Aimee Savard is starting off the new year with a Minto Dream Home in Manotick, the grand prize in the CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Lottery. “I am so excited. I don’t know what to say,” she told CTV News Ottawa on Wednesday. “I’m still trying to process everything, but obviously very grateful and excited to be here.” The CHEO Foundation says the $3.7 million grand prize includes a “stunning Dream Home built by Minto, designed by Minto’s Karen van der Velden and decorated by Tanner Vine of Tanner Vine Interiors.” “I was so convinced it was a scam,” says Savard. “When they called me, I was like, ‘this can’t be real, right?’ But I brought my mom with me, and we were just talking about how excited we are and such a great way to start the new year.” Savard says she received the call Wednesday morning. The 5,360 square-foot home on Skysail Place in Manotick has two floors and a basement. The grand prize also includes $100,000 cash, a 2025 Mercedes Benz GLC 300 4MATIC SUV, 50 $100 gas cards from W.O. Stinson & Sons, biweekly cleaning for one year, a $5,000 gift card from Farm Boy and moving services from Adam’s Moving. According to the CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Lottery website, the home has two primary bedrooms and two “well-appointed” bedrooms, and the grand great room on the main floor features a “soaring two-storey” ceiling. This is the largest CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Lottery in history, with more than $5.2 million in prizes to be won, including the Minto Dream Home in Manotick according to the CHEO foundation. Other winners announced Wednesday included Luke Clarke, winner of the 50/50 draw worth $1,054,142.50 “We always hoped that we were going to win, but we never think we’re going to win,” Clarke tells CTV News Ottawa. Additional results for the lottery will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 8. With files from CTV’s Josh Pringle.
