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• Masking guidelines reinstated for Montreal hospital health-care workers

  Masking guidelines at McGill University Health Centre have returned due to an 'important rise in the number of respiratory infections including COVID-19.'

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  Sep 15, 2023
  
• Mask requirement dropped in Kingston, Ont. hospitals

  Patients coming into Kingston hospitals will no longer need to wear a mask, but certain areas of the hospitals still require people to mask up.

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  Jun 7, 2023
  
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• Mask restrictions lifted at Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities

  Everett Hindley said requirements for masking will remain only where they existed pre-pandemic, such as operating rooms.

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  Apr 4, 2023
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• Western University drops mask mandate

  Western University announced Monday it was dropping its masking mandate effective immediately. The move follows the university dropping its vaccine mandate last November.

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  Feb 7, 2023
• Masking alone wouldn’t have eased Ontario’s respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document

  Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief concludes.

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  Feb 6, 2023
• Ottawa’s largest school board postpones mask mandate decision after heated meeting

  The Ottawa Carleton District School Board's special meeting became chaotic after disruptions from people who showed up to oppose a mask mandate motion.

  Education

  Nov 23, 2022
• Mask mandates: Here’s where provinces and territories stand amid expert pleas

  Here is a look at what provinces and territories in Canada say about the possibility of reinstating mask mandates as respiratory illness rages across the country.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2022
• Doctor urges Canadians to ‘avoid getting infected’ and mask up amid viral surge

  “If you can avoid getting infected, you should avoid getting infected,” Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases specialist at Toronto General Hospital told the 'Roy Green Show.'

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  Nov 13, 2022
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford urges masking, stops short of imposing mandate

  Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore is set to make an announcement on Monday where he will recommend the public wear masks.

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  Nov 13, 2022
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• Top doctor at Ottawa children’s hospital asks people to mask amid viral surge

  Dr. Lindy Samson, chief of staff at CHEO, made the comments at an Ottawa Board of Health meeting.

  Health

  Nov 8, 2022