Toronto Casino Talk Heating Up April 17, 2012 Since the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. stated its interest in opening a full fledged casino in Canada's largest city, investors and the horse-racing industry continue to tout their value to Ontari...
Racing Support Key To Budget Approval? April 17, 2012 On Monday, April 16, Windsor City Council stated that it wants both Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party and New Democratic Party to make their possible support of the Liberals' provincial budget ...
Why Did OLG Just Cut Racing? April 16, 2012 In an interview last week, OLG President and CEO Rod Phillips was asked why the Ontario government ended the slots-at-racetrack program with a drop-dead date of March 2013 instead of working with the ...
"Reconsider This Outrageous And Totally Illogical Decision" April 15, 2012 "The reality is that revenue from the horse-racing partnership has been steady and, in most years, shown a slight increase in revenues, while the casinos have gone from generating $1.3 billion, per ye...
OHRIA Town Halls A Success April 14, 2012 More than 20,000 (20,345) Ontarians participated in the telephone town hall meetings hosted this past week by the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association
OABA In Support Of Ontario Horse Racing April 13, 2012 More organizations within Ontario's agriculture industry are stepping up against the Provincial Liberals' decision to inexplicably step away from its most lucrative agreement to date
Rally Planned As Liberal Support Slips April 12, 2012 The Ontario Harness Horse Association has offered its support of a rally scheduled for April 21, 2012 at Queen’s Park
Hamilton Council Backs Flamboro, Racing April 12, 2012 The pushback to the Ontario Liberal Party's decision to step away from the slots-at-racetracks program continues to gain force. On Wednesday, April 12, Hamilton City Council decided to unanimously thr...
ORC Chair Pens Open Letter April 11, 2012 On Wednesday, April 11, via an open letter to the horse-racing industry, the Ontario Racing Commission broke its silence in regard to the Ontario Liberal Party backing out of the slots-at-racetracks p...
Will Ontario's Budget Pass? April 11, 2012 "The ball is now in the government's court. If the government falls it will be squarely on the shoulders of the McGuinty Liberals."
Horwath Talks Budget On 570 News April 11, 2012 After unveiling the final set of NDP budget proposals on Tuesday, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will discuss the 2012 budget with Jeff Allen of 570 News on Wednesday morning
Tecumseh Adopts Ont. SAR Resolution April 10, 2012 Yet another Ontario jurisdiction has adopted the resolution for the Ontario Liberal Government to keep supporting the current slots-at-racetracks agreement, which ultimately leads to the employment of...