Vernon Canada October 10 2021 Overnight security downtown over the summer resulted in six calls to RCMP, one to Vernon Fire Rescue Services and one to the city. In its second year of operation, the seasonal security that patrols downtown in a marked vehicle overnight recorded 1,751 observations in five months, doubling 2020’s total of 796. […]
Halifax Canada Sept 30 2021 A security guard at a Bayers Lake store was stabbed in the arm Monday afternoon when he tried to stop a thief. Halifax police responded to the incident in the 0-100 block of Washmill Lake Drive in Halifax at 4:27 p.m., the force said in a news release. Officers were told […]
TORONTO Canada 27 2021 A man and a woman have been charged with assault in relation to an anti-vaccine protest at a Toronto mall. Police say two people were arrested Saturday after a clash between protestors and security staff at the Eaton Centre. Videos circulating on social media show police and security guards trying to block […]
Ontario Canada Sept 23 2021 Want to sit down and enjoy that food court burger and fries? Get ready to show your passport to the mall cops. Beginning Tuesday, Ontario residents must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination for a wide variety of indoor activities, including dining. While non-essential retail is exempt from the vaccine passport requirements, […]
Ontario Canada Sept 23 2021 Want to sit down and enjoy that food court burger and fries? Get ready to show your passport to the mall cops. Beginning Tuesday, Ontario residents must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination for a wide variety of indoor activities, including dining. While non-essential retail is exempt from the vaccine passport requirements, […]
Belleville Canada Sept 23 2021 A memorial bench was unveiled by Belleville city officials to honor a security guard killed in a freak accident June 28 while patrolling Meyers Pier. The bench is dedicated to Larry A. Tilander, a security staff member with Maxama Security firm, who was struck and killed around 4 a.m. by […]
Campbell River, British Columbia Sept 19 2021 City council has moved on efforts to improve downtown safety and cleanliness by approving funding for overnight security patrols and future clean-up initiatives. On Sept. 7, city council approved up to $100,000 for night-time security services to monitor public spaces in and around the city’s downtown central business […]
OTTAWA Canada Sept 7 2021 — Ottawa police have arrested a Scarborough man after he allegedly shot a security guard in the ByWard Market overnight. In a release Monday morning, police said the man had been denied entry to a bar on Clarence Street at around 1 a.m. and shot the guard twice in the leg […]
Peel Canada Aug 27 2021 Peel police are asking for assistance to help identify victims and witnesses of assaults that allegedly took place inside a Mississauga shopping mall on Tuesday. At around 5:15 p.m., Peel police were called to a mall near Hurontario Street and Burnahamthorpe Road West for reports of a woman assaulting people, according […]
Calgary Canada Aug 20 2021 Calgary police have charged a former mall security guard with theft in connection with the disappearance of thousands of dollars in cash that was turned in almost two years ago by a Good Samaritan but never reported to the authorities. The money was found at the North Hill Shopping Centre on […]