July 8, 2014 Cowichan’s signature security firm has been bought by a non-profit company dedicated to helping veterans. The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires has bought Duncan-based CoVal Security, in addition to Victoria’s Royal Victoria Security. The Commissionaires is a private, not-for-profit company registered under the B.C. Societies Act, with a mandate to create employment for … Read more ›
On June 27, 2014 a Return to Duty Memorandum of Understanding between The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires and the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces was signed in Ottawa. The aim of the MOU is for the CAF and Commissionaires to work in concert where possible at local and regional levels to … Read more ›
Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires, Canada’s largest security provider, a not-for-profit organization and Canada largest private sector employer of Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP veterans, is pleased to have The Honourable Julian Fantino, address its Annual Meeting of Divisions on June 27, Ottawa. The Minister of Veterans Affairs will speak to the … Read more ›
OTTAWA—June 18, 2014 —The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Foundation today announced that the first of two apartment buildings, specially designed for seniors, was named Commissionaires Ottawa Place in honour of one of its leading donors. Capt(N) Paul A. Guindon (Ret’d), a 33-year Navy veteran and CEO at Commissionaires Ottawa, said: “We are very … Read more ›
By Neil Sutton Canadian Security Magazine Commissionaires security officer George Sayer has been recognized as Guard of the Year for 2014 by the Association of Professional Security Agencies (APSA). Sayer, who lives in Ottawa, received his award on June 11 in a small ceremony held in Toronto which was attended by members of the APSA board and several of … Read more ›
BY JANET FRENCH The provincial government minimized injuries a commissionaire suffered in an attack at a downtown social services office, the head of commissionaires in Saskatoon says. The commissionaire suffered shoulder injuries that will require surgery and has been off work since an April 8 incident in which a social services client charged at the … Read more ›