Omafra

Last week, John Snobelen, member of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Panel, penned an opinion column discussing the panel's decisions and reasoning in relation to the transi...

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 ...

The Board of Directors of the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium (FELRC) met today in an emergency meeting to bring Board members and constituents up to speed on the latest developments in progress towa...

The recently-released OMAFRA report’s recommendations have caught many people off guard, and on the list of people left scratching their heads is Niagara Falls Liberal MPP, Kim Craitor.

On Tuesday, October 30, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association issued a release regarding the OMAFRA Panel's report to provincial government on the transition from the slots-at-racetracks progr...

The Woodbine Entertainment Group was the second racing operator to respond to the OMAFRA Panel's transition report for the Ontario horse-racing industry on Wednesday, stating that WEG is "pleased that...

On Wednesday, October 31, Hanover Raceway General Manager Gord Dougan issued an open letter to the Ontario horse-racing industry in regard to OMAFRA Panel's transition report which was recently submit...

Former Ontario Harness Horse Association President Malcolm MacPhail has let his feelings be known in regard to the OMAFRA Transition Panel.

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 ...

On Monday, August 27, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak highlighted via release that the report from the OMAFRA Transition Panel concluded that the $50-million the government had proposed to support horse-raci...