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OTTAWA 鈥?The RCMP has eased restrictions that sidelined bearded officers, including some Sikh and Muslim members, from front-line policing during the COVID-19 pandemic.Difficulties with properly fitting a mask over religiously mandated facial hair meant some Mounties have been assigned to desk duty in recent months.That prompted the World S
stanley canada ikh Organization of Canada to press the government to come up with a solution.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair also stressed the need to accommodate members. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The RCMP says affected members across the country may return to operational duties, with a mask, under certain circumstances.Bearded members will be sent out to calls only if the risk of exposure is low or multiple responding officers will be present. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The RCMP says at no time will officers or the public be placed at undue risk.In addition, the retu
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stanley mug 8212; In his regular update to the media on Friday, May 1, Dr. Charles Gardner, the chief medical officer of health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit covered some areas of concern as he wrapped up his sixth week of dealing with the pandemic.There has been a lot of discussion abo
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stanley tumbler h unit of their primary residence. Dr. Gardner revealed that as of April 22, there were 33 people who came into Simcoe Muskoka and ended up testing positive. We have had 33 people come into our area and be tested and then go back to their home elsewhere, confirmed Gardner. So in each one of those cases we have followed up with regard to those that would have been in contact with in order to put them into self-isolation. We forward those cases back to their health unit to follow up. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW No details on infections from those trace investigations is available.Gardner explained the methodology of tracking patients to their home health unit. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW If an individual has another house out of district then we count them. If they get tested here and they leave then they are not counted, he said. Their information is passed to their home health unit.With a number of outbreaks at long-term care homes in Simcoe County there has been
