Bill 55 – Remembrance Week

Today at Queen’s Park, Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) unanimously passed the Remembrance Week Act, 2016  designating the week leading up to Remembrance Day as “Remembrance Week”. The bill was sponsored by MPP Jim Wilson (Simcoe-Grey), and co-sponsored by MPPs John Fraser (Ottawa South) and Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale-High Park).  Veterans and representatives from various organizations, … Read more ›

On the Street: New CEO for Commissionaires

timescolonist.com By Darron Kloster  There’s a new face at the head of the Commissionaires Victoria, the Islands and Yukon. The organization, which offers security services and is the largest private sector employer of Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP veterans, has named Gary Paulson as its new chief executive. Paulson, who spent the last 10 years as … Read more ›

Supervisor and Guard of the Year, Commissionaires Ottawa

LtoR: Capt(N) Paul A. Guindon (Ret’d), CEO, Commissionaires Ottawa; Major Jean-Louis Arnaud, Supervisor of the Year, Commissionaires Ottawa; and The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Associate Minister of National Defence and Guest of Honour at Commissionaires Ottawa’s 2016 Annual Awards Ceremony.     LtoR: Capt(N) Paul A. Guindon (Ret’d), CEO, Commissionaires Ottawa; Cmre … Read more ›

Minister of Veterans Affairs Guest of Honour

Two honoured with special commendations and 100+ honoured for long serviceMinister of Veterans Affairs serves as Guest of Honour of Annual Awards Ceremony More than 100 employees of Commissionaires Ottawa, many of whom are military and RCMP veterans, were honoured on 20 October 2016 with special commendations or long service medals. The awards ceremony was … Read more ›