With COVID-19 numbers across the province dropping and zero active cases in Drumheller, council has rescinded its Mask Bylaw.
At the Monday, June 28 Regular Council Meeting, council unanimously agreed to end the bylaw requiring masks to be worn in indoor public spaces.
“We are looking to fall in line with the province and end the mask mandate,” said Drumheller CAO Darryl Drohomerski. “The cases in Drumheller have been at or near zero for the last month.”
The Mask Bylaw came into effect on November 23, 2020, the same time council declared a State of Local Emergency. This was rescinded on January 25.
The Mask Bylaw is no longer in effect as of July 1.
Currently, there are zero active cases of COVID-19 in Drumheller, and 65 per cent of the eligible population of Drumheller-Starland have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Based on provincial cases and the number of vaccines. The province is poised to end the majority of its restrictions on July 1.
“We are proud of the hard work people have done to comply with the order to wear a mask, and I am sure everyone is going to be excited to be mask free, come Canada Day,” said Drohomerski.
