A lottery winner from Alberta who was among the thousands forced to flee a huge wildfire in Fort McMurray says he plans to give back to charities that helped his family.
Jason Wheeler won $1 million in the July 6 Lotto 6-49 Extra draw.
Wheeler says the Canadian Red Cross, the SPCA and food banks provided help when his family had to evacuate because of the fire in May.
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He says he wants to return the favour with donations to those organizations.
The wildfire that spread into the city on May 3 forced more than 80,000 people to leave their homes for nearly a month and destroyed roughly 2,400 homes and other buildings.
Wheeler says he also plans to pay all of his bills, help his family and buy a golf cart for his campsite.
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