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Natalie Bigras and her husband Clem, of Hanmer, won nearly $6.5 million.
Photo: Provided by Natalie Bigras
Published yesterday at 4:15 p.m. EST
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A couple from Hanmer, Greater Sudbury, won a $6,436,355 prize thanks to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center Foundation’s 50/50 draw, a record for this draw.
According to a press release from the foundation, this would even be a Canadian record for a 50/50 draw organized by a hospital.
Natalie Bigras and her husband Clem received the good news over the phone Friday morning from Glenn Craig, President and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center Foundation.
I believe this is a call that will change your lives
he told them, before announcing that they were the big winners of the monthly draw.
I’m shaking like a leaf
then replied Ms. Bigras, moved.
The couple said they bought their tickets because the money goes to the hospital.
In rural areas of the North, many people must travel to the South for care
they confided.
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