'Unacceptable discrimination': Some bearded Mounties in B.C. put on desk duty during pandemic

Sikh and Muslim RCMP officers are revealing they’ve been removed from the field and assigned to desk duty because the force believes their beards are interfering with protective masks, even though other officers have a choice of whether or not to wear them during the pandemic. The World Sikh Organization says while it’s a nationwide rollback of the RCMP's religious exemption for facial hair, the majority of the impacted Mounties are in B.C., which also has the most RCMP officers in t