June 2, 2006

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was “business as usual” at the city’s two casinos Wednesday, the first day of the province’s smoke-free legislation which made it illegal to smoke in any public building in Ontario – including previously exempted gaming halls. “Attendance seems to be the same,” Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. spokeswoman Teresa…

From the Nassau Guardian: During the seven short years that he lived in The Bahamas, Harry Oakes was to make a great impact on the society. Originally from Maine in the United States, Oakes decided in his youth that he wanted, above all, to be a wealthy man. Educated at Bowdoin College, he worked for…