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A Canadian couple is facing charges after allegedly flying to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccines.

Rodney Baker, 55, and Ekaterina Baker, 32, have both been charged under Yukon’s Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA), according to court documents obtained by Daily Hive.

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They face one charge each for failing to self-isolate for 14 days and for failing to behave in a manner consistent with declaration.

Each charge comes with a $575 fine, according to the documents.

Under the the CEMA Act, anyone entering the Yukon — even from other parts of Canada — must self-isolate for 14 days.

John Streicker, Yukon’s Minister of Community Services, said the couple arrived in Whitehorse on January 19, and both signed the mandatory isolation declaration.

Two days later, though, they chartered a plane to the small community of Beaver Creek.

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The Bakers allegedly told staff at the community’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic that they were working at a local motel. Both received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine, Streicker said.

Through a healthcare worker’s hunch and quick work of CEMA officers, the couple was apprehended at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport as they waited to board a flight to Vancouver.

“The whole of Yukon is really frustrated and upset by this case,” said Streicker. “It really goes against this concept we have as Canadians that we’re dealing with the pandemic together.”

The minister said he finds the case especially terrible because small communities like Beaver Creek are the ones the territory is trying so hard to protect from COVID-19.

On January 25, the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation announced that Rod Baker would be resigning at its Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

Chuck Keeling, GCGC’s Executive Vice President of Stakeholder Relations and Responsible Gaming, confirmed to Daily Hive that Baker was “no longer affiliated in any way with the company.”

“It’s such a strange story,” Streiker said. “It would be interesting too, if it wasn’t brutally awful as well.”

In an act that B.C. Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth called despicable, a top Vancouver casino executive and his wife flew to a small town in the Yukon last week to receive early COVID-19 vaccinations.

“I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass,” said Farnworth, whose portfolio includes public safety.

The province’s health officer and health minister have outlined a detailed plan for the distribution of the COVID vaccine to British Columbians, Farnworth added, reiterating that public health officials are currently focusing on high-risk groups.

Tickets filed with a court registry in Whitehorse last Thursday show Rodney Baker, 55, and Ekaterina Baker, 32, both of Vancouver, were each charged with one count of failing to self-isolate for 14 days, and one count of failing to act in a manner consistent with their declarations upon arriving in Yukon.

Each was fined $1,000, plus fees, under the Yukon’s Civil Emergency Measures Act. The charges have not been proven in court.

Dr. Bonnie Henry stressed on Monday the need to stop travel because we take our risks with us and bring risks back from where we have been.

“I think they should be ashamed of themselves,” she said when asked about the Bakers. “They put a community at risk for their own benefit, and that to me is appalling.”

She took heart, she said, in her belief that the vast majority of British Columbians and Canadians would not do the same.

Rod Baker resigned on Monday as president and CEO of Great Canadian Gaming Corp., the company said. It owns casinos in Richmond, Surrey and Chilliwack, as well as Hastings Racecourse, among other Metro Vancouver holdings.

Last month, Great Canadian shareholders agreed to sell the company to an American firm, pending regulatory approval.

Ekaterina Baker, an actress, is described on her IMDb site as an up-and-coming Eastern European version of Charlize Theron.

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A Postmedia reporter and photographer went to the downtown Vancouver address on Alberni Street listed on the tickets the couple received in the Yukon, but were not able to speak with them.

The two allegedly travelled from Vancouver to Whitehorse, then chartered a private plane to fly them to Beaver Creek, an isolated village of about 100 people on the Alaskan border near Alcan.

The couple misrepresented themselves “in various ways,” said John Streicker, the Yukon’s community services minister, including trying to pretend they worked at a local motel.

Streicker’s office was notified about the couple after they had received their Moderna vaccinations and flown back to Whitehorse. Officers went to the address they had declared was where they would quarantine, but discovered the couple was already preparing to fly home to Vancouver.

Angela Demit, chief of the White River First Nation, said her people were prioritized to get the vaccine because of the community’s remoteness, its elderly population and limited access to health care.

“We are deeply concerned by the actions of individuals who put our Elders and vulnerable people at risk to jump the line for selfish purposes,” she said. “We implore all Canadians to respect the vaccination rollout process and to not take similar actions.”

Great Canadian Gaming spokesman Chuck Keeling said in a statement the company complies with guidelines from public health authorities.

“Our overriding focus as a company is doing everything we can to contribute to the containment of COVID-19,” he said.

— with file from Canadian Press