Report: Rideau Vows To Keep Racing June 12, 2012 According to a report by CTV, Rideau Carleton Raceway does not have plans to close its doors once the slots-at-racetracks program ends March 31, 2013.
Transition Panel Member: Downsizing Horse Racing Is Inevitable June 12, 2012 Comments from one of the three members named to help transition horse racing away from its revenue sharing agreement with the Ontario government indicate a clear movement to downsize the industry that...
Slots-At-Racetracks: OLG's Strongest Performer This Decade June 11, 2012 In an effort to pass the 2012 Ontario Budget (Bill 55) the Liberal minority government struck a deal with the opposition parties to push the budget past second reading. The opposition parties negotia...
Hudak Disagrees With OLG's Path June 11, 2012 Over the past few months, numerous members of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party have vocally opposed the Liberal government's decision to end the slots-at-racetracks program in 2013.
Confimed: Kawartha To Cease Racing In 2013 If No Supplemental Funding Plan In Place June 08, 2012 It has been confirmed that live racing at Fraserville, Ont.'s Kawartha Downs, near Peterborough, will cease in 2013 if some sort of financial agreement is not reached.
McGuinty Liberals Abandon Equine Industry June 07, 2012 In a strongly worded letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty, Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece is calling on the Liberal government to reconsider its surprise cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks pr...
Mississauga Mayor Scoffs At Casino Talk; OLG Eyeing Woodbine? June 07, 2012 The Ontario Liberal Government's desires to plop a major casino down in the Greater Toronto Area are getting tougher and tougher as the days go by. Staunch Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion is the lat...
Ontario Liberals Announce $50 Million Transitional Fund For Horse Racing; OHRIA Responds June 07, 2012 A release from the Liberal government on Thursday officially announced the transitional fund established to "help the horse racing industry transition from the Slots at Racetracks program to a more su...
Liberals Grilled After Fort Erie To Close On Their Watch June 07, 2012 The news of the announced closure of the 115-year-old Fort Erie Race Track was still reverberating Wednesday, June 6 in the Provincial Legislature when MPP Monte McNaughton took aim at the Ontario Lib...
Liberals Remain Vague; Transitional Funding "Coming Soon" June 06, 2012 On Tuesday, June 5 in the Ontario Legislature, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan and Agricultural Minister Ted McMeekin were grilled over the lack of consultation with the provincial horse-racing industr...
Liberals Kibosh Ontario Place As Possible Casino Location June 06, 2012 In a significant decision which could prove to be very favourable for the provincial horse-racing industry, the Ontario Liberal Government announced on Wednesday, June 6 that it has scrapped any plans...
Will Sadinsky's Plan Be Endorsed? June 04, 2012 "Right now we're in the 12th round and we're on one knee. We as an industry, hopefully, have matured to the point where we will accept change."
