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Masks will be mandatory in any indoor public place in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. Nevertheless, the reaction to the public health order has been mixed in the Queen City. The mandatory mask order was put in place to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province. Saskatchewan has seen its active case numbers […]

Starting Monday, students in Regina schools will be required to wear a non-medical mask in school and on buses. This follows the provincial governments’ move to mandate masks in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. The school divisions were left out of this mandate, some had already mandated mask use school-wide. School divisions were asked to

Mask-wearing has become ubiquitous with the coronavirus pandemic. It has been proven to be a preventative measure to slow the spread of the virus – the main benefit being to protect others in case you are infected and not aware of it. Based on new research, it points to benefits being two-fold. Researchers from the

A criminal defense lawyer shares the COVID-19 precautions ignored for some OCDC inmates. As criminal defense lawyer Gary Chayko sat in a courtroom at the Cornwall Courthouse waiting for this client to arrive from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) for a preliminary hearing, he took stock of the pandemic precautions around him. Guards and court

Montreal police (SPVM) raided a warehouse and given fines to 83 people who had gathered there for a party in contravention of COVID-19 health measures. SPVM spokesperson stated that officers responded to the warehouse in Montreal’s Garment District in the Ahuntsic borough when they learned there was an illegal gathering. During the search, the police

Halloween is upon us and many are going ahead with frightening displays hoping children will dare to head outdoors. While trick-or-treating may be too spooky for some, others have scared-up some creative ideas to make for a fun-filled Hallows Eve. The first that comes to mind is Al Bois. The front yard of his Barrhaven

With athletes returning to training and people heading back to the gym, there are still some questions about whether or not to wear a mask. In June, the World Health Organization published information about wearing masks, stating that it was not a good idea to wear a face-covering during exercise. It has been stated by

Universal and consistent mask-wearing could cut COVID-19 transmission in Saskatchewan by at least 50%. Using a mask is an important layer. There are hardly any situations that you cannot wear a mask in the few minutes that you are in a retail location or go into the office for work. If everybody will use one

Ottawa bylaw officers will now be handing out fines, not warnings, to any individual or business flaunting the city’s indoor mask requirements amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The bylaw department of Ottawa stated that the “warning phase” is ending for the city’s temporary mask rules, first set in mid-July and recently expanded to at least

Alberta Health Services has started collecting N95 masks for the possibility of sterilizing and reusing them. AHS made the announcement that face masks may be reused when the province’s modeling data was released. At present, the AHS president and CEO stated that some initial testing had been done that showed N95 masks could be steam-sterilized.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has implemented a mask mandate at its Saskatoon facilities due to the increased COVID-19 activity in the area. All patients, visitors, and health care providers will have to wear a mask within the SHA facility or home. The mandate applies even if people can maintain a two-meter physical distance, visiting