[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Over the course of the last week, Edmonton, Calgary and other Alberta municipalities brought in rules to make masks mandatory in certain public spaces.“Mandatory non-medical mask use will give transit customers and county facility users greater confidence in accessing services in the safest way possible,” Strathcona County’s news release said. “As part of the government of Alberta’s provincewide distribution plan… non-medical masks are available to the public at the Bethel Transit Terminal during customer service hours.”The county said some people will be exempt from the new mask rule: children under the age of two, people with underlying medical conditions or.