In Canada, couple charged for flying to remote town to get Covid-19 vaccine

A Canadian CEO of a $2-billion casino company and his wife were charged after they flew from Vancouver to the Yukon Territory for getting Covid-19 vaccine while posing as motel workers. Rod Baker, 55, and his wife, Ekaterina, 32, now face up to $1,000 in fines for misleading officials and breaking Covid-19 rules. Yukon Territory, home to mostly Indigenous peoples, has a smaller population.

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