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VICTORIA — The Victoria Police Department is preparing to move all its available officers to front-line policing duties as it anticipates staffing shortages caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

BC Assessment 2022 report reveals increasing demand in Hope, Chilliwack, Squamish

Despite a weather closure lift, the Coquihalla Highway is limited because of a crash earlier this morning

Bill 21 bars public-sector workers deemed to hold positions of leadership, such as teachers and police officers, from wearing crosses, hijabs, turbans and other visible religious symbols

Intimidating workers and impeding services at testing facilities is illegal, and threats and aggressive behaviour will be reported to police, say provincial officials

VANCOUVER — A pediatrician who has researched COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents in Canada, the United States and Israel is urging people concerned about getting their children vaccinated to talk to a health-care provider as the Omicron variant

VICTORIA — British Columbia's seniors advocate is asking the province to designate one person as an essential visitor for every long-term care resident as the facilities move to stem the spread of COVID-19.

VANCOUVER — More than half of the firefighters in Prince Rupert, B.C., who were off sickthis week are at the forefront of a wave of workers expected to fall ill because of COVID-19.

"The Omicron variant is here now, and COVID-19 cases are rising by the day," reads the petition.

Richard Ryan Penn and Roman Reuvin Rubin agreed paying fines to the B.C. Securities Commission