Business exec and his wife charged after flying into remote Canadian town to get Covid-19 vaccine, officials say

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The former president and CEO of the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation and his wife are facing charges — including failure to self-isolate — after allegedly chartering a plane to a small town and posing as local workers to receive the coronavirus vaccine

Rodney and Ekaterina Baker have been charged under Yukon's Civil Emergency Measures Act , according to court documents.Yukon Community Services Minister John Streicker said the couple showed up at a mobile clinic last Thursday in Beaver Creek, home to an indigenous community.One of them presented a British Columbia health care card, the other had one from Ontario, Streicker said in a statement.The Bakers weren't charged for getting the vaccine.

"And people were like, 'Well, why would you be going to the airport?'"Streicker said. Following an investigation, the couple was located at the Whitehorse airport, and Yukon officials told CNN the couple left the territory that same day.Members of the mobile clinic team called the motel and were informed the couple did not work there, Streicker told CBC.CNN reached out to Streicker for comment on Tuesday but did not hear back.

 

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Biden’s son got 4 million dollars from a Russian political figure and nobody cares but stealing a fucking vaccine shot is supposed to warrant a death penalty

Epitome of Privilege. They took vaccines that were to go to First Nations peoples who are in need of it. These two deserve to be publicly shamed. In a small town of 100 people where everyone knows each other, two strangers do this. No words, no words.

Disgusting.

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Au moins 100,000$ de pénalité.

Get used to it, the Libertarian model of economics will allow the rich from all over the world to take priority over Americans in their own towns...

It just goes to show you how far a little elbow grease and ingenuity will take you. Why doesn’t the common laborer fire up his personal plane and jet off to find an available vaccine?

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