Winnipeg Transit to mandate masks on its buses.Coun. Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan) said in a statement Monday that wearing non-medical masks or face coverings on city buses should be a must.“As the province continues to reopen and learns to live with the COVID-19 virus, passenger volumes on urban transit systems like Winnipeg Transit will continue to rise,” he said.“In terms of listening to the fundamentals of living with the virus, it will become increasingly difficult to maintain physical distancing on buses as people go back to school and back to work.”Browaty’s comments come in response to the province’s announcement Thursday about back-to-school protocols, which mandate masks on school buses for all students from Grade 5 and up.It will.