From Etsy to large retailers, there are plenty of choices. But what makes a good-quality cloth mask?

Canada's chief public health officer, Theresa Tham, is officially recommending people wear non-medical face masks when maintaining a two-metre distance isn't possible.

"We highly, highly recommend that people wear masks. It protects themselves, and it protects other people around them," Ford said.

That 'new normal' will be guided by four colour-coded public health alert levels: Red, Orange, Yellow and Green.

Ensaf Haidar said she was concerned by the rise of Islamist groups looking to force girls and women to wear the burqa and niqab.

A judge has once again ordered a stay on the provision of a controversial Quebec law prohibiting citizens from receiving or giving public services with their faces covered.

Public hearings started Tuesday on Quebec's religious neutrality legislation.

Security officials from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc are proposing a ban on wearing the burka.