NHA Industry Study Released July 26, 2012 The Northern Horsemen's Association has undertaken, completed and announced a report entitled 'Sustaining Horse Racing in Northern Ontario- A Socio-Economic Perspective, City of Greater Sudbury and Ar...
Burgess Report To OMAFRA Available July 26, 2012 Earlier this month, prominent standardbred participants Bob and Blair Burgess started working on their own proposal on the future of Ontario's horse racing industry. That plan was submitted and presen...
OLG Comments On Baymount Legal Talk July 25, 2012 Officials with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. have commented on Baymount Incorporated's announcement that it has rejected an OLG offer and is considering litigation.
"We Haven't Been Asked To Help" July 25, 2012 A solid night of stakes racing this past Saturday evening truly overshadowed Senator Bob Runciman's press conference at Georgian Downs, where he spoke about the utter decimation Ontario horse racing i...
OHRIA Plan Approved, Released July 24, 2012 On Tuesday, the result of weeks of hard work by the OHRIA Task Force will be evident with the release of the Plan For The Future of the Ontario Horse Racing and Breeding Industry.
Baymount Rejects OLG Offer; Plans To Seek Legal Recourse July 24, 2012 Baymount Incorporated, the company that had planned to build a new racetrack in Belleville, Ontario, has announced that it has rejected an offer by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and is co...
TO Casino Expansion On Front Street? July 23, 2012 It has been reported that a proposed major redevelopment of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, located in the heart of downtown Toronto on Front Street, could be a possible location of an expanded g...
Update From OHRIA On Task Force Plan, Negotiations With Government July 23, 2012 "Believe me, OHRIA is weighing all the different options of handling this. And I know on the surface, to many, they don't feel OHRIA's been aggressive enough.
McNaughton On Liberals’ “Desperate And Greedy Cash Grab” July 23, 2012 After having made his presence felt at Ontario racetracks over the past couple of weeks, Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton issued a press release Saturday, July 21 stating that the Ontario...
Runciman: "This Is Ill Thought Out" July 21, 2012 Ontario Conservative Senator Bob Runciman hosted a media conference on Saturday, July 21 at Georgian Downs to highlight the negative economic impacts and significant job losses that will come from the...
Mohawk Backstretch To Become A Training Centre July 21, 2012 The effects of the OLG and Ontario government's decision to end the slots-at-racetracks partnership with Ontario's horse racing industry has forced Canada's biggest track operator, Woodbine Entertainm...
Martin Echoes CAW's Call For Public Analysis July 20, 2012 “The government shouldn’t be taking a step that will ruin these people’s lives and harm the whole economy on a whim, without at least clearly demonstrating what the net social and economic impacts wil...