merchandise trade surplus of 972-million-dollars in March as imports fell more than exports. Statistics Canada reports that was up from a revised deficit of 487-million-dollars in February.
The federal government has reached a tentative four-year deal with 35-thousand striking workers at the Canada Revenue Agency. It mirrors several elements of the deal that the Public Service Alliance of Canada negotiated earlier this week with other striking civil servants.
The Vancouver Urban Health Centre is located at 219 Main Street and is open Monday to Friday from 9 a-m to 5 p-m. Dr. Brian Conway, the centre's medical director, says the goal is to build on the community pop-up clinics his team has offered on the Downtown Eastside for years.
Niki Sharma told the legislature in March that the government is proposing a law that would create new legal rights and remedies to stop the distribution of such images and to seek compensation for those who are harmed.
B.C.'s River Forecast Centre has issued two flood warnings, its highest-level bulletin, while several lower-level flood watches and high streamflow advisories covered much of the province's northern, central and southern Interior on Wednesday.
The officer stopped a green 1997 Toyota Corolla on April 29th after it failed to stop for a pedestrian crossing the street at a marked crosswalk. When the officer had the driver exit the vehicle on suspicion of driving under the influence, a clear baggy of suspected drugs fell to the ground.