ORC Approves Race Dates For April March 28, 2013 The director of the Ontario Racing Commission today announced the April 2013 Race Date Schedule, based on applications for variance received.
Horse Racing Front & Centre In Media March 12, 2013 Fallout from both Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's provincial gaming announcement and horse-racing transition-related news continues to hit the mainstream press, as stories regarding no less than four...
Are City Councils In Sync With Constituencies In Regard To Gaming Locations? February 27, 2013 Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne stood in the Legislature earlier this week and firmly said that municipalities would decide whether or not they would want to be part of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming C...
Wynne, OLG Not On Same Page January 30, 2013 Although incoming Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne has gone on the record as saying otherwise, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. representatives continue to state that the province's gaming arm w...
The Weekend's Ontario Gaming News January 28, 2013 With the O'Brien Awards, horse-racing's presence at the Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention and Kathleen Wynne becoming the province's next Premier, there were clearly a lot of Ontario racing-relate...
Six Per Cent More For Racing? November 22, 2012 Leading up to what track operators have alluded to as being the final evening of live harness racing at Sudbury Downs, local Councillor Claude Berthiaume has stepped up his call for some sanity in the...
Frustration At Sudbury Info Session October 11, 2012 According to a report, City of Greater Sudbury Economic Development Director Ian Wood took the brunt of criticism from pro-horse racing and anti-casino yesterday during a casino information session in...
Sudbury Councillors Want Racino October 01, 2012 After it was announced late last week that layoffs are coming at Sudbury Downs, city councillors are again making their calls for expanded casino gaming in the area to be housed at the raceway and not...
Sudbury Poll Proves Overwhelming Support For Racing Aid From Gov September 04, 2012 A telephone poll conducted last week found that not just some, but an overwhelming majority of respondents --- 93 per cent, to be exact --- are in favour of the Ontario Liberal Government doing more t...
"Political Decisions Can Be Changed" August 28, 2012 A rally at Robertson's Training Centre in Azilda, Greater Sudbury was the scene of a rarity on Monday, August 27. The rarity wasn't the fact that there was a demonstration against the Ontario Liberal ...
A Tale Of Two Councils August 22, 2012 With the Ontario Liberal Government having promised this week to 'upload' some municipal costs to the provincial books, many people are saying that city officials will now be under political pressure ...
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...
Sudbury Adopts Resolution, Urging Others March 21, 2012 The City of Greater Sudbury is the most recent Ontario jurisdiction to adopt the resolution against the Provincial Liberal Government's decision to cut the Ontario horse-racing industry out of the mut...
