News Releases Archive
News releases are official statements issued by Commissionaires for the media.
Remembering our Veterans
Commissionaires Great Lakes Remembrance Day Public Service Announcement
Survey Reveals need for Second Careers after Life in the Canadian Forces
Canadians wrongly believe that most veterans retire with pensions
November 5, 2009, Toronto, ON – Canadians overestimate how long the average veteran serves in the Canadian Forces (CF) and how many of them retire with pensions, according to a Nanos Research survey released today by Commissionaires in time for Remembrance Day. In reality, only about 30 percent of veterans have earned pensions when they retire from the Canadian Forces. A strong majority of those surveyed believe that at least half of veterans retire with pensions, and more than 28 percent of Canadians believe that all veterans do.
Six Canadians meet Her Majesty The Queen to Celebrate Commissionaires’ 150th Anniversary
Delegation of Canadian Commissionaires proud to honour organization’s history
July 7, 2009, Toronto, ON – Six Canadian commissionaires from across the country met Her Majesty, The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as part of celebrating the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Corps of Commissionaires in England in 1859. The Canadian delegation joined other Commissionaires’ organizations from as far away as Papua New Guinea and Australia. True to its founding purpose, Commissionaires’ mission is to provide meaningful employment to veterans.
Commissionaires Great Lakes Announces New Vice President Client Services
June 26, 2009, Toronto ON - Commissionaires Great Lakes is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Prins as the new Vice-President Client Services.
Commissionaires Offers Professional Pardons Service
Trusted experts and digital fingerprinting mean faster turnaround times.
June 2, 2009, Toronto, ON - Commissionaires Great Lakes today announced a new, state-of-the-art professional pardons processing service across the golden horseshoe and southwestern Ontario to assist eligible Canadians in clearing their criminal records.
Advisory - Commissionaires Great Lakes Launches New Community-Focused Website
June 1, 2009, Toronto, ON--Commissionaires Great Lakes is proud to launch this new community-focused website as part of our national website. These new community pages will provide information to our visitors unique to our local region.
Commissionaires Cuts Ribbon on New Building and Offers New Services
State-of-the-art digital fingerprinting and new pardons service now available
December 16, 2008, London, ON - Commissionaires Great Lakes opened its newly renovated building today in London with the help of Mayor DeCicco-Best and local MP’s. The new London office of Commissionaires will offer a full range of security-related services including digital fingerprinting for travel, employment and immigration applications and pardons processing for selected offences.
Commissionaires Lead the Way in Certified Protection
Third Commissionaires officer awarded highly coveted Certified Protection Professional designation
April 1, 2008, Toronto, ON - Commissionaires, Canada’s premier private security provider for more than eighty years, now has one more reason to lay claim to its long standing reputation as the leading securities solution firm in the country with the announcement that Randy Warden, Chief Operations Officer at Commissionaires Great Lakes, has recently received his Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation through the American Society for Industrial Security. He joins Mark Van Den Bossche, Director of Operations for Commissionaires Great Lakes Western Region, and Richard Kedzierski, Director of Sales at Commissionaires Great Lakes, as one of a select group of security management professionals in the world who have received this accreditation.
Commissionaires and Highpoint Security Join Forces
Security leaders aim to expand reach and service in Barrie
November 26, 2007, Toronto, ON - Commissionaires, Canada’s most experienced provider of security and related services is pleased to announce that the Barrie office has amalgamated with Highpoint Security. Highpoint is a provider for the hospitality, service, manufacturing, transportation and constructions industries in the area.
Commissionaires Great Lakes Unveils New Brand
82 year-old orga
nization retools to sustain market leadership
October 30, 2007,Toronto, ON - Commissionaires Canada's most established provider of security and related services, today unveiled a new progressive brand as part of a broader national strategy to build awareness, drive recruitment, and sustain its leadership in an increasingly competitive market.
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