Hanmer, Ont. couple have bought a brand new Cadillac Escalade and plan to renovate their dwelling with a few of their winnings.
THUNDER BAY — Natalie and Clem Bigras don’t have many huge plans for his or her $6.4-million Thunder Bay 50/50 windfall.
They do plan to go to Calgary much more steadily to see their son and their new grandson – after going six years and not using a seeing him previous to Christmas.
And, Natalie Bigras has a brand new experience, a Cadillac Escalade, the one factor they’ve allowed themselves to splurge a few of their winnings on, the Hanmer, Ont. couple on Wednesday choosing up their sizable cheque from Glenn Craig, president and CEO on the Thunder Bay Regional Well being Sciences Basis.
Apart from that, no actual plans, Clem stated.
“Nothing. We’re redoing our house, staying where we are,” he stated.
“We’re very plain people,” Natalie stated. “We love to fish.”
“We’re going to be doing a lot of fishing and camping,” Clem added.
“It’s Friday every day,” his spouse chimed in.
Each Natalie, who has labored for 18 years as a metropolis bus operator, and Clem, plan to retire, although Clem, who has been off since earlier than Christmas following hand surgical procedure, stated he has advised his boss he’ll assist out in a pinch.
“If he really, really, really, really needs me.”
The couple drove from Hanmer, a part of the amalgamated metropolis of Better Sudbury, to Thunder Bay – their canine Sadie alongside for the experience – and had been greeted exterior Thunder Bay Regional by hospital basis workers, who had been solely too comfortable to show over the record-breaking cheque, the most important hospital 50/50 pot in Canada so far.
A passerby, realizing who they had been, the enormous outsized novelty cheque giving it away, received in on the enjoyable, blasting the Barenaked Women’ hit, If I Had $100000 as they drove previous, the gang erupting in laughter seconds later as they acknowledged the long-lasting Canadian tune.
Requested if it’s sunk in but, Clem held up the actual cheque.
“It has now,” he stated.
The couple teared up as they recalled giving the information to their three kids. Their daughter was on the cellphone throughout Craig’s cellphone name to Natalie on Jan. 3. One son received the information when he touched down in Toronto, on his manner dwelling to Calgary from his go to to Hanmer.
The second son solely came upon about it hours later, when he got here up from underground, working his mining job.
“He had a problem with his drill and as he came up to the surface he came by a wi-fi station and he said his phone was just going ballistic. He saw my text, ‘You’re a millionaire, call me.’ He called me up and said, ‘What’s going on?’ I said we won the Thunder Bay 50/50 and he just started crying.”
The Bigras’ plan to provide every of their kids a minimum of $1 million out of their winnings.
The January Thunder Bay 50/50 draw is nearing a $1-million prize after simply 5 days. Tickets are on sale on the 50/50 retailer at Intercity Buying Centre or on-line at www.thunderbay5050.ca.
The draw date is Jan. 31.
