Okotoks, Alta., won’t be mandated to wear a mask just yet.On Monday evening, members of the town council began debating a proposed bylaw that would make mask use mandatory in all indoor public spaces, similar to a bylaw recently passed in Calgary.However, Okotoks Mayor Bill Roberton told Global News an amendment to the proposed bylaw changed it to instead focus only on mandating masks in municipally-owned and controlled indoor public spaces.
Banff passes mandatory mask bylaw that includes outdoor areas A motion arising near the end of the meeting, which passed, asked administrators to prepare a second bylaw that would expand mandatory mask use to all public indoor spaces if the number of active COVID-19 cases in Okotoks reaches 15.At.