Armstrong woman makes Lottery top 10 feel good list

The B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is celebrating its ten Feel-Good Lottery Winners of 2020 – those whose first thought after, ‘I won the lottery!’ was about giving back.

Christyna Whieldon picked up a Lotto 6/49 ticket while treating her kids to some candy at the Armstrong Deep Creek General Store, and winning $1 million on October 17. She is listed at number 5 on the BCLC

“I was in my kitchen,” she recalled of the moment she realized she’d won. “I had Googled the winning numbers — I probably checked the number about 500 times. I now have that Guaranteed (Prize Draw) number memorized.”

The Armstrong resident of eight years immediately called her husband and mother, who were both in as much shock as she was.