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WPT Enterprises, Inc. and Fallsview Casino Resort report that the inaugural WPT Canadian Open will also include three of Canada's premier poker pros - Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, and Isabelle Mercier.

News Brief: The large red Casino Windsor sign that faces the Detroit skyline was removed Monday to make way for the view from a new lounge inside the casino that faces the Detroit River.

The labour movement has escalated its efforts to resolve the Palace Casino strike by sending letters to 300 charities who are scheduled to volunteer for casinos at Palace in the coming months.

News Brief: A new resort opening this month near Edmonton will be one of the largest employers of aboriginal people in Alberta, says the general manager.

News Brief: There's criticism of the Ontario government following the layoff of more than 100 casino employees in Niagara Falls.

News Brief: Tough times in the tourism sector are being blamed for another round of job cuts in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

News Brief: Work on Casino Camrose and the adjacent hotel and convention centre is progressing.

News Brief: Three Internet sites associated with online gaming at Six Nations are no longer in operation.

News Brief: Catholic schools in Calgary have agreed to stop using casinos as a means of fundraising.

News Brief: Nova Scotia is betting a new multi-media ad campaign will help prevent younger people from developing serious gambling problems.

Fallsview Casino Resort will host the first-ever World Poker Tour Canadian Open from October 22 to October 24.

News Brief: Construction has begun on a massive casino project in southwest Calgary, despite a warning from the city's mayor that a deal still needs to be struck on access roads.

News Brief: First Nations bars, restaurants and casinos will no longer be exempt from Manitoba's smoking ban, provincial minister Dave Chomiak announced Wednesday.

News Brief: The 250 workers of Palace Casino in West Edmonton Mall went on strike to support their effort to get a first union contract under the United Food and Commercial Workers.

News Brief: If expanding gambling comes to Maple Ridge, British Columbia, it likely will be in that form of a community gaming centre with a shiny new bingo hall with everything a casino has except table games.

News Brief: NDP Leader Allison Brewer criticized her Conservative and Liberal opponents for supporting legalized gambling during the latest leaders' debate of the election campaign.

News Brief: James Allen, chief of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, said in a recent interview he would like to sit down with the government to discuss a first nations-run casino in theYukon territory but has found the government less than receptive.

News Brief: Alberta's first aboriginal-run casino is weeks away from opening as construction on the $178-million River Cree Resort and Casino wraps up more than two months ahead of schedule.

News Brief: Starting today, metro Detroiters will be able to cross the Canadian border to Windsor and place live bets on sports, something that is legal in the United States only in Nevada.

News Brief: Casino Windsor will begin offering sports betting next Friday -- marking the first time Metro Detroiters will have access to live sports wagering.