Latest Updates: April 03, 2024: Our Community Buildings operate at 80 percent capacity at present.

Attention GBM Residents

Please stay safe: masking, sanitising and social distancing are still best practice!

Guidelines for Alert Level Five are below!

Alert Level 5 has broad sweeping public health measures to protect the population. Public Health Orders are in place.

Life at Level 5:

Your responsibility:

• Follow Public Health Guidance for All Alert Levels.

• Stay at home as much as possible, except to get essentials like groceries and medications.

• Limit contact with others to your immediate household bubble.

• If you have COVID-19 symptoms, contact 811.

Public Spaces and Gatherings:

• Gatherings of more than 5 people are prohibited.

• Funerals, wakes and visitations are prohibited.

• Burials and weddings are limited to no more than 5 people, including the officiant.

Recreational Activities:

• Campsites in municipal and privately owned parks are closed.

• Playground equipment in municipal parks are closed.

• Gym and fitness facilities are closed, including yoga studios, tennis and squash facilities, and arenas.

• Dance studios and performance spaces are closed.

• Outdoor activities, including walking, hiking, or riding your bike, are encouraged as long as physical distancing can be maintained and you are not required to self-isolate for any reason.

Health care services:

• Private health care clinics are closed, except those of physicians and nurse practitioners. Closed clinics can offer urgent and emergent care, and virtual options can be offered for non-urgent care.

• Visitor restrictions in health care are in place.

• Orders for long term care, personal care homes, and assisted living facilities are in place.

• Regional health authorities have postponed or cancelled some health care services.

Businesses and Services:

• Retail stores that do not provide services essential to life, health or personal safety of individuals and animals are closed to in-person service, but can offer online/telephone sales with delivery or curbside pick-up options.

• Retail stores that are permitted to remain open are not permitted to sell scratch or break open lotto tickets in store.

• Restaurants are closed for in-person dining (take-out, delivery and drive-thru options are still permitted).

• Bars and lounges are closed.

• Cinemas are closed.

• Personal service establishments, including spas, esthetic services, hair salons, body piercing, tattooing and tanning salons, are closed.

GBM Residents Please Note:

Effective Monday, March 15, 2021,The town of GBM is initiating actions in order to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.  The council office will be closed to the public. If you require services please call 466-4488 or email clerk@townofgbm.com  

Residents wishing to pay taxes are encouraged to use email transfer.  If not possible, arrangements can be made by calling 466-4488 or emailing clerk@townofgbm.com

What residents can do in advance!

Everyone has a role to play in reducing the spread of this disease. Actions include:

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the absence of soap and water.

• Avoid contact with people who are sick

• Practice proper cough and sneeze etiquette. Cover your mouth and nose with your arm when coughing and sneezing and immediately dispose of used tissues in the trash.

• Stay at home if you are sick

• Frequently clean and disinfect high-touch areas such as toilets, bedside tables and door handles with diluted bleach or a regular household cleaner.

• Practice social distancing

• Avoid public gatherings

If you are travelling to an area known to have cases of COVID-19, be sure to avoid:

• High-risk areas such as farms, live animal markets and areas where animals may be slaughtered

• Contact with animals (alive or dead), including pigs, chickens, ducks and wild birds

• Surfaces with animal droppings or secretions on them

For more information on how to be prepared for COVID-19, visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/being-prepared.html

The town kindly asks that each and every resident follow Public Health Officials advice and self-isolate if you have been in contact with someone who has recently travelled internationally, if you are returning from international travel yourself and if you are not feeling well.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.