BusinessEastern Band of Cherokee
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Cherokee crafts plans for tree-top canopy walk and family adventure park (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The next five years could include the construction of an adventure park, a canopy walk and another casino for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,...
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Minnesota Gaming
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Canterbury: Relaxed gaming rules should help business (5/16/2012)
(Minnesota) -- For the first time in many years, Canterbury Park will begin its racing season Friday evening amidst optimism regarding the future of racing in Minnesota.
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Pine Ridge
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Pine Ridge grocery store waits to reopen after closure lifted (5/16/2012)
(South Dakota) -- An attorney for Sioux Nation Shopping Center said the Pine Ridge grocery store might reopen as early as Thursday after the Oglala Sioux Tribe dismissed...
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SD reservation grocery store might reopen Thursday (5/16/2012)
(South Dakota) -- An attorney for the sole grocery store on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota says it might reopen Thursday after the Oglala Sioux Tribe...
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Sioux Nation Superstore Claims Spoiled-Meat Problems Fixed (5/16/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Richard Whitmarsh, director of Sioux Nation Superstore, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, has responded publicly to charges of spoiled-meat sales that...
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South Dakota Reservation Grocery Store Remains Closed (5/16/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The sole grocery store on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation remained closed Wednesday despite the attorney general of the Oglala Sioux saying a...
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Lone grocery store on South Dakota American Indian Reservation remains closed (5/15/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The sole grocery store on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation remained closed for the fourth consecutive day, forcing residents to either shop at...
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Only Pine Ridge Reservation Grocery Store Remains Closed (5/15/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The only grocery store on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation remains shut down Tuesday because of food safety concerns.
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Pine Ridge Grocery Store Closes After Health Violations (5/15/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The only grocery store in Pine Ridge remained closed Tuesday night after nearly a dozen major health violations involving raw meat. "They'd...
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New Operators of Sioux Nation Grocery Store NEEDED (5/14/2012)
(South Dakota) -- As the Native News Network reported yesterday, the Sioux Nation Shopping Center was closed down last Friday "due to health and safety issues...
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Tribe closes Pine Ridge grocery store (5/14/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe on Friday announced it had obtained a temporary restraining order from the tribal court to close the Sioux Nation Shopping...
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Social Gaming
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DoubleDown goes all in: adds Texas Hold ‘Em to Facebook (5/16/2012)
(California) -- Full-on social online gambling might not becoming a part of our everyday lives especially soon, but that hasn’t stopped casino games from becoming...
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Social gaming to gambling: states inch forward (5/16/2012)
(USA) -- When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a...
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Bankruptcy
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Dankner, Tshuva seek Las Vegas Plaza debt settlement (5/15/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Nochi Dankner and Yitzhak Tshuva are in advanced talks on a debt settlement for their planned Plaza casino and hotel project in Las Vegas.
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Colorado Gaming
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Fitzgeralds Black Hawk casino sold for $28 million to N.Y. company (5/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- Fitzgeralds Black Hawkis being bought by Saratoga Harness Racing of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for $28 million, Saratoga said Tuesday.
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Saratoga Harness buys Colorado casino (5/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- Saratoga Harness Racing Inc. has agreed to buy Fitzgeralds Casino–Black Hawk in Black Hawk, Colorado, for $28 million from The Majestic Star Casino....
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Saratoga Harness to buy Colorado casino for $28M (5/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- Saratoga Harness Racing Inc., which owners the Saratoga Casino and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, said Tuesday morning that it has agreed to buy Fitzgeralds...
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Connecticut Revenue
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April was a cruel month for casinos (5/15/2012)
(Connecticut) -- Slot-machine revenues plummeted last month at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, tumbling by 13.4 and 10.8 percent, respectively.
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Foxwoods Resort
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Foxwoods Reports April Slot Revenue (5/15/2012)
(Connecticut) -- Foxwoods Resort Casino(R) today reported that its slot revenue for April this year was $49.5 million, a decline of 13.4 percent from April 2011. Handle...
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Ohio Gaming
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Cleveland casino craze continues as people make return visits (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- Thousands of people have passed through the Horseshoe Casino since it's opened on Monday Night. The casino says about 11,000 people showed up on day one....
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Horseshoe Casino Cleveland wait was worth it: What they're saying on Twitter (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- It was a night to remember for the people who attended the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland grand opening.
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Selection of uniforms for Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland is a high-stakes matter (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- If you have visited the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland since its grand opening Monday, you've seen the pristine entryways and the meticulously prepared dining...
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Cleveland casino open for business (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Ohio’s first casino – the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland – opened for business at 9:30 Monday night. Developer Rock Gaming spent $350 million to...
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Crowds throng to first Ohio casino (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Ohio’s first casino opened its doors to thousands of patrons Monday night, but the full impact on Caesars Windsor with the advent of gambling palaces in...
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First of four casinos opens (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- The opening of the first of four Ohio casinos will test the promise of new jobs, a tax windfall and urban revival in the heart of the Rust Belt.
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Horseshoe Casino Cleveland officially opens, lines of people file in (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- After a dramatic countdown and a lot of high-fives, the first official patrons walked into the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland at 9:30 p.m. Monday.
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Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opens today; Gilbert's Rock Gaming thinks it will draw 5 million visitors a year (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Nathan Forbes, a principal in Rock Gaming LLC, said his firm thinks its new casino in Cleveland will attract about 5 million visitors in its first year and can...
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Hundreds line up for debut of Ohio's first casino (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Hundreds of gamblers lined up to inaugurate Ohio's first casino, which has promised a boost to downtown Cleveland while potentially posing a threat to...
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Ohio's first casino bets on big first-day crowds (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- After five statewide votes over 20 years, Ohio is getting its first casino. Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opens to the public at 9:30 p.m. Monday and the city was...
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Ohio's first casino opens to music video show (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Ohio's first casino opened Monday night with long lines of gamblers ready to roll the dice, a glitzy music video instead of a traditional ribbon cutting...
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Thousands turn out for Cleveland casino opening (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Ohio's casino era debuted Monday night with crowds and celebration in Cleveland. The turnout hit 4,000 by the time the doors opened to the public shortly...
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Will Cleveland’s Casino Hurt Gaming In Western Pa.? (5/14/2012)
(Pennsylvania) -- Ohio is joining the tri-state casino gold rush with the opening of its first casino in Cleveland. So will this casino two hours from Pittsburgh hurt...
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Detroit Expected to Take Another Financial Hit as Ohio Casinos Open (5/14/2012)
(Detroit) -- The city of Detroit has a $265 million budget deficit, $13.2 billion in long-term structural debt, and is currently operating under a consent agreement with...
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What is Turfway's future? (5/14/2012)
(Kentucky) -- With Rock Gaming getting approval to purchase an equity stake in Turfway Park, gaming companies will soon own 90 percent of the the Northern Kentucky race...
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Online Business
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From Slots to Web Gambling / For CEO Hart, a Battle to Revamp the Slot-Machine Business (5/15/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Yahoo Inc. YHOO -0.65% board member Patti Hart, fresh from the controversy that led to Scott Thompson's ouster as Yahoo's chief executive, has...
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Toronto Casino
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Toronto casino push has Las Vegas Sands scouting the city (5/15/2012)
(Toronto) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. is the latest casino-resort developer to scout Toronto as a possible location in response to the Ontario government’s push to...
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MGM executive makes pitch for Toronto casino (5/14/2012)
(Toronto) -- One of the men behind the glitzy MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas made a pitch at City Hall Monday, telling councillors that Toronto would be a prime...
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Onex chief game to invest in proposed Toronto casino scheme (5/14/2012)
(Toronto) -- Gerald Schwartz, one of Canada’s richest men and most prolific deal-makers, says he is “enthusiastic” about proposals to build a casino in...
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Tribal Taxation
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Documents show agency insiders questioned Great Wolf Lodge tax exemption (5/15/2012)
(Washington) -- Great Wolf Resorts is a Wisconsin-based chain of indoor water parks and hotels. Four years ago, the company expanded what it calls its “paw print...
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Great Wolf Lodge tax exemption stands despite internal doubts, court ruling (5/15/2012)
(Washington) -- Since the 1970s, U.S. policy toward American Indian tribes has been to encourage economic independence. Tribal casinos are probably the most visible...
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Lawyer who ruled Great Wolf Lodge extempt from taxes had doubts (5/15/2012)
(Washington) -- Five years ago, the state ruled that Great Wolf Lodge in South Thurston County was exempt from most state taxes because it was partly owned by the...
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Documents Show Agency Insiders Questioned Great Wolf Lodge Tax Exemption (5/14/2012)
(Washington) -- Great Wolf Resorts is a Wisconsin-based chain of indoor water parks and hotels. Four years ago, the company expanded what it calls its “paw print...
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Caesars
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Great Caesars Ghost! (5/14/2012)
(Missouri) -- Penn National Gaming recently announced it will purchase Harrah's St. Louis Casino in Maryland Heights, Missouri from Caesars Entertainment for $610...
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Caesars halts promo to get Windsor patrons to gamble in Cleveland (5/11/2012)
(Windsor) -- Caesars Entertainment Corp., has halted a promotion that encourages Caesars Windsor patrons to gamble at the Horseshoe casino opening Monday in Cleveland,...
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Indian Country Online
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Vegas casinos gamble on online partners with a past (5/14/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- To prime itself for the U.S. debut of legal online poker, MGM Resorts International, owner of such Las Vegas Strip monuments as the MGM Grand, the...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Gaming regulator from Springfield faces questions about neutrality when awarding casino license for Western Massachusetts (5/14/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- A member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from Springfield says he plans to vote on a casino license for Western Massachusetts despite concerns...
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Nevada Online
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Cybersecurity at issue as Gaming Policy Committee discusses Internet gambling (5/14/2012)
(Nevada) -- With the state about a month away from granting its first online gambling license, two experts told members of the Gaming Policy Committee on Monday that...
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New York Gaming
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Empire City Casino races to finish $45M expansion (5/14/2012)
(New York) -- In an effort to compete with the Aqueduct Raceway racino in Queens that opened in October, the Empire City Casino in Yonkers has recruited food and...
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Atlantic City Revenue
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AC casinos down 10 pct. in April; Revel places 8th (5/11/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Revel, the $2.4 billion casino resort widely seen as Atlantic City's best hope of survival, trailed most of its competition in its first month of...
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Atlantic City's Revel Casino Has $13.4 Million in Revenue During First Month (5/11/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- After opening in early April, Revel Casino in Atlantic City saw revenues of $13.4 million — placing it near the bottom of the city’s 12...
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Other News
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Atlantic City needs more nongambling attractions, marketing executive urges (5/16/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Atlantic City needs to move beyond the perception that it is a “one-note town” dominated by casino gambling if it wants to revive its...
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Vendors share industry secrets at Atlantic City Hospitality Trade Show hosted by Revel (5/16/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Heidi Hinkel had a surprising display Wednesday at the Atlantic City Hospitality Trade Show hosted by Revel.
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Colo. man charged with taking Navajo Nation funds (5/16/2012)
(New Mexico) -- Federal authorities say a man who allegedly spent millions of Navajo Nation funds for personal use has been indicted on federal tax evasion charges.
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Rincon tribe to build gas station, car wash, store complex (5/16/2012)
(California) -- The Rincon Band of Mission Indians announced plans to build a travel plaza including convenience store, gas station, car wash and sandwich restaurant...
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Residents Satisfied With Grocery Store (5/16/2012)
(South Dakota) -- On Tuesday, we told you about the health violations at the only grocery store in Pine Ridge. Now, we visited the Rosebud Indian Reservation to see what...
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Ocean Dunes Golf Course redesigning, planning to move (5/16/2012)
(Oregon) -- A local golf course is teaming up with Three Rivers Casino to become one entity in the future. A sand based course with what people call creative and...
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Gilley's brings 'Urban Cowboy' charm to Choctaw Casino Resort (5/16/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant is going country. Big Time. Construction soon will be complete for its themed entertainment venue, Gilley’s.
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Betting firm Bwin.party ahead by a nose as revenues inch up (5/16/2012)
(UK) -- BETTING giant Bwin.party yesterday reported revenues of €215.9m (£172.5m) for the first quarter, up less than one per cent on the same period last...
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Boyd Bets On Midwest With Penninsula Buy, Not Macau Like Sands, Wynn (5/16/2012)
(Wall Street) -- Unlike its peers, casino resort owner Boyd Gaming's (BYD) holdings aren't concentrated in Las Vegas and Chinese gaming mecca Macau.
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Boyd Gaming acquisition includes two La. properties (5/16/2012)
(Louisiana) -- Boyd Gaming Corp. will pick up the Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino in Opelousas and the Amelia Belle Casino in Amelia as part of a $1.45 billion,...
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Peninsula Gaming, owner of Iowa casinos in Dubuque and Worth County, sold for $1.45 billion (5/16/2012)
(Iowa) -- Peninsula Gaming, LLC, owner of Iowa casinos in Dubuque and Worth County, has been sold for $1.45 billion to Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., officials said...
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Casinos showing signs of life after being hit hard by recession (5/15/2012)
(USA) -- The recession may have dealt the U.S. casino industry a bad hand in recent years, but a new report by the American Gaming Association reveals that casinos are...
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One year after it closed, can Sahara site become a symbol of Las Vegas’ rebound? (5/15/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Rob Oseland heard plenty of skepticism about some of the projects he helped create along the Las Vegas Strip. The Bellagio was too expensive. The Wynn and...
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Revel relocates East Coast Gaming Congress to make room for Beyonce (5/15/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Revel has moved a major casino conference out of its 5,000-seat concert hall to accommodate rehearsals by pop superstar Beyonce, who will headline the...
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Golden Nugget celebrates A.C. grand opening in style (5/15/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City What happens in Las Vegas is now happening inAtlantic City...
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A Gamble That Pays Off (5/15/2012)
(Pennsylvania) -- Mount Airy Casino Resort, one of Pennsylvania's first stand-alone casinos, is enjoying a change in fortune after years of tough times and a legal...
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Horseshoe crowds remain strong during casino's first full day (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- Gamblers waited in long lines to enter the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland on Tuesday, the casino's first full day of operation.
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'Gambling capital' billboard comes down (5/15/2012)
(California) -- After being up only a few days, the billboard on Highway 29 touting American Canyon as “The Gambling Capital of Napa County” was gone Monday.
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How Will Harrah's New Ownership Affect Local Gaming? (5/15/2012)
(Missouri) -- The Harrah’s Casino sale seems to benefit two casino companies in different ways, STL Today reported Monday. Caesars Entertainment needed a cash...
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Abegweit First Nation buying up more lobster (5/15/2012)
(Prince Edward Island) -- Abegweit First Nation is playing a bigger role than ever in P.E.I.'s lobster fishing industry, buying lobster from both native and non-...
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