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“I thought to myself, 'Am I seeing this right?'": Calgarian claims $50M Lotto Max prize from August – Calgary Herald

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Joshua Caines is Calgary’s newest lottery millionaire, winning $50 million from the August 30 LOTTO MAX draw.


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The Christmas holidays will be extra festive for Joshua Caines after the Calgarian came forward Friday to claim his $50-million Lotto Max prize after not knowing for months that he held the winning ticket.

The ticket for the Aug. 30 draw had been in Caines’ wallet and then on a shelf until he decided last month to check his numbers online.

“I had heard that the $50 million was still unclaimed in Calgary,” he said in a statement. “And I knew I had some tickets I hadn’t had time to check yet.”

One set of numbers looked like a winner, and after confirming the numbers again on his phone, Caines was an instant multimillionaire.

“I thought to myself, ‘Am I seeing this right?’ ” he said. “Once I showed it to a couple of people, that’s when it started to feel real.”

Caines, who bought his lucky $9 quick pick Lotto Max at the 7-Eleven store on Ranchview Drive N.W., said he has no immediate plans for his sudden windfall.

His was the only ticket match all seven numbers in the Aug. 30 draw — 5, 9, 33, 36, 39, 41 and 44.

It’s the third lottery win of $50 million or more in Alberta this year.

Tai Trinh claimed an Alberta-record $65 million lotto windfall in October. A $60-million jackpot was won by an Edmonton man in August.

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TD Bank announces new co-heads of U.S. commercial banking business

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Toronto-Dominion Bank has named new co-heads of its U.S. commercial banking business.

TD says Andy Bregenzer and Jill Gateman will jointly lead the operations.

The bank says the appointments follow the announcement earlier this year of Chris Giamo’s retirement.

Bregenzer will focus on leading all aspects of the regional commercial bank, including small business.

Gateman will lead TD’s national commercial banking effort in the U.S., including middle market, sponsor-backed finance and TD’s other specialty lending lines of business.

TD, which is working to resolve investigations into failures in its anti-money laundering program in the U.S., announced last week that chief executive Bharat Masrani would retire next year and be replaced by Raymond Chun.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2024.

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Payments tech company Lightspeed Commerce conducting strategic review of business

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MONTREAL – Lightspeed Commerce Inc. says it is conducting a review of its business and operations including talks relating to a range of potential strategic alternatives.

The Montreal-based payments technology company made the comments after reports concerning a potential transaction involving the company.

Lightspeed says it periodically undertakes a review of its business and operations with a view of realizing its full potential.

A strategic review is often seen by investors as a prelude to a sale by a company.

Lightspeed says its board of directors is committed to acting in the best interests of the company and its stakeholders.

Company founder Dax Dasilva returned to the role of chief executive officer earlier this year and has been working to return the company to profitability.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2024.

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National Bank receives Competition Bureau clearance for deal to buy CWB

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MONTREAL – National Bank of Canada says it has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in its proposed acquisition of Canadian Western Bank.

The Montreal-based bank says it has received the Competition Bureau’s clearance for the deal.

The transaction still requires approval by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and the minister of finance.

Canadian Western shareholders voted to approve the deal earlier this month.

National Bank announced an all-stock deal to buy Canadian Western earlier this year in a proposal that valued the Edmonton-based bank at about $5 billion.

It has said its acquisition of Canadian Western will significantly expand its western footprint and create a stronger national competitor.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2024.

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