Updated Provincial Health Orders
New Provincial Health Orders
Travel restrictions for non-essential travel between regions remain in place until at least June 15 to stop the spread of COVID-19 and variants of concern. Fines can be given to people who leave their region for non-essential travel. Recreational travel in your region (Interior health and Northern Health) is allowed.
Outdoor personal gatherings
Up to 10 people can gather outdoors. For example:
- Up to 10 people can gather at a park or beach
- Up to 10 people can gather in the backyard of a residence
Patios and outdoor areas at restaurants, pubs and bars are not included as places to gather with 10 people at one table.
Indoor personal gatherings
Up to 5 visitors or 1 other household can visit a personal residence. For example:
- Up to 5 people from different households can attend a dinner party at a household of 4 people
- One household of 7 people can attend a birthday at another household of 4 people
EPA order on masks in public indoor settings
Masks are required for everyone in many public indoor settings, as outlined in the EPA mask mandate order. A face shield is not a substitute for a mask as it has an opening below the mouth.
There are exemptions for:
- People with health conditions or with physical, cognitive or mental impairments who cannot wear one
- People who cannot remove a mask on their own
- Children under the age of 12
- People who need to remove their masks to communicate due to another person's hearing impairment
Masks are required in many indoor public settings and all retail stores. This includes:
- Malls, shopping centres
- Grocery stores
- Airports
- Coffee shops
- On public transportation, in a taxi or ride-sharing vehicle
- Places of worship
- Libraries
- Common areas of post-secondary institutions, office buildings, court houses (except court rooms), hospitals and hotels
- Clothing stores
- Liquor stores
- Drug stores
- Community centres
- Recreation centres
- City Halls
- Restaurants, pubs and bars when not seated at a table
- Indoor exercise/fitness facilities
- Indoor sport facilities
You could be subject to a $230 fine if you:
- Do not wear a mask in an indoor public setting, unless you are exempt
- Refuse to comply with the direction of an enforcement officer, including the direction to leave the space
- Engage in abusive or belligerent behaviour
Band office: 250-453-9154 -OR- Email: info@ashcroftband.ca
Health Centre: 250-453-9325
