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Report: Canada to Drop Vaccine Mandate, Unvaccinated Players Permitted into Toronto
Sports Illustrated ^ | SEP 20, 2022 | Aaron Rose

Posted on 09/21/2022 3:21:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Unvaccinated NBA players will soon be allowed to play in Toronto against the Raptors as Canada moves ahead with dropping its federal vaccine mandate

Unvaccinated NBA players will soon be allowed to enter Canada to play the Toronto Raptors next season.

If the mandate is dropped on Sept. 30, as reported, unvaccinated players will be allowed to enter in time for Toronto's first preseason game of the year on October 2 in Edmonton. The regular season for the Raptors is scheduled to tip off on October 19 against the Cavaliers.

While Canada will be dropping its vaccine requirement, the United States still requires foreigners to be fully vaccinated to enter the country. All non-American Raptors players, therefore, must be fully vaccinated to travel between Canada and the United States. This was not an issue for the team last year as everyone in the organization was fully vaccinated.

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1 posted on 09/21/2022 3:21:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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So, is Canada going to release truck PAT KING from prison now that it is all over?


2 posted on 09/21/2022 3:22:40 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. - Psalm 33:12)
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But, but, the variants. What about the variants?


3 posted on 09/21/2022 3:23:36 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: nickcarraway

Thank God the Coof was defeated by the left just in time for the mid-terms.


4 posted on 09/21/2022 3:23:41 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Salamander

They are truly amazing.


5 posted on 09/21/2022 3:24:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: hardspunned

“You never catch the same cold twice”


6 posted on 09/21/2022 3:24:25 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: nickcarraway

Miracle workers, even.

/choking on my own sarcasm


7 posted on 09/21/2022 3:25:06 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: nickcarraway

Good faith and will gesture on the part of the Most Gracious Benevolent Leader Justin Castro? /s


8 posted on 09/21/2022 3:33:19 PM PDT by cranked
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To: nickcarraway

but the US keeps the requirement ?


9 posted on 09/21/2022 3:35:08 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Salamander

Just in time for the MLB Playoffs and NHL/NBA and ice fishing seasons.


10 posted on 09/21/2022 3:40:44 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: nickcarraway

This means that the United States will have a stupider policy than Canada will.


11 posted on 09/21/2022 3:40:52 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: nickcarraway

They need to drop all Caravan related charges and provide reparations.


12 posted on 09/21/2022 3:41:48 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Arcadian Empire

Bingo


13 posted on 09/21/2022 3:45:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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What will little Fidel Trudeau have to say about this?


14 posted on 09/21/2022 3:56:04 PM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Canada really scr**** the truckers. Now Diesel prices are killing them.


15 posted on 09/21/2022 4:49:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Wonder if that stupid phone app required to enter the country’s airports will still be required? My guess - probably.


16 posted on 09/21/2022 4:50:59 PM PDT by drierice
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To: Arcadian Empire

Sounds like Biden is going to lift all Covid mandates.


17 posted on 09/21/2022 4:51:05 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

They need less man-dates if they want to stop monkeypox.


18 posted on 09/21/2022 4:52:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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As a professional player, I would refuse to go on principle.

Let them know we don't support Pfascist regimes.

19 posted on 09/21/2022 5:56:33 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Sacajaweau

Biden likes using businesses as proxies for his poison policies.


20 posted on 09/21/2022 8:37:07 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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