Ontario Budget Bill Passes June 20, 2012 Bill 55, the budget bill of the minority Ontario Liberal Government, passed Wednesday, June 20 by a vote of 52-35 in the provincial legislature on Queen's Park.
OHRIA: Tell Them How You Feel June 19, 2012 The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association is encouraging members of the province's horse racing to send feedback to the panel assigned to shape the future of racing.
2012 Ontario Budget To Pass June 19, 2012 Reports from a Queen's Park press conference indicate that after two days of committee meetings Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan will return the Ontario Budget "relatively intact" to Premier Dalton M...
Former Urban Liberal MP Standing Up For Racing June 18, 2012 Dennis Mills, a former Liberal MP (Toronto-Danforth), is launching a campaign in support of Ontario's horse-racing industry. Roughly 100 billboards will be popping up around Toronto in protest of the ...
Horwath, NDP Soften Stance On Ontario Budget June 18, 2012 According to a report, Ontario's New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath has announced that she will cease her party's attempt to make widespread changes to the Ontario Liberal Party's budget.
McCallion Ambivalent On Mississauga Casino? June 15, 2012 According to multiple reports, it appears as though Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has turned rather ambivalent regarding the possibility of casino expansion within the city's borders.
OLG, Liberals Will Get Less Money From Bingo Than Racing June 15, 2012 After being extremely vague about the revenue distribution structure for Ontario's bingo halls, the Ontario Liberal Government, via the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., has announced what the revenue...
Ontario Election Over Budget Fallout? June 14, 2012 Premier Dalton McGuinty indicated that a summer election could be in Ontario's future in a statement released on Thursday afternoon.
Wiper To Grits: Come To Leamington Fair Friday June 14, 2012 "I'd like to see some of our politicians come that really damaged the harness racing industry. I'd like them to come out to our fair, then let me take them and show them the faces they're hurting."
Reddam Sounds Off On Windsor Raceway, Ontario Liberals June 13, 2012 Whenever thoroughbred racehorse owner J. Paul Reddam has a live runner in a high-end stakes event, the harness racing industry scrambles to acknowledge that he has also owned standardbred horses.
RCR Elaborates: Live Racing To Be Conditional June 13, 2012 Rideau Carleton Raceway Spokesman Alex Lawryk has gone on the record as saying that the Ottawa area track's intention to continue hosting live racing beyond March 31, 2013 is, in fact, conditional.
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.
