ArriveCAN News

2022 - 9 - 21

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Windsor MP optimistic for 'good decision' on ArriveCAN app | CBC ... (CBC.ca)

Irek Kusmierczyk, who represents Windsor-Tecumseh, says he's been having conversations almost daily with ministers and the prime minister's office about the ...

30 is the date the current COVID-19 Emergency Order-in-Council relating to border measures ends. And furthermore, I feel very optimistic that we will have a good decision on Sept. "I feel very confident that our government and those ministers responsible for those files have heard and understand those unique challenges to border communities.

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Controversial ArriveCAN app to be scrapped | Watch News Videos ... (Globalnews.ca)

The federal government is poised to drop mandatory vaccination requirements, and will make the ArriveCAN app optional. Global News Morning speaks with Walt ...

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American visitors and Sarnia civic leaders celebrate possible end of ... (CTV News London)

Reports the federal government will soon ease COVID-19 restrictions at land borders is welcome news for most American travellers.

[Toronto](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/) [Ottawa](https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/) [Barrie](https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/) Andrew Hong](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/funeral-underway-for-slain-toronto-police-officer-const-andrew-hong-1.6077048) [Montreal](https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/) [Quebec election: Liberal leader open to discussion of electoral reform](https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-election-liberal-leader-open-to-discussion-of-electoral-reform-1.6077891) Peppered with questions, Liberal ministers refused to confirm their plans, saying they'd have more to say soon. [Kitchener](https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/) [Windsor](https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/) [Number of suspended students continues to decline in Windsor-Essex](https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/number-of-suspended-students-continues-to-decline-in-windsor-essex-1.6077814) The passport information and your COVID information. on Wednesday tell CTV News they almost reconsidered their trip to Stratford, Ont. A group of Michigan seniors who crossed at Sarnia, Ont. [London Top Stories](https://london.ctvnews.ca/)

Border-area politicians urge Ottawa to scrap ArriveCAN app (Woodstock Sentinel Review)

Officials from Canada-U.S. border communities left economically walloped by pandemic restrictions, including the mayors of Sarnia and Windsor, ...

“That is the nature of our land border: constantly coming and going. Border cities that rely on steady travel across the international boundary say the requirements have cut deeply into their local economies and have especially stemmed the tide of tourism dollars from Americans unwilling to submit private information to the Canadian government. border to non-essential travel after keeping it closed for 18 months. Also, non-vaccinated travellers can be ordered into quarantine and there is still random testing at border crossings. There has been little response from the federal government. President Joe Biden, and signed by 15 Canadian city mayors, seven American mayors and 16 MPs – calls for returning “to a normal, pre-pandemic state” and getting rid of the smartphone app that still must be filled out for people to cross the border into Canada.

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Trade Committee will continue to look at impacts of ArriveCan (Newstalk 610 CKTB (iHeartRadio))

Niagara Falls MP Tony Baldinelli supports extension "For three years essentially we have lost our tourism season, the first two years because of COVID, this ...

[NITM WITH TIM DENIS](https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/audio/nitm-with-tim-denis-1.18520848?mode=Article) [here](https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20220920/-1/37635). [View From The Drive Thru](https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/audio/view-from-the-drive-thru-1.18520849?mode=Article)

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SCRAP THE APP: ArriveCAN to be made optional as of Sept. 30 (The Post Millennial)

Since its inception, the Trudeau Liberals' ArriveCAN has garnered criticism from across the country, with many calling on the federal government to scrap ...

Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1. When you support The Post Millennial, you support freedom of the press at a time when it's under direct attack. The Carlton MP garnered support from Conservatives in large part due to his opposition to the app, and other Covid-19 restrictions.

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More reports on feds making ArriveCAN optional, dropping vax ... (PAX News)

The change, if green lit, would mean unvaccinated foreigners would once again be allowed to visit Canada. Additionally: unvaccinated Canadians would no longer ...

[Click here](https://www.facebook.com/paxnews) to follow PAX on Facebook. The Trudeau government is also facing lawsuits over ArriveCAN. The update, which has not been finalized or announced officially, would kick in Sept. and nations in Europe – making masks optional). The plan to drop vaccination mandates for people entering Canada will apply to land, air and sea ports of entry, according to the Globe, which spoke to four inside sources (which it did not name because the individuals were not allowed to speak publicly about it publicly). [reports](https://news.paxeditions.com/news/buzz/ottawa-make-arrivecan-optional-scrap-other-travel-measures-reports) that Ottawa is gearing up to ease travel restrictions even further, The Globe and Mail has [inserted its own sources](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-to-drop-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-entering-country-on/) into the mix, supporting The Star’s [exclusive last week](https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/09/16/trudeau-government-considering-end-to-covid-19-vaccination-mandate-at-border-and-random-testing-sources.html) that claimed vaccine requirements will soon drop at the border and that ArriveCAN will become optional.

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Canada's Travel Restrictions Are Reportedly Ending & Even ... (Narcity)

Canada's travel restrictions are reportedly set to end this month and it means travelling overseas and across the Canada-U.S. border will be a lot simpler.

News of an impending update came on the same day that multiple Canada-U.S. [border measures became stricter over the summer,](https://www.narcity.com/canadas-travel-rules-are-getting-stricter-again-even-fully-vaxxed-travellers-may-be-impacted) with the Public Health Agency of Canada maintaining that the measures "reduce the risk of the importation and transmission of COVID-19 and new variants in Canada related to international travel." [the existing rules](https://www.narcity.com/canadas-travel-restrictions-have-been-extended-heres-what-it-means-for-your-summer-vacation), Canada still requires travellers to use [the ArriveCAN program](https://www.narcity.com/canadians-can-get-a-one-time-exemption-from-arrivecan-fines-quarantine) to confirm their COVID-19 vaccination status and travel plans. border mayors, members of parliament and members of the U.S. [CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/governemtn-ending-pandemic-border-measures-1.6589415) and [Global News](https://globalnews.ca/news/9143819/canada-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-border/), the feds are preparing to scrap multiple travel measures in Canada, including remaining COVID-19 vaccine mandates, random testing and the mandatory use of ArriveCAN. [Canada's travel restrictions](https://www.narcity.com/tag/canada-travel-restrictions) are reportedly set to end this month and it means travelling overseas and across the Canada-U.S.

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More reports point to Sept. 30 for eased travel measures, including ... (Travelweek)

TORONTO — With just over a week to go, it looks almost certain now that the federal government will ease just about all of Canada's remaining COVID-19 ...

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is reportedly pushing for the mask mandate to stay in place at least until after the Thanksgiving holiday break. 30, 2022, and that vaccination mandates for those entering Canada will be scrapped, along with random testing upon arrival. While these measures could be easing in a matter of days, it sounds as though the mask mandate for airports and air travel could stick around for a while longer.

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Ministers mum on expected COVID-19 travel rule changes, defend ... (CTV News)

Parliament Hill was abuzz Wednesday amid reports that the federal government is planning on dropping COVID-19 vaccine requirements at the border, ...

The agreement announced Tuesday includes electric vehicle deliveries through 2027 and will include SUVs, pickups and luxury automobiles. The NASA InSight Lander has 'heard' and detected the vibrations of four space rocks as they slammed into Mars over the past two years. For months now, Canadians have been facing a nationwide shortage of children's pain and fever medications due to unusually high demand. [Struggling to find children's medication? The Royal Canadian Air Force says an improperly assembled oil filter led to the crash of a Snowbirds jet in northern British Columbia last month. Peppered with questions, Liberal ministers refused to confirm their plans, saying they'd have more to say soon. While the impacts of the invasion are most severely felt in Ukraine, the war has had global political implications, including here in Canada. With less than four weeks left in the election campaign, here's how the race — and the results — could affect the rest of Canada. The House of Commons held this historic opportunity to allow MPs to pay tribute ahead of Monday's national commemorations. "And nothing that they're doing on their side affects how we're governing, or the steps we're taking to keep Canadians safe." "I think it might have something to do with the science changing Saturday night," said Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, referencing the Sept. Having that digitized borders is going to help us bring more people to the country," he said.

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Government ready to scrap ArriveCan requirement at the border (Newstalk 610 CKTB (iHeartRadio))

Sources telling CTV news that the government will drop the requirement and make the ArriveCan app optional by the end of the month.

[View From The Drive Thru](https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/audio/view-from-the-drive-thru-1.18520849?mode=Article) [NITM WITH TIM DENIS](https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/audio/nitm-with-tim-denis-1.18520848?mode=Article) Government ready to scrap ArriveCan requirement at the border

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AP: Canada expected to drop vaccine requirement, drop ArriveCan ... (Buffalo News)

The moves are expected to take place by the end of the month, the Associated Press reported, based on information provided to them by an official familiar ...

Canada has required visitors to fill out the ArriveCan app before entering the country, which includes photographing travel documents and proof of vaccination. ... If you're in a car, you are," Higgins said Monday in a brief telephone interview with The Buffalo News. 14 revealed a consensus in support of urging Trudeau's administration to end rigorous and sometimes contradictory preclearance requirements on Americans crossing the northern border. Brian Higgins said he was hopeful that the Canadian government would, over the next few weeks, move toward lifting its travel requirements for U.S. citizens crossing the border into Canada and make masks and the glitchy ArriveCan mobile app for air travelers voluntary. Brian Higgins is hopeful that the Canadian government will move toward lifting its stringent travel requirements for U.S.

Final decision on ArriveCan could come as soon as Thursday (National Post)

Sources speaking to the National Post indicate that the decision to scrap the app and the vaccine requirements has not been finalized.

ArriveCan has experienced glitches that ordered travellers to quarantine unnecessarily. If Canada removed vaccine requirement, it would join many nations around the world who have removed them, but some countries including the U.S. “I can’t share any cabinet confidences or what’s taking place right now, but we’re going to continue to follow the science. 30, which means the government has to make a decision before that day or the current measures will expire. The cabinet is set to meet on Thursday afternoon and the issue could be finalized then. While multiple reports have indicated the government will scrap the app and the vaccine requirement, sources speaking to the National Post indicate that decision has not been finalized.

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'It's time': Vancouver travellers welcome expected changes to rules ... (CTV News Vancouver)

The Canadian government plans to drop the COVID-19 vaccination requirement at the border, CTV News has learned, and some travellers passing through ...

Police say the victim was approached by a man who demanded his cell phone, and the victim was cut as he tried to escape. nature trail turned violent when police say a man was the victim of a would-be robber on Tuesday. when was approached by another man he didn’t know. Mounties are investigating "several reports" of indecent acts in which a man reportedly exposed himself to strangers near Victoria. The Department of National Defence announced the finding on Wednesday as it lifted the operational pause that was put on all Snowbirds flights following the Aug. The Royal Canadian Air Force says an improperly assembled oil filter led to the crash of a Snowbirds jet in northern British Columbia last month. 1 hr ago Peppered with questions, Liberal ministers refused to confirm their plans, saying they'd have more to say soon. 3 hr ago That said, I’ve said since I became tourism minister, safety first.” “It is something we’ve been calling for, for several months.” 2 hr ago

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Controversial ArriveCAN app to be scrapped | Watch News Videos ... (Globalnews.ca)

The federal government is poised to drop mandatory vaccination requirements, and will make the ArriveCAN app optional. Global News Morning speaks with Walt ...

- Honouring Queen Elizabeth IIGlobal News Morning BC - Public prepares to say goodbye to the QueenGlobal News Morning BC - Controversial ArriveCAN app to be scrappedGlobal News Morning BC

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