A Canadian Paralympian athlete, born without arms, was asked to leave a Vancouver Indigo Chapters outlet because she wasn’t able to put on a face mask..And Elisabeth Walker-Young, a three-time Paralympic swimmer and Order of Canada recipient, said staff at the store threaten to call police on her when she tried to explain she had a medical exemption..She was trying to visit the chain’s Broadway and Granville location.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“When I am out with my daughter or my husband, they will help me put on a mask. But when I am out in the world independently, I just can’t do it,” Walker-Young told Global..“It’s just not fair. I am not an anti-masker. I actually don’t go out often because I am trying not to make people feel uncomfortable, which is an awful way to navigate the world,” said Walker-Young, 43..In an emailed response to Global, Indigo Chapters said it’s sticking by its policy of stopping people who aren’t wearing masks from entering stores even if they are exempt..Walker-Young represented Canada at Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 2018 for her service to sport..BC brought in a mandatory mask bylaw in November to try and steam skyrocketing cases of the COVID-19 virus..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
A Canadian Paralympian athlete, born without arms, was asked to leave a Vancouver Indigo Chapters outlet because she wasn’t able to put on a face mask..And Elisabeth Walker-Young, a three-time Paralympic swimmer and Order of Canada recipient, said staff at the store threaten to call police on her when she tried to explain she had a medical exemption..She was trying to visit the chain’s Broadway and Granville location.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“When I am out with my daughter or my husband, they will help me put on a mask. But when I am out in the world independently, I just can’t do it,” Walker-Young told Global..“It’s just not fair. I am not an anti-masker. I actually don’t go out often because I am trying not to make people feel uncomfortable, which is an awful way to navigate the world,” said Walker-Young, 43..In an emailed response to Global, Indigo Chapters said it’s sticking by its policy of stopping people who aren’t wearing masks from entering stores even if they are exempt..Walker-Young represented Canada at Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 2018 for her service to sport..BC brought in a mandatory mask bylaw in November to try and steam skyrocketing cases of the COVID-19 virus..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
