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Burn in the U.S.A.: Canadians who got the AstraZeneca vaccine can’t see ‘Springsteen on Broadway’

The show must go on. But if you got the AstraZeneca vaccine, you’re not invited. Canadians who got that shot will not, at least for now, be allowed in seats for “Springsteen on Broadway” the first production since the famous theatres went dark at the start of the pandemic.

Racism in policing. The US/Canada border.

As the Union of BC Indian Chiefs announces it's applying to intervene in a BC Human Rights Tribunal case against the Vancouver Police Department over an incident of alleged racial profiling -- where a Heiltsuk man and his granddaughter were handcuffed and detained after attempting to open a bank account -- UBCIC lawyer Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond discusses the broader issue of system racism in policing. SFU research fellow Julianne Piper discusses the potential reopening of the US/Canada border in the weeks and months ahead.

COVID-19: Caution urged to prevent another wave in B.C.

Vigilance is being recommended until the percentage of fully vaccinated British Columbians rises significantly.

Federal government not tracking vaccination status of returning Canadians who got their COVID-19 shots abroad

International borders are federally managed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), but the data collection has been left to the provinces and territories, which do not have direct access to incoming travellers. The data are only being collected at the provincial or territorial level when a person voluntarily provides that information to local public-health authorities. Some travellers say this is creating a jurisdictional quagmire, with confusion over how or where to register vaccinations received abroad.

Is Canada ready to reopen its borders?

Professor Kelley Lee says that while Canada is moving along with the vaccine rollout, it is still too early to completely open the border and resume normal travel.

Concerns over Canada’s plans to relax quarantine measures

Julianne Piper, SFU Research Fellow, explains why the federal government should implement more robust testing if they move forward with relaxing quarantine measures for fully vaccinated Canadians.