"I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass,” British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said Monday, according to the Vancouver Sun.
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Casino Mogul Charged After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Meant For Indigenous Locals
Rodney Baker and his wife, Ekaterina Baker, allegedly flew to a rural Canadian community and posed as local motel workers in order to get vaccinated.
A Canadian casino mogul and his aspiring actor wife have been charged after they allegedly posed as motel workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for Indigenous residents.
Rodney Baker, 55, resigned as CEO of the Great Canadian Gaming Corp. on Sunday after being accused with his wife, Ekaterina Baker, 32, of violating Yukon’s Civil Emergency Measures Act.
This followed the Vancouver couple allegedly breaking a mandatory 14-day self-isolation that they agreed to upon flying into the Whitehorse airport on Jan. 19. Just two days later, on Jan. 21, they chartered a plane to the small community of Beaver Creek, which is roughly 270 miles northwest along the Alaska border. There, they allegedly identified themselves at a mob
By ANTONIA NOORI FARZAN | The Washington Post | Published: January 26, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Located deep in Canada s Yukon, the remote community of Beaver Creek is home to only about 100 people, most of them members of the White River First Nation. So when an unfamiliar couple who claimed to work at a local motel showed up at a mobile clinic to receive coronavirus vaccines, it didn t take long for locals to become suspicious. Authorities soon found that the pair were actually wealthy Vancouver residents who had chartered a private plane to the isolated outpost so that they could get shots intended to protect vulnerable Indigenous elders.
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Outraged : Beaver Creek residents upset by couple who flew to Yukon, got vaccinated They really put all of us at risk. I can t believe that these people lied, and not only that, but that the government didn t catch it, said Rita Luxton, who runs the 1202 Motor Inn in Beaver Creek, Yukon.
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 26
The Alaska Highway on the way to Beaver Creek, Yukon. Residents of the community expressed outrage after learning that people from the South allegedly broke COVID-19 rules and got vaccinated in Beaver Creek. (Philippe Morin/CBC)