Whitehorse court records show that the Bakers 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. Each were fined $1,000 plus fees, but the charges have not yet been proven in court. In a statement to
The Post, Angela Demit, chief of the White River First Nation, said that the relatively small fines would be essentially meaningless for such rich people. I think they should be ashamed of themselves, physician Bonnie Henry, FRCPC, the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, said of the matter. They put a community at risk for their own benefit, and that to me is appalling.
CEO y su esposa fingen pertenecer a comunidad indígena para vacunarse
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Pareja multimillonaria se hacen pasar por indígenas para recibir vacuna
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Wealthy Canadian couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, got vaccines meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said Updated: January 26
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Print article Located deep in Canada’s Yukon near the Alaska border, the 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 Alaska Highway outpost so that they could get shots intended to protect vulnerable Indigenous elders.
Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines doses meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said Antonia Noori Farzan © C) Mark Newman / Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images A Quonset hut repurposed as a Catholic church is among the few landmarks in the tiny, rural community of Beaver Creek. 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 couple 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.