All incoming travellers must provide proof of negative COVID-19 PCR tests (the kind typically taken with a deep nasal swab) done within 72 hours of boarding their aircraft.
Category: Travel
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Stricter border controls for travellers to begin Feb. 22
Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine — at their own expense — and requiring a COVID-19 test when they get here is meant to help ward off new and more transmissible variants of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
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B.C.’s top doctor has hinted COVID-19 restrictions may not lift as planned
Dr. Bonnie Henry could extend province’s social gathering restrictions Friday ahead of Super Bowl
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Out-of-province travellers required to self-isolate for 14 days in Manitoba
“We need to stay diligent.”
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B.C. seeking legal advice on limiting travel to the province: premier
Public health orders issued by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, which are in effect until Feb. 5, tell B.C. residents not to travel for vacations, recreation or social visits.
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Boracay, Palawan included in Condé Nast beach list
Department of Tourism (DOT) said the inclusion of the two destinations in the prestigious travel publication’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards is "sheer recognition of their unparalleled beauty and uniquely diverse resources."
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WestJet puts 1,000 workers on leave, citing government’s ‘Incoherent’ policy
The Calgary-based airline announced Friday about 1,000 employees will be furloughed, temporarily laid off, put on unpaid leave or have their hours cut, and it will chop about 30 per cent of its capacity for February and March and pull 160 domestic departures from its schedule.
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Feds weigh cutting COVID-19 benefit for travellers as Canada surpasses 600,000 cases
Globetrotters were never intended as the recipients of the federal sick benefit OF $500 per week.
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Airlines, travellers slam ‘confusion’ created by new COVID-19 testing rules
Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced last Thursday that air travellers overseas will have to present proof of a negative molecular test — known as a PCR test, conducted with a nasal swab — that was taken within 72 hours of departure, unless such testing is unavailable.
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Hammer drops on vacationing Alberta politicos, including Kenney’s chief of staff
“By travelling abroad over the holidays, these individuals demonstrated extremely poor judgment,”