Category: Mask mandate

PREMIERING NOW: Ep. 87: Jesse Jackson Reverses Himself on Abortion—What Changed? | The Larry Elder Show

The Larry Elder Show is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: larryforgold.com/ Pundits, liberal and conservative, underestimated the impact on the midterms of the reaction to the reversal of Roe v. Wade. In states like Kentucky and Michigan, where abortion was on the ballot, restrictions to abortion…


Ep. 87: Jesse Jackson Reverses Himself on Abortion—What Changed? | The Larry Elder Show

The Larry Elder Show is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: larryforgold.com/ Pundits, liberal and conservative, underestimated the impact on the midterms of the reaction to the reversal of Roe v. Wade. In states like Kentucky and Michigan, where abortion was on the ballot, restrictions to abortion…


Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer Seen Maskless at Indoor Party, Goes Against His Own Advice

Days after saying he is “strongly recommending” masks indoors, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health was seen at an indoor party without one. Dr. Kieran Moore was attending a party for those on local magazine Toronto Life’s “50 most influential” in 2022 list, where he ranked 12th for “keeping COVID under control.” A photo circulating online…


Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer Seen Maskless at Indoor Party, Going Against His Own Advice

Days after saying he is “strongly recommending” masks indoors, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health was seen at an indoor party without one. Dr. Kieran Moore was attending a party for those on local magazine Toronto Life’s “50 most influential” in 2022 list, where he ranked 12th for “keeping COVID under control.” A photo circulating online…


Michael Zwaagstra: We Need to Actually Put Students First

Commentary Visit any major school board’s website, and you will find plenty of lip service to putting students first. But you won’t often see it in practice. For example, the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) in southern Ontario recently released its new strategic plan. The plan’s key feature is an inverse organizational chart which…


University Student Protests Mandate With Grapefruit ‘Mask’ One Day, Bucket on His Head Another

Kamil Bachouchi, a 21-year-old philosophy student at Wilfrid Laurier University, showed up to class on Nov. 15 wearing a “mask”—or rather, a hollowed-out grapefruit. It covered his nose and mouth, complying with the mandatory mask policy put in place for the fall university term. This is just the latest way Bachouchi, who plans to go…


Ontario Chief Medical Officer ‘Strongly Recommending’ Masks Indoors, but Won’t Mandate

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says the province won’t mandate masks, though he is “strongly recommending” residents to wear masks indoors amid the onset of a combination of three respiratory viruses. Dr. Kieran Moore made the comments during a press conference on Nov. 14, warning about the combined threats of COVID-19, seasonal respiratory syncytial virus…


Western University to Continue Mask Mandate Until End of Fall Semester

Western University announced it will keep its mask mandate until the end of the fall term in an update from the vice-president on Oct. 17. “After careful consultation with health experts and members of our community, Western’s masking requirement will continue until the end of fall term,” provost and VP Florentine Strzelczyk said in a…


Prospective Juror Sent to Jail Without Bond for Refusing to Wear Mask in Courtroom

A prospective juror had to spend 24 hours in jail for refusing to wear a mask in a North Carolina courtroom on Oct. 10. Gregory Hahn, 47, of Harnett County was found in contempt of court and booked without bond by the North Carolina Superior Court judge, Charles Gilchrist, for his refusal to follow the judge’s…


Ontario Chief Medical Officer Says Mask Mandates Could Come Back if Necessary

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says as COVID-19 cases are rising, people should consider wearing masks indoors, adding that he would ask for mask mandates if the situation required it. “If there is any significant impact on our health system where we can’t care for Ontarians appropriately, I will absolutely have the conversation with…