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Posted date : May 10, 2023

CSA Member Advisory – The Biden administration confirmed that the executive order requiring international air travellers entering the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be officially rescinded on May 12, 2023.

Posted date : Mar 15, 2023

The Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Snowbird Association are encouraging Canadians who have spent the winter abroad, to plan ahead for a smooth return to Canada this spring.

Posted date : Dec 16, 2022

Mr. Garry McDonald was, until his retirement in 2012, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce where, under his leadership, the chamber increased business membership by 60% to over 1,000 businesses. In this role, Mr. McDonald liaised directly with government representatives from all three levels of government on border, […]

Posted date : Dec 15, 2022

Until her retirement in 2004, Karen Huestis was the co-owner and operator of Crestwood Golf Club in Manilla, Ontario. Ms. Huestis has had an extensive and varied career, holding positions at Bell Canada, Air Canada, and the Lindsay Golf Club. Ms. Huestis has been a member of the Canadian Snowbird Association board of directors since […]

Posted date : Sep 27, 2022

CSA Member Advisory -Federal officials announced that as of October 1, 2022, all travellers arriving in Canada will no longer have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada or meet COVID-19 testing, quarantine or isolation requirements. All travellers will also no longer have to submit their public health information through ArriveCAN.

Posted date : Sep 14, 2022

Wow! Snowbird travel is back with a vengeance. This year has been Medipac’s most successful Early Bird ever. I think that people have finally figured out that Medipac Travel Medical Insurance is, really, the only way to go. Medipac has attracted thousands of new clients who will start building their Claim-Free and Loyalty Discounts over the next few years

Posted date : Jul 21, 2022

Good on the CSA for helping get Ontario back on track with health care. While down south, I hope to get the same muscle used on the FEDS regarding the highly annoying, redundant and just plain overkill of the “ArriveCAN” app.

Posted date : Mar 18, 2022

CSA Member Advisory – The federal government officially announced that they will be removing the pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada at airports and land border crossings effective April 1, 2022.

Posted date : Feb 16, 2022

CSA Member Advisory – Earlier this week, the Government of Canada announced that effective February 28, 2022, fully vaccinated Canadian travellers may return to Canada with a pre-arrival COVID-19 rapid antigen test instead of a pre-arrival COVID-19 molecular test such as a PCR test.

Posted date : Dec 20, 2021

CSA Member Advisory : In response to the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the Canadian federal government announced yesterday that they have reinstated the travel advisory against all non-essential international travel effective December 15, 2021.