"We are very close to one. Not one that we can publicize yet, there's still some work to be done, but we're very close."...read on
Flamboro Deals Imminent?
February 20, 2013:
The Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp. and Flamboro Downs are reportedly "extremely close" to signing a lease agreement, according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs horse racing transition panel....read on
Can Wynne Sway Rural Ontario?
February 20, 2013:
As the province's new Premier and Minister of Agriculture, Kathleen Wynne has made it clear she and the Liberal Party need to reconnect with rural Ontario in order to stay in power. According to an award-winning writer with a PhD in economics, it can be done by stopping the OLG modernization strategy and maintaining the slots-at-racetracks program....read on
Wynne Speaks On Horse Racing
February 15, 2013:
Kathleen Wynne officially addressed the province's horse racing industry in her capacity as Ontario's Premier on Thursday....read on
OMAFRA Update; OHRIA Responds
February 14, 2013:
"I can't speak for our Board, I can only speak for me, we are getting very, very close to the point of losing our industry and I think we have to take whatever measures are necessary and spend whatever money is necessary to make that our Government clearly understands there is no more time."...read on
WEG Announces Restructuring
February 13, 2013:
On Wednesday, February 13, the Woodbine Entertainment Group announced that it has undertaken a "significant restructuring of its operating model" after a large, unspecified amount of its employees were let go earlier in the day....read on
Wynne Sworn In As Ontario Premier
February 11, 2013:
On Monday, February 11, Premier-designate Kathleen Wynne was officially sworn in as Premier of Ontario during a ceremony at the provincial Legislature where she announced her executive council....read on
OSS Sustaining Payments Due March 15
February 11, 2013:
The Ontario Racing Commission announced today that the three-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) sustaining payment of $700 will be due on March 15, 2013....read on
ORC: $30 Million For Ontario's Horse Improvement Program
February 8, 2013:
Rod Seiling, Chair of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) announced today that planning and implementation of the 2013 Horse Improvement Program (HIP) is moving forward....read on
Natyshak: NDP Will Invest In Racing
February 7, 2013:
"We believe as a party that the expansion of gaming in the province is not a way to balance the books. We have a government that has absolutely failed in terms of economic stability -- they've wasted billions of dollars and now their looking to return that revenue through the misfortune of others on slot machines. It's not going to happen. It can't happen....read on
Ontario Breeders Concerned
February 7, 2013:
The Woodbine Entertainment Group received some good news when it reached its tentative agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Although that deal helps a couple of Ontario racetracks, it does not help the breeders in the province much at all....read on
Cordish, WEG Officially Part Ways
February 6, 2013:
During the evening hours of Tuesday, February 5, numerous mainstream Toronto media outlets broke the news that the proposed and long-delayed Woodbine Live! expansion planned for Woodbine Racetrack is 'dead.' Although, the official parting of ways between the Woodbine Entertainment Group and The Cordish Company on the endeavour could prove to be a positive development for WEG in terms of actually landing its coveted 'integrated-resort' style gaming expansion....read on
OLG/GRR Tentative Lease Agreement
February 5, 2013:
On Tuesday, February 5, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. issued a news release stating that it has reached a lease agreement, in principal, with the Grand River Agricultural Society regarding the OLG’s slot-machine operations at Grand River Raceway....read on
MPP: 'It’s Up To Wynne To Save Racing'
January 29, 2013:
On Monday, January 29, Donna Skelly, PC candidate for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, hosted a town-hall meeting at the Dutch Mill Restaurant to discuss important, current agricultural issues facing the residents of her community....read on
Liberals Admit Mistake On Horse Racing
January 29, 2013:
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ted McMeekin, has finally come clean to the horse racing industry that the Liberals made a mistake by rushing the decision to end the Slots-at-Racetracks Program (SARP)....read on
"I can't speak for our Board, I can only speak for me, we are getting very, very close to the point of losing our industry and I think we have to take whatever measures are necessary and spend whatever money is necessary to make that our Government clearly understands there is no more time."...
