Category Archives: Travel
Feds, provinces agree on vaccine passport for domestic, international travel: PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced provinces and the federal government have agreed on a new national vaccine passport for domestic and international travel — and many Canadians already have them in their phones and wallets. Rather than ...
Government bracing for surge in passport renewals
OTTAWA — Pierce Schoel thought he might be able to avoid a long wait at the passport office in Kitchener, Ont. by going in the middle of the day. He was surprised to discover line-ups out the door. The security guard
CDC says people with mixed-dose COVID-19 vaccinations will be eligible to enter U.S.
WASHINGTON — It's the news nearly four million Canadians have been waiting to hear: people who received doses of two different COVID-19 vaccines will qualify as fully vaccinated when the U.S. reopens its land borders to non-essential travel next month....
Canada can’t do away with COVID-19 tests for travellers just yet, Freeland says
WASHINGTON — Canada still can't afford to take any chances when it comes to COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday — and that includes requiring travellers to show a negative test result before entering the country. Freeland h...
Canadians cheer, Freeland urges caution as U.S. unveils land border travel plan
WASHINGTON — A motley coalition of elected officials, bilateral business leaders and travellers-turned-lobbyists briefly cheered the coming reprieve from restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border Wednesday before confronting their next challenge: the ques...
After 19 months, U.S. land border to reopen to vaccinated Canadians in November
WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated Canadian vacationers and day-trippers will be allowed to drive into the United States beginning in early November, the Biden administration said Tuesday, the first glimmer of hope in nearly 20 months for the families and b...
U.S. to accept travellers immunized with vaccines approved by WHO, FDA, says CDC
Canadians immunized against COVID-19 with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine can visit the United States when new travel regulations come into play next month, but it's not yet clear whether those with mixed doses will make the cut. The U.S. Centers for D...
Government consulting with remote Indigenous communities about mandatory vaccines
OTTAWA — The federal government is working on exemptions to its newly released mandatory vaccine policy for people in remote Indigenous communities, many of which are only accessible by airplane. The new policy calls for travellers over the age of 12
Air travel associations call for federal vaccine passport for new vaccine mandate
Transportation industry associations say the federal government's development of a national vaccine passport will be vital for airlines to carry out a vaccine mandate for air travellers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that proof of v...
Canada makes vaccines mandatory for public servants, air and rail workers, travellers
OTTAWA — The core public service, air travel and rail employees and passengers must all be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of October, according to Canada’s new mandatory vaccine policy. The federal government announced Wednesday public se...