What You Need to Know
Talk of travel restrictions, at both the federal and provincial
levels, is intensifying as COVID-19 infections continue to rise and
new variants generate increasing concerns for Canadians. Last week,
the federal government announced it would implement mandatory
testing and hotel quarantine for international travellers returning
to Canada.
1 On the same day, Ontario s
Premier announced the province would administer mandatory COVID-19
tests for international air travellers touching down in Ontario, at
least until the federal program is rolled out.
In addition to these international travel restrictions, some
provinces are considering restricting interprovincial travel.
British Columbia s Premier, John Horgan, recently announced
When I was nine, my younger brother received a Crayola Crayon Maker. We’d never seen anything like it. At the top of the machine was a tray to place our broken crayons. You’d turn on the device to melt the pieces back into wax. Then you’d flip a lever to pour the melted wax into four crayon-shaped molds. And then they’d cool…. Voila! New crayons!
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