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Home : Canada : Manitoba couple down on their luck before lotto win Manitoba couple down on their luck before lotto win Viewer A Manitoba couple who are the recipients of the biggest single win in Canadian lottery history have claimed their $50 million dollar prize and now have to deal with the happy prospect of spending the cash.

Defense minister Peter Mackay and Colonel Luc Milot remembered the 133 Canadians who died in Afghanistan on Wednesday before a marble memorial etched with their faces.

Kirby and Marie Fontaine share a laugh during a press conference in Winnipeg to introduce them as Canada's newest millionaires.

They've seen horrors, experienced constant threats and survived traumatic events.

DIAMONDS are a transit rider and cyclist's best friend -- starting today. Diamond lanes, that is.

Peter Nakogee knows the chances are not good for aboriginals seeking transplants in Canada, but the gregarious father of four has reason to celebrate.

Canada has had a pandemic plan of some kind since the late 1980s. After SARS killed 44 Canadians in 2003, more action followed: A federal chief public health officer was appointed, the Public Health Agency of Canada was created, and federal and provincial governments agreed on an up-to-date pandemic influenza plan.

A combined federal and provincial investment of $17.5 million could help open new markets for Manitoba beef, according to an announcement Monday.

Brock Golden, seen in 2004, began serving his reduced sentence Thursday. A ruling by Manitoba's highest court Thursday to reduce the sentence of a Winnipeg man convicted of sexual crimes against minors is being met with extreme criticism by child-safety and victims' rights agencies.

Those living near the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba are being advised by Manitoba Water Stewardship to prepare for possible flood conditions.

If there was something illegal found in a Winnipeg Beach cottage cordoned by police Oct.

A 37-year-old Winnipeg man has been sentenced to four years in jail and three years of probation after he stabbed a man who insulted AC/DC . According to the Winnipeg Sun , James Ivison invited a 22-year-old man to his room at a Furby Street rooming house in October 2008.

Patients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study.

CARE HURRICANE... Kaleena Hudon, the 25-year-old Winnipeg mother and stage-4 cancer patient whose only hope of prolonging her life lies south of the border, flew to Pittsburgh for treatment of her metastasized melanoma Wednesday.Thanks to a local guardian angel, she went a month ahead of schedule and her closest loved ones were with her.

Two men have been charged after a crime spree that included a series of armed robberies, a police pursuit, and a foot chase that ended at Winnipeg's Health Science Centre.

The Winnipeg police homicide unit is now leading the investigation into an arson fire that killed two men in a city bathhouse.

ESSENTIAL staff at CancerCare Manitoba were sent home early Monday afternoon while police searched the McDermot Avenue facility for a suspect in a downtown carjacking believed to be armed.

Wendy Dirisio holds her two-year-old daughter Zoe as she receives the H1N1 flu vaccination from RN Diane Nannarone at Metro Hall in downtown Toronto, Oct.

They lived in Canada's small towns and big cities, from coast to coast. They were children, parents, friends and neighbours.

In a struggling field, one Winnipeg family physician has taken on the "heavy lifting" in order to help those less fortunate and effect change.