Snowbirds

• Vaccinated snowbirds say they’re being ‘punished’ with Canada’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine

  Canadian snowbirds continue to argue they should at least be able to quarantine at home instead of having to spend three days at a hotel after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

  Canada

  Apr 4
• ‘Close-knit’ Snowbirds family continues to mourn loss of Jennifer Casey as crash report released

  Nova Scotia-born Capt. Jennifer Casey is fondly remembered by the Snowbirds family, as the report into the crash that claimed her life is released.

  Canada

  Mar 29
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• Deadly Snowbirds crash caused by engine stall following bird strike: investigators

  CAF released its final report Monday into last year's fatal Snowbirds crash in B.C., noting that the cause of the crash appears to have been an engine stall after a bird strike.

  Canada

  Mar 29
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• ‘They want to lock us into a hotel’: Snowbirds criticize new travel measures

  Greater Toronto Area couple Gerald Berish and Roberta Smith-Berish left for Deerfield Beach, Fla., in December. The couple was able to get fully vaccinated there in January.

  Canada

  Feb 22
• No sympathy for snowbirds: Most Canadians support travel restrictions, Ipsos poll finds

  As the government brings down the hammer on those taking trips abroad, most Canadians have little sympathy for those who opted to travel to their sunnier second homes.

  Canada

  Feb 22
• From insurance to hotel quarantine, new travel rules leave snowbirds in a conundrum

  Amid uncertainty about latest COVID-19 measures, Canadian seniors are delaying their return from sunny U.S. locations, while others are rushing back from Mexico.

  Health

  Feb 6
• Saskatchewan snowbirds grounded due to COVID-19 pandemic

  The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many snowbirds to alter their travel plans to warmer climates such as the United States and Mexico this year.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2020
• Some older Canadians decide to spend winter in Florida despite coronavirus pandemic

  Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Snowbirds fly south for winter amid pandemic

  Despite the coronavirus pandemic and the Canada U.S. border being closed, some Canadian snowbirds are still finding a way to fly south for the winter.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Canadian entrepreneurs in Florida lament loss of snowbirds amid pandemic

  Florida has the third-highest total COVID-19 caseload of all 50 U.S. states.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2020