Canada News - Page 63

News Brief: The Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce is asking the provincial government to approve the proposed casino-resort development on the Whitecap reserve south of Saskatoon.

News Brief: The owners of Manitoba's only First Nations-run casino say they're having trouble making ends meet and are demanding the province turn over management of the gambling facility.

Tonight's Ontario’s LOTTO SUPER 7 jackpot has reached $30 million.

News Brief: Manitoba Lotteries has decided it's a gamble for employees or customers to speak anything but English at the province's two casinos.

News Brief: After sitting down to gamble with mobsters, several Toronto police officers found themselves owing huge amounts and turned to crime to pay back their debts.

Century Casinos has received notice from the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission that it has been selected as the only one of six applicants to move to step seven of eight steps of the casino licensing process in Edmonton, Alberta.

Canada’s Lotto Super 7 jackpot has reached $25 million.

News Brief: Enoch Cree Nation reports that the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission has approved the tribe’s casino proposal.

News Brief: Nynna Ionson is still waiting to hear what, if anything, her $30-million ex-husband has in store for her.

News Brief: Native protesters are continuing an occupation at the casino at the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick.

News Brief: An Atlantic Canadian online club will be used to set up one of the country's first legal Internet gambling sites if the Atlantic Lottery Corp.'s board approves the plan, the agency's president has confirmed.

News Brief: The opening of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, set for June 10, is expected to have long-ranging impact on the tourism and hospitality trades in both Southern Ontario and the Buffalo Niagara region.

News Brief: Great Canadian Gaming Corp. said Thursday its purchase of Hastings Entertainment Inc. was worth CAD$20.1 million.

News Brief: The strike at Casino Windsor went through a third day with no sign that negotiations might resume any time soon.

News Brief: A push by Toronto to gain a larger share of the projected $286-million in gross slots revenue from Woodbine racetrack is expected to fail.

News Brief: With angry Casino Windsor workers bracing themselves for a long strike and no new talks scheduled, some downtown merchants are worried U.S. customers who stay away will be hard to lure back.

ews Brief: A Canadian holding a winning CAD$30 million lottery ticket, waited a nearly a year to claim his windfall because he didn't want to do anything rash.

One of the world's most popular and enduring tourist attraction centres is about to experience a major revival, with the opening on June 8th of the new Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

News Brief: A cocaine trafficker attempted to launder his drug money through a casino ended up losing most it thanks to a partners with a gambling problem.

News Brief: A subsidiary of Richmond's Great Canadian Gaming Corp., backed by Vancouver developer Peter Wall, announced its winning bid for the financially troubled Hastings Park track.