Safety and Preparation

Customers visiting Lumsden’s Thr3 Clothing Connection are used to wearing masks when they step in the door. It has been the store policy since September. According to store manager Breanne Dmytriw, we felt this was the right decision to keep us and our staff as well as our customers safe. It was important for them […]

It is not an order, but a top doctor has toughened her tone on wearing masks in public places to try and stop the spread of COVID-19. The provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry asked residents to always wear a mask when visiting an indoor public space. She added that it is now the expectation

There is growing fear a lockdown in Ontario could soon be on the horizon. Public Health Ontario reported nearly 1,600 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday – the highest single-day total yet in Ontario. For now, the government has lowered its thresholds for new COVID-19 restrictions. Ottawa stays in the “Orange-Restrict” zone for COVID-19 restrictions,

A sign on the door at the Lot Club urges patrons to wear a mask. Inside the establishment, the dance floor has been closed since March and physical distancing is encouraged. The owner Deepansh Mohan shares that he has been doing what he can to keep people coming to his club safe. Outbreaks at three

Fines will be sent by mail to people who took part in what Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister describes as the “stupidity” of an anti-mask rally on the weekend. Pallister stated more details are to come after well over 100 people attended the protest in Steinbach against restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. He

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

Trick-or-treaters in Alexandria, Cornwall, Casselman, Rockland, Hawkesbury, and other areas of eastern Ontario are being asked to stay home on Halloween night due to COVID-19. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit states that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a recent increase in cases, it is strongly recommending residents to avoid traditional ways of celebrating