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Suspended ArriveCan IT consultant selling second Ottawa office condo

An Ottawa-based technology company suspended from working for the federal government after becoming embroiled in the ArriveCan app contract spending controversy is unloading a second office condominium it owns near Parliament Hill. Global News has learned that the second property put up for sale by Coradix Technology Consulting Ltd. at …

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Auditor general to table long-awaited report on controversial ArriveCAN app – National

Canada’a auditor general will release a long-awaited report into the controversial ArriveCAN application Monday morning, more than a year after being tasked to look into it. Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report is scheduled to be tabled in the House of Commons around 11 a.m. Eastern. Hogan is also scheduled to …

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The ArriveCAN app is about to become optional. Will anyone use it?

While some travellers say they’ll be glad when they no longer have to use the ArriveCAN app when entering Canada, others say there might still be some use for the tool. A senior government source told CBC News earlier this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed off on a decision …

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Many Americans still aren’t coming to Canada. Is the ArriveCAN app to blame?

Post-pandemic, tourists have returned to Niagara Falls. But something’s missing — a lot of Americans, even though the popular Ontario tourist destination sits right next to the U.S. border.  “It’s devastating,” said Anna Pierce, vice president of Niagara Helicopters, which offers rides over the falls. Pierce says bookings are down 35 per …

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Meet the librarian in rural Vermont helping stranded travellers with the ArriveCAN app

Sharon Ellingwood White says that 10 years ago, she was helping local residents create Facebook accounts. Now the part-time librarian in Canaan, Vt., says she’s become the “de-facto” local expert in another must-have app: ArriveCAN, the COVID-19 health data entry program that’s mandatory for anyone seeking to enter Canada by motor vehicle or airplane. “I live it day in …

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Montreal couple forced into 14-day quarantine for failing to fill out ArriveCAN entry app

Ron Daymond and Evelyn Herskovitz were stunned when they were ordered to quarantine for 14 days after returning to the Canadian land border on May 22 following a day-trip to Plattsburgh, N.Y. The fully vaccinated couple said a border officer told them they must quarantine because they didn’t fill out the ArriveCAN …

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