When Travis Lagasse dropped by the B & B Tireland store in Langley City to take advantage of a store sale, he wasn’t thinking about winning $10,000.
While the Brookswood resident was buying four sale-priced tires, he was invited to enter the Canada-wide contest, “Tireland Money Grows in Tires” event.
“When people come and say there’s a contest, enter it,” Lagasse advised on Tuesday, Dec. 23, as he posed with a giant mock cheque for $10,000 at the store at 20010 Industrial Ave.
It was a pleasant surprise for Lagassse, who was still considering what to do with his windfall.
“Don’t know yet,” he said.
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Then, store owner Steve Stayner presented Lagasse with the real, but considerably smaller cheque.
“You’ll want this,” Stayner said
The contest, open to all adult residents of Canada, offered two $10,000 top prizes, one for residents of Quebec, and one for residents outside of Quebec.
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There were another 54 winners of smaller secondary prizes in Langley.