In the News Archive
News articles feature Commissionaires Great Lakes and our staff as they appeared in local or national newspapers or websites.
Watch Jim Watts, CEO and Stan Rushton, Recruiting Manager of Commissionaires Great Lakes, Interview on Veterans' Survey Results
Rogers London
November 11, 2009
Survey Aims to Clear up Myths about Veterans’ Lives
Sandie Benitah, CTV Toronto
November 8, 2009
A new survey has found that Canadians have the wrong impression when it comes to war veterans and their livelihood after serving in the military.
In a poll released ahead of Remembrance Day, the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires found that a significant majority of the 1,000 people surveyed falsely believe that at least half of all veterans receive a pension when they retire. More than 28 per cent of Canadians believe all veterans receive a pension.
Nothing Little about Job
Daniel Pearce, Simcoe Reformer
July 31, 2009
Standing at the forefront of the battle to keep parking spaces open for customers along downtown streets is Ted Little. Hired earlier this year to enforce parking bylaws after years of having virtually no one to do it, Little walks the beat in Simcoe's core five days a week.
Two Local Men Received Medals Recently for their Service in the Canadian Armed Forces
Tara Hagan, The Sarnia Observer
April 20, 2009
Two local men were honoured this week for their service in the Canadian Forces.
Cpl. Tim McNeill and Pte. Ted Partington both received medals at a presentation hosted by the Commissionaires.
Parking Crackdown to Target Retail Owners, Employees
Ashley House, Simcoe Reformer
February 20, 2009
Parking police in the downtown core will be targeting business owners and employees, not shoppers.
The Downtown Simcoe Business Improvement Area is contracting a parking enforcement commissionaire to keep parking spots open in the downtown area.
"A big part of the parking problem are constant abusers," said BIA director Deb Murphy. "The people who work and live downtown, who park right in front of or around the corner from their business and sit there all day."
The proposal to hire Commissionaires Great Lakes for parking enforcement was unanimously supported at Tuesday's council meeting. If final approval is given at next week's meeting, downtown merchants and shoppers will see visible parking enforcement as early as April.
Commissionaires Great Lakes Expands to Sarnia
October 4, 2008
Commissionaires Great Lakes is hosting a community security day in the Sarnia neighborhood to celebrate the opening of its new Sarnia office.
How to Secure Your Home
Tyler Kula, The Observer
October 3, 2008
Commissionaires Great Lakes Director of Operations, Mark Van Den Bossche, shows what criminals are looking for when they decide to break into a house.
Ink and Roll Goes Digital
Commissionaires now offering service to collect digital fingerprints
Neil Sutton, Securing the Nation
October 1, 2008
Fingerprinting may be one of the oldest security technologies in existence, but it’s moving from ink to uplinks thanks to digital technology that promises to improve the process.
Global TV Interviews Commissionaires Great Lakes’ CEO Jim Watts
Global TV
2008
Watch exclusive interview with CEO Jim Watts, Commissionaires Great Lakes, aired on Global TV program CEO TV. Hear Jim speak on how Commissionaires’ branding project is setting the foundation to help drive recruitment and sustain our leadership position in the marketplace.
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