Professional athletes who have not yet received one of the approved COVID-19 vaccines won’t be allowed to travel to Canada beginning on January 15, minister of public safety Marco Mendicino announced on Friday (link via CBC.ca). Currently, NBA players who aren’t fully vaccinated are permitted to enter the country and play against the Raptors in Toronto under a national interest exemption. Players who remain unvaccinated will be ineligible to play in games in Toronto as of January 15. Although the change figures to affect several players around the NBA, it won’t impact many of the league’s most noteworthy unvaccinated players. During training camp, the Raptors indicated that they were one second dose away from having a fully vaccinated roster, so no Toronto players should be affected by the change.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2021 17:46 UTC