Toronto Canada July 5th, 2023 The 50 private security guards patrolling subway stations around Toronto in an effort to reduce violent incidents are set to cost local taxpayers $2.3 million by September. Security guards provided by Star Security have been assigned to stations with “higher customer needs,” a recent report said. The patrols were introduced by […]
Ontario Canada June 22 2023 Convicted: Logixx Security Inc., 1801 Hamilton Street, Ste 800, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4B4 Location of Workplace: A warehousing and distribution facility at 100 Alfred Kuehne Blvd., Brampton, Ontario Description of Offence: A worker was fatally injured when they were caught between a reversing truck and a trailer. Logixx Security Inc. […]
Halton CA June 22 2023 A 75-year-old security guard is at the hospital in serious condition following an alleged altercation with a 22-year-old at an Oakville mall earlier this week. Halton police said they were called to South Oakville Mall, located on Rebecca Street, at around 1:45 p.m. on Monday. When they arrived on scene, police […]
Vancouver Canada June 9, 2023 A one-time employee of GardaWorld Security used a master door key, alarm codes and combinations for ATMs issued for his work to steal more than $400,000 from Fraser Valley banks, a new lawsuit filed by the B.C. government alleges. Christopher Eldred-Ascolese and his wife Tianna Della Rosa then used the cash […]
Campbell River Canada May 29, 2023 The wife of a Walmart security guard who was stabbed by a shoplifter two years ago is dismayed the suspect is now out of jail. Leanne Szasz Beaven says she was told on Thursday by victim services that the man charged with stabbing her husband while stealing a cart full […]
Canada May 19, 2023 Provincial police have identified human remains pulled from a car at the bottom of Lake Ontario as those of David Hannah, a prison guard who disappeared more than 40 years ago. Police divers stumbled across his car while searching for a completely separate, submerged vehicle in January. It was hauled to […]
Quebec Canada March 25 2023 A private security firm that has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in public contracts is headed by a man with a double identity, and the company’s questionable business practices have made it the target of an investigation, Radio-Canada’s Enquête program has learned. In the last decade, Neptune has […]
Yellowknife Canada March 21 2023 If you think security work is boring, mostly consisting of napping while you wait for your shift to end, think again. Two security guards, Shawn Hamilton and Tyler Nagel, were confronted with an emergency baby delivery. On Jan. 9, the two of them were sitting in their office in Norseman […]
Waterloo Canada February 5 2023 Waterloo Regional Police say one man remains on the loose after a daytime armed robbery at a jewelry store at Conestoga Mall in Waterloo forced the closure of the shopping centre on Thursday. Three other men, all in their 20s, have so far been arrested and charged in the jewelry […]
Wyandotte Canada February 3rd, 2023 The Wyandotte Town Centre BIA has started a $6,000 pilot project to hire private night security guards for three months. The move was made to prevent break-ins and incidents of vandalism targeting local businesses, and the chair of the Wyandotte Town Centre BIA, Larry Horwitz, says that the program is […]