A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. New safety measures adopted by the Stampede this year include cutting daily attendance in half. In order to enter Nashville North, patrons must have proof of having had at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot two weeks prior. Otherwise, a negative rapid test result at the tent door or at an entrance to the Stampede grounds. Donna Drummond, who took a rapid test to get inside, said it was "nothing," just three seconds in each side of her nose.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2021 15:20 UTC