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News releases are official statements issued by Commissionaires BC for the media.


Commissionaires BC Left with No Alternative - Service at Williams Lake RCMP Detachment Ended

Williams Lake, BC – May 27, 2008 – Commissionaires BC issued termination notices to fifteen guards and matrons at the Williams Lake RCMP detachment, yesterday, May 26, 2008. Commissionaires BC Left with No Alternative – Service at Williams Lake RCMP Detachment Ended.

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Commissionaires Raises the Security Standard in the Okanagan

Kelowna, May 14, 2008 – Since 9/11 the demand for highly skilled security providers has gone way up worldwide, and Kelowna and the south Okanagan are not immune to this trend. This, combined with the Okanagan’s growing business scene, led a local security company to raise the bar and train their managers to the highest international standards.

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Commissionaires BC Celebrates 80 Years of Service

Vancouver, BC (November 6, 2007) – Commissionaires, British Columbia’s most established provider of security and related services, celebrates its 80th anniversary today and has 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. The new brand embodies and reflects both the long history and the future of Commissionaires’ commitment to deliver superior services to its many clients.

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Commissionaires Unveils New Brand to Drive Recruitment and Growth

Toronto, ON (July 17, 2007) – 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. The new brand embodies and reflects both the long history and the future of Commissionaires’ commitment to deliver superior services to its many clients.

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Commissionaires Adds State-of-the-Art Digital Fingerprinting to its Range of Identification Services

Vancouver, BC (May 16, 2007) -– Commissionaires Canada today announced that they are one of the first agencies to access the enhanced fingerprint services provided by the RCMP’s Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services in National Police Services. The new process includes processing through the national fingerprint repository, resulting in a 72 hour turn-around time for civil submissions that do not result in an identification of a criminal record. This is welcome news for Canadians who need fingerprints taken for immigration, pardons, employment screening, passports, adoption applications, and Visa, work or travel permits.

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