The World Health Organization recommended wearing face masks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation is inadequate, in an update to its COVID-19 guidance on masks. The new recommendations apply in areas of known or suspected cluster or community transmission of the new coronavirus. The WHO advises the general public must wear a non-medical […]
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Violent conflicts over mandatory mask bylaws are a significant concern in the city that has to stop. The police laid 39 criminal charges when conflicts over wearing face masks escalated into violence. Most of the violent altercations occurred in retail and other customer-facing locations such as convenience stores, restaurants, and malls. Twenty victims were either
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Face shields and goggles are no longer just an added protection, but a necessary one for frontline workers according to the Alberta Health Services. A memo sent out updates AHS’s personal protective equipment to include continuous eye protection for all frontline workers who work directly with patients. The agency defines that as working face-to-face within
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If left to continue, the acute care health system will be overrun in the near future. More than 70 of Alberta’s physicians, medical professionals, and infectious disease specialists are pleading for a ‘sharp’ two-week lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. It will allow contact tracers to catch up and easing the pressures on the
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Alberta junior and high school students are being sent home to learn and the province is introducing stricter gathering limits in hopes of curbing the spread of COVID-19. Premier Jason Kenney announced the new public health measures and enacted a state of public health emergency as the province reported 1.115 cases of COVID-19. The province
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An Edmonton pub server needed 14 stitches on her face following a fight with a customer after reminded of the mask bylaw. The incident, which was captured on a security camera, happened during a closing hour at Crown & Anchor Pub & Grill in north Edmonton. The commotion was started over a face mask. The
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Ontario is moving three regions into new COVID-19 levels starting Monday to force tougher restrictions on businesses and residents in parts of the province. Middlesex-London Health Unit and Thunder Bay District Health Unit will move to Orange-Restrict while Halliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit are moving to Yellow-Protect on December 7. By taking proactive
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The cold weather brings a host of challenges associated with wearing face masks and gathering indoors. People living in Canada are fashioning themselves as warriors able to withstand -20 C temperatures. This year, it could be a good thing. The advice from medical experts is to resist retreating indoors where COVID-19 is much more easily
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The temporary bylaw takes effect after being passed in an emergency council meeting. The face masks will soon be mandatory in Medicine Hat after a temporary bylaw was passed in an emergency city council meeting. Starting Friday, people over the age of two will be required to wear a face mask in all indoor public
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Edmonton’s mandatory mask bylaw has been extended until the end of 2021 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The City council voted 12-1 to keep the bylaw in place for another year after it was set to expire at the end of 2020. Interim city manager Adam Laughlin recommended an extension until
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As Alberta faces a record-high in new cases of COVID-19, around 1,000 people gathered in front of Calgary City Hall for a protest against face masks and other public-health measures. The new high mark for cases came from 21,657 tests. It is equal to around an 8% positive rate, in line with positivity rates over
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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
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Calgary police officers responded to a call early Sunday morning that has become another part of enforcing public health measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The officers had been directed by Alberta Health Services to apprehend a person who had tested positive for COVID-19 but refused to self-isolate in accordance with public health guidelines. The police
Edmonton city councilors are asked to extend the COVID-19 mandatory mask bylaw until May 31, 2021. Interim city manager Adam Laughlin and city officials recommended the five-month extension in a report published on Thursday afternoon. Currently, the bylaw requires residents to wear face coverings in all publicly accessible indoor spaces until the end of 2020
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The newest restrictions in Alberta aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 might not be enough to address the current surge of infections. Without knowing the source of thousands of new cases, the government’s restrictions could miss the mark according to an infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta. Most of the specifics of
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More than 60% of Albertan support a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown and more than 80% support a provincial mask mandate to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. With the province set to release new measures, a poll from Calgary-based pollster Think HQ shows that there is a great deal of support for stronger measures to prevent the spread
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is poised to announce whether Toronto, Peel Region, and York Region will face stricter COVID-19 measures or even a lockdown as the count of new COVID-19 cases continues to climb higher. Ford’s cabinet meets each Friday to consider recommendations from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health on changing the color-coded restriction
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A Toronto barbeque restaurant owner has been ordered to close by the city’s medical officer of health after openly defying Ontario’s COVID-19 regulations. Police now say they will enforce that closure after letting the eatery stay open earlier. Toronto police stated at first that the restaurant would be permitted to stay open all day on
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The decision to allow big-box retailers to stay open creates an unfair advantage. An organization that represents small business owners in Canada blasted the Ontario government, saying the decision to allow big-box retailers to remain open during the impending lockdown while forcing smaller stores to close is a ‘direct punch to the gut’. The Canadian
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