{"id":89330,"date":"2017-02-13T20:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89330"},"modified":"2017-02-13T20:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:30:35","slug":"quebec-couple-pick-up-60-million-cheque-after-winning-big-in-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/13\/quebec-couple-pick-up-60-million-cheque-after-winning-big-in-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec couple pick up $60 million cheque after winning big in lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89331\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16587085_415311712140510_5677497658032618243_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89331\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16587085_415311712140510_5677497658032618243_o.jpg\" alt=\"A Quebec couple who won $60 million in the lottery a few days ago say they are still in shock. (Photo: Info Plan\u00e8te Alma 104,5\/Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16587085_415311712140510_5677497658032618243_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16587085_415311712140510_5677497658032618243_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16587085_415311712140510_5677497658032618243_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16587085_415311712140510_5677497658032618243_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Quebec couple who won $60 million in the lottery a few days ago say they are still in shock. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/infoplanetealma1045\/photos\/basw.AboJv6AdSojEW4XlOcKVK3dUnk1pYniCGnsxzzr66g0sK06eKD8S5C49j3M4b1VVK-8rNM77jeXim5C6zaX1dDHlrkclbx2o0Yd26U69DPUdCW1HialLiGS8Y-wp4aH2Cv5gIRV_prja8MY6i1TZ8clK-lnyYl5kXSI0uJJMY_Ix5sBJWhCzPLnlkvZgw3yy68CtmLXoWRrbGmEwVuyRYUCl.415311712140510.10152914009100758.10154480060680310\/415311712140510\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=Abp29VhW0cASXzRpZg7HaYq5G52nGWI7wLL-MpLYKCxKxs8X8a4_yubZgL0b-_QyqUiAQJRU7gEcG6Qppz47Ms74Dl2TRalHu6REGVPTcFTvw7-nUPgch0-BWF7lAdv5XtMTIuQpaIuoilGpqllH2mbe5zkEFvKn93VM-0q0fbfPZYLT4c_qg1YZ9U6PnGUbNxoFY0Oz7yGcfNArmL7DF4iq-q4S1QmSJyMfz0OPqKCm4drEpTroH2nRFgLcepW1WpXaDJiq5_RKqkl8s5gPRijlldlaYgzZoqJW-2vL4HGFT4055GjQ1XJ2SaIXCmlKdYMKzz9dchNYkofKMBNTwuYxr8eJE0dXDOJkEi-fPWF9dI8Z7c3JOEUiygKcjEPSu4PygmWDVZv3lxcIBBdTSmeyQkKkgViZtMOrQMOVXwMb2za4oLB5F6yDdu3poBkVa2vg-Gqb3ZnZau7dLuKiWnlkd9EHhI_R3hmd-eC-GBfCyveDgsHV6CQH0UwHcYXUsso&amp;theater\"> Info<\/a> Plan\u00e8te Alma 104,5\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>QUEBEC\u2014A Quebec couple who won $60 million in the lottery a few days ago say they are still in shock.<\/p>\n<p>Marie-Josee Picard and Carl Villeneuve picked up their big cheque today at Loto-Quebec offices in Quebec City.<\/p>\n<p>The winners from Saguenay, 200 kilometres north of Quebec City, say they still don&#8217;t know what they will do with all the money, which they won in last Friday&#8217;s Lotto Max draw.<\/p>\n<p>But Picard, 46, and Villeneuve, 55, say some of of it will go to family.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have three adult children in their 20s and a two-year-old granddaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Picard is a cook, while Villeneuve is a school janitor who has already told his boss he is quitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUEBEC\u2014A Quebec couple who won $60 million in the lottery a few days ago say they are still in shock. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":89331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[15151,15150],"class_list":["post-89330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-lottery","tag-quebec-couple","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}