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Canadian businessman and wife plead guilty to violating quarantine rules after flying to indigenous community to get Covid-19 vaccine
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Rodney Baker: Canadian businessman and wife plead guilty to violating quarantine rules after flying to indigenous community to get Covid-19 vaccine
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Former Great Canadian Gaming Corporation CEO Rod Baker and his wife, Ekaterina, flew nearly 2,000 km from Vancouver to Beaver Creek and allegedly posed as visiting workers of a local hotel in order to get their COVID jabs at a mobile clinic. Photo by Ekaterina Baker /Facebook
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A Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get the COVID-19 vaccine will have to answer for their alleged actions in a courtroom.
Former Great Canadian Gaming Corp. CEO Rodney Baker and his wife, Ekaterina Baker, were given summary tickets last week for violating the territory’s Civil Emergency Measures Act, which carries fines of up to $1,000, plus fees.
Millionaire couple who took private plane to remote indigenous community for vaccine charged
Rodney and Ekaterina Baker have been charged under Yukon s Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA), 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.
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Rodney (L) and Ekaterina Baker (R) allegedly used coronavirus vaccine doses meant for an indigenous community.(Facebook)
One of them presented a British Columbia health care card, the other had one from Ontario, Mr Streicker said in a statement.
The Bakers weren t charged for getting the vaccine. Rather, they were accused of not following quarantine requirements after arriving in the Canadian territory.