By Canadian Press

B.C.’s top doctor says shop online or stay home if you don’t wear mask where required

Nov 27, 2020 | 4:17 PM

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s top doctor has a message for people who don’t follow a provincial order to wear a mask in indoor public spaces: order takeout, shop online or stay home.

Dr. Bonnie Henry says she’s saddened after hearing about store and restaurant employees facing aggressive customers who refuse to wear masks as COVID-19 numbers rise.

The RCMP say they arrested a shopper at a Walmart in Dawson Creek this week after he allegedly assaulted an employee who asked him to wear a mask.

Henry says B.C. set another single-day record with 911 cases of COVID-19.

There have been a total of 30,884 diagnosed cases in the province.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2020.

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