Medical Masks

• B.C. to reinstate mask mandate in all health-care settings

  Health officials across the country are urging Canadians to get a COVID and flu shot at the same time as provinces have seen a rise in cases.

  Health

  Sep 27, 2023
  
• Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge, Sask. inmates test positive for COVID-19

  CSC said staff are being supplied with personal protective gear like medical masks, respirators, and face shields, and inmates are offered medical masks when not in their cells.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2022
  
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• Confused about masking up against Omicron? Here’s a guide

  To remedy any confusion that might be surfacing around masks, here's a run-through of the different types available, how to use them correctly and where to find them.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2022
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• AHS signs agreement with Calgary company to provide Alberta medical staff with face masks

  Shandro says before the COVID-19 pandemic, health workers used about 33,000 masks a day; that number has skyrocketed to 600,000.

  Health

  Oct 7, 2020
• Coronavirus: 73% of B.C. parents support mandatory masks for back-to-school, poll suggests

  British Columbian parents overwhelmingly support kids being required to wear non-medical masks when school returns in September.

  Education

  Jul 22, 2020
• N.B. school using 3D printers to make ear guards for health-care workers

  "It's not fun when it pulls on your ears all day long."

  Apr 15, 2020
• Coronavirus: Lethbridge non-profit making hundreds of garment bags, headbands for health-care workers

  A non-profit is helping health-care workers in the Lethbridge area while passing the time during the COVID-19 pandemic with a fun hobby: sewing.

  Features

  Apr 11, 2020
• Coronavirus: Vaughan manufacturing facility finishes 1st batch of Ontario-made masks

  Premier Doug Ford toured the facility Tuesday and personally picked up the masks, which are being made by The Woodbridge Group and the Auto Parts Manufacturers' Association. 

  Health

  Apr 7, 2020
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• Coronavirus: B.C. mill ramps up medical pulp production for U.S. supplies — but not for 3M

  Harmac Pacific president Levi Sampson said their round-the-clock production at the mill near Nanaimo, B.C., has been diverted to make the medical-grade pulp.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2020
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• ‘The greatest frustration’: States desperate for supplies as COVID-19 crisis deepens

  Increasingly in recent days, governors across the U.S. have described in unbelievable terms the dog-eat-dog global marketplace they have had to navigate for the protective gear doctors, nurses and other front-line medical workers need amid the coronavirus outbreak.

  Health

  Apr 4, 2020