Tim Hudak

Baymount Rejects OLG Offer; Plans To Seek Legal Recourse

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?

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

"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”

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"

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

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

“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...

Ont. Ombudsman Still Reviewing Complaints

According to Linda Williamson, the director of communications for Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin, the office of the Ombudsman is still in the process of reviewing the numerous complaints regarding the ...

NHA Wants Post-SAR Racino In Northern Ont.

The Northern Horsemen’s Association (NHA) met today with Monte McNaughton PC MPP (Lambton, Kent, Middlesex) at the Robertson Training Centre in Chelmsford, Ont.

MacDonald Affirmed As Official PC Candidate

Allan Boynton, president of the Guelph PC riding association, has announced that interest in becoming the PC nominee for the next provincial election --- and ultimately Guelph’s next MPP --- is heatin...

MacDonald To Run As PC Candidate

Anthony MacDonald, one of Canada's top harness drivers, is on the verge of running for the Progressive Conservative party in the next provincial election in the riding of Guelph–Wellington.

CTV's Tilley: "It's A Travesty"

Add CTV sports anchor Joe Tilley to the long list of people confused and angered by the Ontario government's decision to end the slots at racetracks partnership with Ontario's horse racing industry.