Required Negative COVID-19 Test to Cross Land Borders with the U.S.
The Canadian-U.S. border has been closed to all non-essential travel since March 2020. Following mandatory testing that was put in place for air travel in January, all land borders with the United States will now require proof of a negative COVID-19 test result within a 72-hour window before entering Canada. The new measure will begin Tuesday, February 15th, 2021. Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced the policy change on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021. However, although the Canadian government is diligently taking the extra precaution to protect Canadians from COVID-19, anyone lacking proof of a negative test result won’t necessarily be turned away at the border. For example, Canadian residents who are trying to re-enter Canada so that they can come home, are not allowed to be refused entry at the land border. As a result of this law, any Canadian citizen who is coming into Canada and fails to provide a negative
By Pilar Wolfsteller2020-12-18T19:44:00+00:00
The inaugural revenue flight of new Canadian airline OWG has taken off from Toronto’s Pearson International airport, headed to Santa Clara Abel Santamaria airport in Cuba.
The airline is a project of Canadian passenger and freight charter carrier Nolinor Aviation, which announced plans to launch the new brand in July, in the middle of the coronavirus crisis.
According to flight tracking website Flightaware.com, flight N5730 left Montreal’s Trudeau International airport at 11:11 local time, arriving in Toronto at 12:08 local time. It then left Toronto at 13:23 local time, and is due to land in Cuba about three hours later. It was unclear if the flight from Montreal to Toronto was also a revenue flight or if the aircraft had been repositioned.