A local health group is calling on B.C. to reinstate and improve health-care mask protections in medical settings. In March 2025, the Province dropped its health-care mask requirement.
On June 20, the Canadian Standards Association, also known as the CSA Group, released a new draft version of CSA standard Z94.4, which was open to public consultation until August 19.
We’ve come a long way from the days of general mask mandates for the public, but a recent move to eliminate the requirement in B.C. health care settings is causing some outcry.
A new year is upon us! As we start 2025, many readers have written in about their hopes for the year. Here are what five disability advocacy groups and community members highlighted as the changes they want to see most in the coming year.
It’s billed as “Vancouver’s annual COVID-safer festival”. Organizers have scheduled the immune-inclusive Clean Air Festival in Slocan Park (2750 East 29th Avenue) next Sunday (September 15).
Breathe in the good vibes for a good cause. Back for its second year, the Clean Air Festival is set for one day in September.
As of April 8, 2024, masks are “no longer required in healthcare settings” in BC. This decision comes after data showing decreased COVID-19 levels in the province. However, COVID-19 hasn’t suddenly become less dangerous, nor has it disappeared.
In response to April’s removal of mandatory mask mandates in healthcare settings, BC’s health advocacy group DoNoHarm BC, joined by Protect Our Province BC and Masks4EastVan, are leading a campaign to urge the provincial government to reinstate these protections.
Advocacy group launches province-wide campaign to strengthen mask protections in healthcare. DoNoHarm BC, a grassroots group advocating for public health measures, is campaigning to keep mask protections in the healthcare industry year-long.
BC’s budget and fiscal report covers a “three year fiscal plan” for housing, sustainability, and healthcare. The report states, “As the funding for pandemic contingencies are set to wind down by the end of 2023/24, it is anticipated that the Ministry of Health will wind down or integrate any services…”
