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Containers block key routes; workers promise long march to capital on Sept 20 The sit-in by Jamaat-i-Islami at Liaquat Bagh Chowk on Murree Road on Saturday evening and its march towards Faizabad caused severe traffic disruption across the city, as containers and barriers were placed at various points, blocking roads.

Published: October 20, 2026 at 2:31p.m. EDTA resident of central B. C. has spent the last 10 months knowing he was $46 million richer. Now, the rest of the world does too. Richard Z. won the gold ball prize in the Dec. 20, 2025 Lotto 6/49 draw, according to a Tuesday news release from the B. C. Lottery Corporation. BCLC did not share Richard’s full name. He told the lottery corporation he was relaxing at home in Quesnel, B. C., when he saw that someone from the city had won the gold ball jackpot. “I checked the BCLC website and had an inkling I may have the winning ticket,” Richard said, according to the release. “When it said it was the gold ball, that’s when the overwhelming feelings set in; knowing that out of everyone in Canada, I had the ticket that won $46 million.”Richard told BCLC he first shared the news with his wife. “There were tears of joy,” he said. “It was overwhelming.”The winning ticket was purchased at Billy Barker Casino in Quesnel, and Richard completed his prize claim at BCLC’s Kamloops office on Oct. 16, nearly 10 months after his lucky draw.