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Great Canadian Gaming CEO Resigns After Travel to Yukon, Accused of Vaccine Queue-Jumping
TORONTO Officials with the Yukon government have confirmed the identities of a couple from Vancouver who allegedly travelled to a remote community last week to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid media reports that the former president of the Great Canadian Gaming Corp. was one of those charged with breaching the territory’s Civil Emergency Measures Act.
Tickets filed with a court registry in Whitehorse last Thursday show 55-year-old Rodney Baker and Ekaterina Baker, who is 32, were each charged with one count of failing to self-isolate for 14 days and one count of failing to act in a manner consistent with their declarations upon arriving in Yukon.
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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
VIP managers at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, British Columbia would clash with gaming regulators who tried to question their high rollers about the source of their funds, the Cullen Commission heard Monday.
Paul King Jin, seen here, is a known loan shark who survived an apparent gangland assassination attempt last year. (Image:
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The commission is charged with investigating whether individuals within the provincial government conspired with casino operators and the BC Lottery Corp (BCLC) to willfully ignore money laundering in the pursuit of VIP profits.
Previously, the commission heard from former BCLC investigator Steven Beeksma, who testified he had been told to “cut that sh t out” by his superiors after questioning River Rock customers.
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In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 26 .