As more people around Alberta are wearing face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Competition Bureau Canada is making an effort to educate those who make face masks on rules to follow in the Textile Labelling Act. According to the chief medical officer of health of Alberta, the residents must wear a face mask […]
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The Calgary city council started discussions on a bylaw that would mandate the use of face masks or coverings on transit and possibly extend to some indoor spaces amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. If passed, it will mandate face masks or coverings on all transit vehicles starting August as well as develop a data-driven policy
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Face masks and coverings will be mandatory inside commercial settings in Windsor and Essex County. The change is a step up from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s previous guidance on the issue which stated that cloth face coverings were recommended, especially in areas where physical distancing is not possible. Residents and business owners will be
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The public health officials in North America initially discouraged healthy individuals from wearing face masks. They stated that there is no proof that they provide effective protection against the spread of COVID-19. Recently, some including those in Canada and the U.S. stated that wearing non-medical face masks along with physical distancing could limit the spread
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Alberta has placed two orders for 1.7 million face masks for students as they return to in-person classes this fall. The contracts valued at a total of $4.2 million were placed with Old Navy and IFR Workwear. Old Navy is a clothing company owned by U.S. multinational The Gap. It brought in $4 billion in
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The group in charge of school buses for the province of Ontario is trying to assure parents that buses will be deep cleaned before school starts and cleaned twice a day after that. The social distancing on a crowded school bus will be difficult to do. NDP Leader raised concerns that all children should wear
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When Alberta students return into their K-12 classrooms this fall, they will be given two reusable face masks, courtesy of the provincial government. It was announced by the Education Minister that the province had placed orders for 1.7 million face masks at a total cost of $4.2 million. Instead of putting out a standard request
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Most parents in B.C. are in favor of sending their children to class with a face mask to wear but are split on what should happen after schools open in September based on a new poll. Around half of British Columbians surveyed by Insight West were in favor of the provincial government’s plan to reopen
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