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OLG Announces RFI, Outlines 29 Gaming Zones

On Thursday, May 17, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. issued a Request for Information in regard to its expansion of private-sector gaming in accordance with its previous-announced and highly cont...

OLG Eyeing London, Chatham In Expansion

It has been reported that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has designated both London and Chatham as desired 'gaming zones' under its controversial new approach to gaming modernization

Ted McMeekin Emerges, Pens Letter

Dodging the spotlight while the province's second largest agricultural sector has been under attack from his reigning Liberal Party, Ontario Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin has now chosen to comm...

Natyshak Demands Immediate Consultation

After putting thousands of jobs in the horse racing sector in jeopardy, the McGuinty government must meet immediately with the sector and consult on ways to support jobs, says NDP MPP Taras Natyshak (...

Ontario Gaming News Keeps Coming

Toronto City Council Executive Committee determined on Monday, May 14 that further discussion surrounding casino expansion in the city will be pushed back until roughly October. The move flushed out T...

Owner Takes Out Full-Page Ad In Support Of Horse Racing

Ed James was recently recognized at the leading owner at Grand River Raceway for 2011, but after today James might just be heralded as the leading owner in all of Canadian horse racing after paying fo...

"I Can’t See The Economics Of It At All”

It is safe to say that 89-year-old horse owner Leo Thibodeau knows a thing or two about the economy. He lived through The Great Depression. He's thrived in the Canadian trucking business. He's owned r...

Holmes: Woodbine Could Close If GTA Casino Goes Elsewhere

"If the slots were removed from Woodbine you would see the end of Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto."

Major Media Attention For Ontario Racing

Continuing to attract major attention in the mainstream media, the crisis in Ontario's horse-racing industry was front and centre this past weekend. The Toronto Star trotted out a lengthy feature, wit...

Horsepeople Invited To County Meeting

Chris White, the Warden of Wellington County and chair of the Rural Mayors of Ontario committee, will be hosting a general meeting on Tuesday, May 29 to hear about impacts to the horse racing communit...

OHRIA Issues Open Letter To Premier McGuinty On Foreign Investment

The letter below was sent on Friday (May 11) afternoon from Sue Leslie, President of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association to the Premier of Ontario responding to a series of inaccurate commen...

GCGC Announces First-Quarter Results

On Wednesday, May 9, the Great Canadian Gaming Corp., owner operator of Flamboro Downs, Georgian Downs and Fraser Downs, announced an opening-quarter net loss of $31.9-million in spite of a 12 per cen...