BC Masks

• No change to B.C. mask mandates planned amid concerns about cold and flu spreading

  On Tuesday, a group of organizations sent an open letter to the provincial government asking it to immediately reinstate universal masking in all public spaces.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2022
  
• ‘Reinstate masks in public spaces’: Groups pen open letter to B.C. government

  A group of B.C. organizations has sent an open letter to the provincial government asking it to immediately reinstate universal masking in all public spaces.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2022
  
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• ‘Do our part’: B.C. health experts urge masks indoors due to COVID, flu

  As the province has now entered cold and flu season, experts are urging people to wear masks indoors to stop the spread of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. 

  Health

  Oct 30, 2022
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• B.C. health minister responds to human rights office’s letter on ‘hasty end’ to mask mandate

  Commissioner Kasari Govender writes that the removal of the COVID-19 mask mandate for indoor public places on March 11 will have 'profoundly unequal effects.'

  Health

  Mar 29, 2022
• Masks still required in B.C. public indoor spaces for those who have travelled internationally

  Federal COVID-19 travel rules state anyone who has arrived in Canada from outside the country must wear a mask in public for 14 days following entry.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2022
• Monday marks first day of mask mandate for Okanagan K-3 students

  All students in B.C. schools are now required to wear a mask when inside a school building, including at their desks and on school buses.

  Education

  Oct 4, 2021
• As COVID-19 cases surge in B.C., why aren’t masks mandatory?

  A professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser University has started a petition calling for a mandatory mask policy across Metro Vancouver.

  Health

  Nov 13, 2020