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Don't wager on the casino
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 22 days ago
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EDT Toronto Mayor Rob Ford during a debate on a proposed casino. (Chris Young For The Globe and Mail) Large casinos do not sit comfortably in the centres of major cities. In greater Vancouver, the River Rock Casino is in Richmond looking over the
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Horse racing: Woodbine slashes workforce
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Woodbine announced plans to cut its workforce drastically on Wednesday. Photos Save to mystar Ontario's horse-racing track operator says it's being forced to slash hundreds of positions to keep pace with a reduction in revenue. The company says it is
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Billion-dollar Woodbine Live, touted by mayor, is dead
Toronto :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Story video But differences between the owners of the massive site racetrack operator Woodbine Entertainment Group and their development partner The Cordish Cos, have brought an end to the venture. Jane Holmes, a spokeswoman for the racetrack
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Ontario horse-racing industry gets two-year reprieve
Milton :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Lower revenues from gambling and 30 fewer race days on the calendar mean significant changes are coming and new horse-racing fans must be wooed if Woodbine and other tracks are to survive after the two years run out...I've already got probably 30 to
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Public consultations on Toronto casino proposal approved, but financial benefits still unknown
Toronto :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford laughs as her answers questions from journalists attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pan Am Games Aquatic Centre in Scarborough, Ontario September 27, 2012 The Globe and Mail video video video In a preview of the
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Horses put down as industry declines
Oshawa :: Canada | 8 months ago
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Story Four of these mares gave birth to colts and fillies this year and are capable of breeding for several more years. The fifth, Plus Package, is 20, and because of her successful track career and breeding career, Henry had planned to give her a
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Queen's Plate future up in the air
Sarnia :: Canada | 11 months ago
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It's one of Canada's oldest and most storied sporting events that has attracted British royalty for nearly 75 years. But the future of the Queen's Plate thoroughbred race is being questioned after the president and chief operating officer of Woodbine
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Black Caviar tops weekend racing action
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
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The lineup also includes the Queen's Plate in Canada, the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in France and the Takarazuka Kinen in Japan. Meanwhile, back in the United States, 3-year-old fillies take center stage in the Mother Goose at Belmont Park and the
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Future of historic Queen's Plate race uncertain
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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The Canadian Press Published Thursday, Jun. 21 2012, 2:14 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jun. 21 2012, 2:16 PM EDT It's North America's oldest continuously run stakes race but Sunday's 153rd running of the Queen's Plate could be the last. The
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Onex chief game to invest in proposed GTA casino scheme
Lethbridge :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Gerald Schwartz, one of Canada's richest men and most prolific deal-makers, says he is enthusiastic about proposals to build a casino in Toronto, adding his name to a growing list of suitors for the country's most ambitious gaming opportunity. The
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