COVID-19: Vancouver couple accused of vaccine queue jumping in Yukon fined after guilty pleas

The territorial court heard the couple from Vancouver chartered a plane to Beaver Creek, a small community near the Alaska border, where they were vaccinated at a mobile clinic before flying back to Whitehorse.

Enforcement officers later intercepted the couple as they were in line to fly back to Vancouver and handed them violation tickets. Chief Judge Michael Cozens agreed with a joint sentencing submission, ordering the Bakers to pay the maximum of $500 for each charge, a total of $1,000 each, plus a victim surcharge.

The court heard the Bakers had each donated $5,000 to the global vaccine sharing effort known as COVAX, while the judge encouraged the couple to offer their reparations directly to the Beaver Creek community, which is home to the White River First Nation.Article content

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