COVID-19 cases dropping across Canada, so are some of the strictest public health measures — such as mandatory masks — in some places.City council in Calgary voted Monday to repeal the city’s mask bylaw — joining most of Alberta in no longer requiring masks in public places like restaurants and shops.B.C.
has also eliminated its masking requirements for COVID-19, and as the summer goes on, removing mandatory masks will likely become a point of discussion in other parts of Canada, most of which still have some kind of requirement to wear a mask in indoor settings.In Edmonton, which dropped its masking bylaw on July 1, restaurant owner Cyrilles Kobbert told Global News that some of his customers still like to put on a mask as they enter the.