Opposition to casino expansion grows

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If it were up to the city’s Board of Health, casino expansion in Ottawa would not move forward. That much was clear at Monday night’s board meeting. A week earlier, staff with the city’s public health unit released a report warning of the negative health consequences likely to follow expanded gambling opportunities in the city. At the meeting, staff went through the details, saying there are already at least 13,000 people in Ottawa suffering from some form of gambling addiction, with 2,000 of those being extreme cases.

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