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Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes must be vaccinated to compete at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Wednesday, saying the decision was made with support of the boards of directors and athlete commissions. The mandate aligns with the federal government’s recent announcement that all air travellers must be fully vaccinated by October 30, 2021, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker said in a statement. Read more: Olympian who protested boycott in 1980 shares perspective on Beijing Games boycott The Canadian team was over 95 per cent fully vaccinated...
