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Canadian gambling CEO Rod Baker resigns after being accused of flying into Indigenous community to get COVID-19 vaccine Posted WedWednesday 27 updated WedWednesday 27 JanJanuary 2021 at 1:33am Mr Baker and his wife travelled to Yukon territory to receive a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. ( Share Print text only Cancel Canadian gambling CEO Rod Baker has resigned after he and his wife were charged with travelling to a remote community in the country's north and misleading authorities in order to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Key points: Mr Baker and his wife allegedly travelled from ...

By   Jan 27, 2021 05:03 AM EST A wealthy couple hires flight to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccine doses from the indigenous community. They were fined for their jumping the distribution of the vaccine. The couple went to the remote community of Beaver Creek to get vaccines for them. Many of the inhabitants are part of the White River First Nation. Reactions of Authorities Locals in the community were surprised by the couple who looked out of town, especially when they said they were workers at a local motel and get ahead of the coronavirus vaccines line to protect the vulnerable indigenous elder...

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 Bri...

Wealthy Canadian couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, got vaccines meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said Updated: January 26 Share on Facebook 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...

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 coro...