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Six Students Receive Commissionaires Educational Awards

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the CNS Board of Governors’ Educational Awards. The recipients are the children or grandchildren of active commissionaires who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic, extra-curricular and community achievements. Each winner receives $1,500 toward their post-secondary education. The Selection Committee reviewed a considerable number of applications, and had the difficult task of choosing … Read more ›

(Almost) 90 and thriving! Cheers to a great year for Commissionaires BC

Our BC Division kept busy this year as they said farewell to CEO Dan Popowich when he retired in early June and welcomed new CEO Chris Mitchell. Although the changes are not physically apparent, when an organization comes under new leadership, an atmospheric change is inevitable. The Division handled it with grace, never skipping a … Read more ›

Northern Alberta operations centre receives a highly anticipated upgrade

Our Northern Alberta Division entered the security technology realm in 2001. The intent was to complement its primarily personnel-oriented services. In doing so, they established Canada’s first central monitoring centre where video monitoring, GPS tracking, and lone-worker monitoring services were conducted. Software was in its early-development stage at the time. Security systems were standalone, and … Read more ›

Commissionaire Spotlight: Jean-Daniel Roy, Ottawa Division, Gatineau, Québec

Jean-Daniel joined the Ottawa Division as a second-generation commissionaire in 2009, after completing CEGEP (post-secondary school). Initially assigned to provide access control, Jean-Daniel, J-D to his colleagues and friends, quickly proved himself to be highly adaptable, reliable and efficient. "J-D is a valuable asset to our section," said Section Supervisor MWO Maurice Caron. "He has a lot of training … Read more ›

A perfect celebration: A special night for commissionaires working at Mosaic stadium

As we’ve noted before, Commissionaires Southern Saskatchewan Division has the honour of doing on-field security at Mosaic Stadium every time the Saskatchewan Roughriders hit the gridiron (yes, we’re jealous). Yesterday was different. CFL team host Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) appreciation events throughout the season. In Saskatchewan, we—Canada’s largest employer of veterans—get to be an integral … Read more ›