MANY ARE pleased with facemasks finally being dropped. Courtesy photo.
It’s a return to our post virus lifestyle.
As of Monday, most people will be tossing out those bothersome face masks.
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said this week that face coverings will no longer be compulsory in most settings as of March 21.
It has been almost two years of wearing the garment in all indoor public spaces across the province.
MEMBERS of the Graham School of Irish Dance entertain at Dakota’s Sports Bar and Grill on St. Patrick’s Day. Photo by Tom Godfrey.
At first the facewear were sold on the black market for $10 and more for an imported flimsy mask. Common sense prevailed and the prices dropped.
Though residents will soon be permitted entry to bars, restaurants, cafes, retail stores, gyms, schools and other such places bare-faced, there are still some areas where masking will be required.
Some business owners can still request a mask be worn in their premises.
Most bars and pubs in the community were packed to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
There were live entertainment to mark the day at most South Etobicoke venues. People were jovial, very social and few people were wearing masks.
The GRAHAM School of Irish Dance dancing for a packed room.
It was nice to see some of the venues packed to capacity after two years of barely surviving.
“It is nice to see people again,” said one server. “It is like the old times again.”
The Toronto St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins on March 20 at 12 noon at the corner of St. George and Bloor St West (near St. George subway station) and heads east on Bloor Street, turns south on Yonge Street and finally turns west on Queen Street, finishing at the parade reviewing stand at Nathan Phillips Square.