Covid Mask

• Masking could be a ‘positive legacy’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will it?

  Infectious diseases specialists are hoping the practice of masking, which emerged as a response to the pandemic, will continue at certain times and in certain places

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  May 8, 2023
  
• UBC to keep indoor mask mandate until June 30

  The University of British Columbia announced Wednesday that mask protocols will remain through June, saying masks are a 'simple, but important' measure to protect against COVID-19.

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  Apr 20, 2022
  
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• Going mask-free on Metro Vancouver transit could come with $115 fine

  Transit police are waiting for more provincial guidance about enforcement but say in the meantime they will be enforcing TransLink's own mask rule, which carries a $115 fine.

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  Sep 2, 2021
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• Anti-masker berates staff at Vancouver camera store

  It happened at Kerrisdale Cameras, where an unidentified man, who filmed the incident, confronted and berated staff when asked to put on a mask.

  Feb 20, 2021
• Regina family welcomes mandatory masks for the next month: ‘I will be safe from harm’

  As of Friday for 28 days, masks are mandatory at indoor public places in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, where transmission rates have been high. 

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  Nov 6, 2020
• Woman escorted off B.C. ferry for refusing to wear mask, causing ‘disturbance’

  According to Delta police, officers were called to the terminal around 11 a.m. for a report of a woman "who refused to wear a mask, who was causing a disturbance."

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  Nov 4, 2020
• B.C.’s top doctor toughens tone on masks in public: ‘It is now the expectation’

  "It is now the expectation that people will wear a non medical mask in public spaces," Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday.

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  Oct 26, 2020
• Fist fight breaks out on Surrey bus after man refuses to put on mask: police

  "When the victim stood up to confront the suspect about not wearing a mask, the suspect allegedly punched the victim in the head, which led to a fight on the bus," said police."

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  Sep 27, 2020
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• QAnon conspiracy theorists, far-right group join Vancouver anti-mask rally

  Speaking to a crowd assembled at the Vancouver Art Gallery's North Plaza, organizer Ryan Kulbaba said the rally was in opposition to "government tyranny" and "government corruption."

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  Sep 13, 2020
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• Vancouver protesters rally against masks, though experts say they slow spread of COVID-19

  British Columbia does not have any regulations requiring mandatory masks in public places.

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  Jul 19, 2020