Port Summerside harbour master to retire after $1-million lotto win
CORNWALL, P.E.I. — After some dangerous luck of a tree falling on their property, karma has rewarded Allan and Carol Vezina-MacKinnon with a $1- million lotto win.
The Cornwall couple had a tough Saturday morning, spending hours cleansing up the tree, Atlantic Lottery stated in a information launch.
They took a break to run some errands, and Carol determined to verify their lottery tickets.
She was shocked to seek out that they had gained a Maxmillions prize of $1 million on the June 3 Lotto Max draw.
“I slapped my cheek thrice, actually laborious, as a result of I believed I needed to be dreaming,” she stated. “We had been sweaty and scorching from working so laborious all day, I simply thought I might open my eyes and get up any minute.”
“We get within the truck each week and speak about what we’d do if we gained 1,000,000 {dollars} and all the time had all these solutions. Then, we really gained, and we simply stared at one another and didn’t know what to do.”
Allan is harbour grasp for Port Summerside, however now plans to retire.
“This win has undoubtedly expedited my retirement,” he stated. “I gave my three-month discover immediately, it was the primary determination made.”
He tried to retire earlier than however all the time ended up again at work. Now, he stated, the retirement might be everlasting, and he appears ahead to spending extra time fishing.
Carol works as a licensed insurance coverage agent, loves her job and can maintain going to work as she has no plans to retire for just a few extra years.
Together with Allan’s retirement, the couple plans to assist their household, renovate their residence and luxuriate in residing life debt-free.
Carol and Allan are additionally trying ahead to planning a number of journeys to Scotland, travelling down south and taking a cruise.
