A Michigan woman who thought she'd won $1,000 on an instant scratch-off ticket found out she was wrong - and that she had actually won a cool half-million.
The City of Merritt has received provincial funding to help mitigate flood hazards from the Coldwater River, but many residents in a mobile home park near the river say it's not enough.
Six months after floodwaters destroyed much of Abbotsford's Sumas Prairie, farmers, local residents and the community continue to recover, inch by inch, acre by acre. Although for some, a lack of financial support has made it a challenge.