A P.E.I. golf course looking to sell keeps having that sale denied by provincial cabinet for reasons that remain unclear.
The owner of Glen Afton Golf Course had been in discussions with a company that lists a former member of the Charlottetown Hells Angels club as a director.
On Sept. 3, executive council denied permission to Afton Holdings Inc. to purchase the golf course. Afton Holdings Inc. lists Corey Falls and Dean Peterson as its directors. Falls was previously listed as the president of 102023 P.E.I. Inc., a numbered company that owned the Charlottetown Hells Angels clubhouse at 205 Fitzroy St.
Falls pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal gambling related to the clubhouse in March of 2018 and to a separate charge of uttering a threat in February of the same year.
Falls is no longer listed as a director of 102023 P.E.I. Inc., and police do not believe he is an active member of the club.
A separate application for the purchase of the golf course by Peterson was also denied on Sept. 3. A previous application for the sale to the same company was turned down by the previous cabinet of Liberal Wade MacLauchlan on Oct. 22, 2018.
The Guardian asked the Department of Agriculture and Land why the sale was denied. An e-mailed statement said the reasons behind the decision were confidential due to cabinet confidence.
