Original posting date: November 21, 2017 The Royal Canadian Humane Association, Canada’s Bravery Awards Association, has awarded Rodney McAlpine of Great Lakes Division with the Bronze Medal for Bravery. The medal is to be awarded to Rodney for performing an act of bravery in hazardous circumstances

Commissionaires has appointed David Law as its new Honorary Solicitor. Mr. Law is a partner with Gowling WLG, where he practices employment, labour relations, human rights, occupational safety, worker’s compensation and governance law, with a focus in crisis management. He has received multiple

Welcome to episode 10 of the Commissionaires podcast. Our Kingston & Region commissionaires recently partnered up with the Belleville Senators, the AHL affiliate of the Ottawa Senators. Starting tonight, over 20 commissionaires will provide security, and other services at the Yardmen arena in

On October 14th, the Commissionaires Great Lakes Ceremonial Unit was awarded The Canon Scott Trophy for their performance at the 2017 CNE Warriors’ Day Parade. Marching units that parade at the Toronto Warriors’ Day Parade compete in various categories for trophies and plaques. The Canon Scott

Our Great Lakes Division's Warrant Officer Alex Macleod was awarded “Security Guard of the Year” during ASIS Toronto. The ceremony was held Thursday, October 19, 2017, as part of the Law Enforcement and Security Practitioners Awards luncheon at the Toronto Congress Centre, in partnership with the

The BC division, formally incorporated in 1927, is celebrating its 90th anniversary, today. “On the occasion of the 90th Anniversary for Commissionaires BC, I appreciate our valuable workforce that supports our social mandate of creating meaningful employment for all those who serve and have served

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, although Cyber Security seems to be the buzzword of the decade. We took the opportunity to sit with our resident IT expert, Greg Richardson to go back to basics—password security. Password security has been on our radar years, since long before the dawn of

This is it! The final episode dedicated wholly to the Invictus Games Toronto 2017. What a ride. It's been two weeks since we’ve returned from the iconic Games experience, and the rush is still with us. We spent the week scurrying around the city chatting with dozens of individuals about their

Although only in his early 20s, Keith is no stranger to taking a leadership role during emergency situations. Keith’s ability to remain calm and take immediate action may have saved multiple lives. Keith witnessed a serious multi-car accident while in his security vehicle in which, without

Thursday October 5, the evening we’d all be waiting for—well, many of us, anyway. It was finally the book launch date of the highly anticipated, “O Canada! A celebration of 150 years,” at Ottawa City Hall. The venue was elegant and there was the perfect amount of sweet and savoury snacks, alongside