Don Drummond

Ottawa Residents Against Casinos; Support Gaming Expansion At Tracks

September 10, 2012

The National Capital Region Harness Horse Association (NCRHHA) commissioned Forum Research to conduct a poll of Ottawa residents on the topic of the expansion of gaming. The poll, taken September 6, 2...

Milligan: "McGuinty Is Going Down The Wrong Path"

September 07, 2012

Progressive Conservative MPP Rob Milligan (Northumberland-Quinte West) and local horsepeople gathered at a rally at Grasshopper Flats racetrack Friday morning to raise awareness about the impact of en...

Oakville Balks At Bingo

September 07, 2012

It has been reported that the Town of Oakville has decided to 'hold off' on signing the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s Charitable Gaming Centre Agreement after Councillors explained that exi...

No Liberal Majority In Ontario

September 06, 2012

Any hopes for Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to form a majority provincial government by virtue of two byelections were denied by the people of Kitchener-Waterloo.

New Bingo Hall Blocks From Woodstock Raceway?

September 06, 2012

A City Council meeting tonight (Thursday, September 6) at 7:00 p.m., which is open to the public, could pave the way for a new bingo facility to be located in Woodstock, Ont., less than two kilometres...

Opposition Critic Dismisses McMeekin's Spin On Panel Report

September 04, 2012

Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman, opposition critic for agriculture, food and rural affairs, has gone on the record as dismissing Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ted McMeekin's claims that ...

Sudbury Poll Proves Overwhelming Support For Racing Aid From Gov

September 04, 2012

A telephone poll conducted last week found that not just some, but an overwhelming majority of respondents --- 93 per cent, to be exact --- are in favour of the Ontario Liberal Government doing more t...

MacDonald Sets The Record Straight At Queen’s Park

September 03, 2012

”We all find ourselves in a fight – a fight for our lives, our families’ lives and truthfully the lives of thousands of horses, also.”

Breeders Lose, Who Wins?

September 01, 2012

The question on the minds of many in horse racing as the calendar turns to September is just what will be the impact on Ontario's horse breeders with 2012 yearlings, clearly the immediate losers as a ...

More From Kitchener/Waterloo By-Election Candidate

August 31, 2012

"You have to go back in the history of the province to find out why the government first brought slots into the harness racing industry and it was to generate jobs and build up the harness racing indu...

OEF Responds To Sandals

August 31, 2012

Comments made in a recent newspaper article by Liberal Guelph MPP Liz Sandals minimizing the impact that the loss of the Slots-At-Racetracks program will have on the horse industry and the economy has...

MacLeod's Motion Passes

August 31, 2012

Progressive Conservative Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod's private members motion calling for Ontario's Auditor General to review the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s new gaming plans was pas...