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05.02.2021 / 05:23

Edmonton high school students sew masks for peers during COVID-19 pandemic

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Teacher Richard Downing said teachers noticed some students were wearing the same mask over and over again. Grade 6 students fundraise care packages for Edmonton’s most vulnerable “That’s when we decided to reach out to the United Way to seek funding for a grant to help our students make masks,” he said.The school received funding from Dentons Make Your Mark on Poverty, a United Way initiative which provides schools with an opportunity to access grants and take action against poverty in their city.“Having that made the project feasible,” Downing said.

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Okanagan teachers feel lives ‘expendable’ as B.C. mask mandate excludes classrooms: union

COVID-19 mask directive won’t apply to school classrooms.“It’s difficult to explain, not just to teachers but even to children, why they are wandering into a grocery store with their parents and they put on a mask, yet when they’re at school, surrounded by sometimes more people in a close, confined space, they don’t need to wear a mask,” said Kevin Epp, president of the Okanagan Skaha Teachers’ Union. No mandatory masks in B.C.

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Anti-mask protesters make their voices heard at Lethbridge city hall

Lethbridge’s mandatory mask bylaw.A rather large group of unmasked protesters has arrived at city hall ahead of today’s council meeting. Lee Mein is spearheading the group, and he says they are here to let council know how they feel about the mandatory mask bylaw.

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Coronavirus: Calgary public schools mandate masks for all K-12 students, teachers for fall semester

Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District have announced a new safety measure for the upcoming school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic: the use of masks for all students and staff.On July 21, the Alberta government announced students will be heading back to the classroom for in-school learning for the 2020-21 school year, following the closure of all schools in mid-March due to the pandemic.On Aug. 4, the province mandated the use of masks for all staff and Grade 4-12 students in hallways and other shared spaces of public schools to help prevent the spread of the virus.

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Banff passes mandatory mask bylaw that includes outdoor areas

COVID-19: Hinshaw stands by Alberta’s relaunch while announcing 8 new deaths, 304 new cases Since the end of June, six “COVID safety ambassadors” have been handing out free masks on Banff Avenue. The seasonal workers were hired by the town and 100,000 masks were supplied by the province.

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Phase 1 of Alberta mask program complete, 20M more coming in June

which launched on June 8, more than 14 million masks were handed out at fast food drive-thrus in the province, as well as six million additional masks that were directly shared with municipalities — including Calgary and Edmonton transit — as well as shelters, seniors organizations, Indigenous partners and places of worship.

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Coronavirus: Calgary group raises $55K for equipment to protect Alberta health-care workers

One Calgary group is hoping to keep front-line workers safe as COVID-19 continues to spread across the province.

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Coronavirus: Counterfeit Chinese-made face masks pulled offline after Global News probe

The Chinese-made “N95” respiratory masks were advertised online as having been certified by U.S. safety regulators — an important claim amid the global coronavirus pandemic, as front-line workers scramble for life-saving protective equipment.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0