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It has been over a year since the start of COVID-19 and vaccines for the virus are finally being given to more and more people in Canada, signalling that the end of the worst part of the pandemic is near.
However, some are a lot more eager to return to some sense of normalcy than others. Even if it means having to cut ahead of other people in dire need to be protected from the virus that has plagued the world for a year and counting.
The Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver is a private sports facility and club that is open to some of the wealthier citizens in British Columbia. To join, a high entrance fee of $60,000 plus $3,000 in GST is required to be paid, as well as a $12,000 deposit for new membership applicants, among other costs.
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Posted: Apr 23, 2021 4:40 PM PT | Last Updated: April 23
Hollyburn Country Club is pictured in West Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
The province of B.C. has cancelled a pop up vaccine clinic planned by an exclusive West Vancouver country club after it sent an email to members offering them doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The email, sent by Hollyburn Country Club CEO Ed McLaughlin on April 22 and obtained by CBC News, said members could call and book their vaccine by providing personal information including a club ID number. We understand that there are long waitlists for Covid-19 vaccines in our local communities. To offer some of our Members a convenient way to get the AstraZeneca vaccine, we have organized a pop-up clinic at Hollyburn, the email read in part.